By KTAR.com
Even if Arizona sees an exceptionally heavy monsoon season this summer, that will not end the long-term drought in the state, one expert said.
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Randy Cerveny, a climatologist with Arizona State University, said the state is coming off one of its driest winters in years and that it would take several big winters in a row — along with strong monsoon seasons — to end the drought.
“We’ve been in a drought really since the start of this century,” he told KTAR News 92.3 FM. “It’s been a really dry period, particularly in terms of the winters.”
