Summer Monsoon Brings Water and a Rainbow of Color

Monsoon Rainstorm on the Ranch

It is August and monsoon started right on schedule – July 4th. For a few weeks, the dry Arizona rangeland becomes Kelly green with blankets of flowers in hues of yellow, red, white, pink, blue, and gold. It is breathtaking.

Most of the annual rainfall at the Double Circle […]

Waiting for the Monsoon

Summer Monsoons Will Bring Needed Rain to the Ranch

July 25.

We are still awful dry here at Double Circle Ranch. We have had a total of about ¾” of rain all monsoon so far. But it is supposed to rain today and tomorrow. We have our fingers crossed. Actually the eastern part of […]

Wallow Fire – We Need the Monsoon

Today we have clouds to the north of us. Not smoke and ash clouds either – good ol’ monsoon precursor clouds. […]

Will Monsoons Bring Relief, or Another Disaster?

Monsoon Rain Needed to Quench Wallow Fire

The Wallow fire is partially under control and already the Forest Service and other agencies are preparing for the next disaster – massive floods. Everyone has been advised to buy flood insurance immediately. With all the vegetation burned away in such a huge area, there is nothing […]

Arizona Looking Like Ireland!

Finally the rain is falling on the Double Circle Ranch. It is beginning to look like Ireland instead of Arizona – lots of shades of green. […]

Monsoon Season is Back!

Summer Monsoons

Well, monsoon season is back again at Double Circle Ranch. The east part of the ranch seems to have had some rain, but the rest of the ranch is still too dry. We have had lots of wind, lightening, and thunder, but the rain seems to be falling just west of the […]

A Dry Monsoon

This is the driest monsoon we have had in 116 years according to the news. The old-timers claim that this winter will be extra wet after the dry summer and fall. […]