In 1655, a handful of land-speculating colonists orchestrated the purchase of the Setauket area from the local natives. The region's first European settlers were English migrants from New England and further east on Long Island, who arrived shortly thereafter.
Phoenix, Arizona, gets 7 inches of rain per year. The US average is 37. Snowfall is 0 inches. The average US city gets 25 inches of snow per year. The number of days with any measurable precipitation is 28. On average, there are 299 sunny days per year in Phoenix, Arizona. The July high is around 105 degrees. The January low is 35.
Credit: Zack Guido, CLIMAS, The University of Arizona. Arizona and New Mexico receive up to half of their annual precipitation during the monsoon season. The monsoonâs wild winds and driving rains are most dramatic in Tucson and in western New Mexico, tapering off in Phoenix and Yuma (Figure 1). On average, the monsoon delivers approximately 6.1 inches of rain a year to Tucson compared to 2.8 inches to Phoenix.