PHOENIX — Winter is here, and it brought a storm with it. While the High Country was getting its first snowstorm of the year, the Valley got some decent rainfall.
Here's how much rainfall parts of the Valley got Thursday night and Friday morning according to the Maricopa County Flood Control District (Last updated Dec. 1, 2023 at 10:09 a.m.):
- Central Phoenix: 0.08"
- Uptown Phoenix: 0.08"
- Sky Harbor Airport: 0.20"
- Laveen: 0.31"
- Ahwatukee: 0.12"
- Glendale: 0.08"
- Goodyear: 0.12"
- Scottsdale: 0.12"
- Tempe: 0.28"
- Mesa: 0.24"
- Gilbert: 0.24"
- Chandler: 0.12"
- Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport: 0.16"
- Camp Creek: 0.35"
- Sun City West: 0.04"
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What is the Valley?:
“The Valley” is what locals call the Phoenix Metropolitan Area. It is considered the largest metropolitan area in the Southwest.
The Valley is made up of various major cities other than Phoenix, including:
- Mesa
- Chandler
- Scottsdale
- Tempe
- Glendale
- Surprise
- Peoria
- Gilbert
- El Mirage
- Avondale
- Litchfield Park
- Goodyear
- Buckeye
Whether a city is in the “East Valley” or “West Valley” depends on where it is in relation to Phoenix.
The cities of the Valley have a combined population of 4,845,832 people, according to the 2020 United States Census. This makes it the 11th largest metropolitan area in the country right behind the Boston and Atlanta areas.
