A cloudy day above the mountains

Education

StoryMaps


Arizona sunset

Arizona Heat Awareness Week

May 4th-May 11th, 2026

Arizona State Climate Office

Sunset

Semana de Concientización Sobre el Calor en Arizona

4-8 de Mayo, 2026

La Oficina de Climatologia del Estado de Arizona

Bight skyline with saguaro in foreground and mountains in background

Arizona State Climate Office

The Office of the Arizona State Climatologist

Kayla McDonald, Arizona State Climate Office

ADU Tempe campus weather observation station

ASU Tempe’s Weather Observation Station

Recording weather observations on ASU’s Tempe campus as a part of the National Weather Service’s Cooperative Observer Program

Map showing weather related symbols on it.

“How Hot is it Going to Be?”

The complexity of assessing extreme heat and its impacts.

StoryMap Links

Arizona Heat Awareness Week

Arizona Heat Awareness Week (Spanish)

Arizona State Climate Office

ASU Tempe Weather Station

How Hot is it Going to Be?

The Hardest Working River in the West

Colorado River Shortage

Coconino Plateau Watershed

San Juan Watershed

Central Arizona Project

Top 10 Things about the Verde River

STEM and educational resources

Arizona Geographic Alliance Maps, Lesson Plans, Workshops
Ecology Explorer Toolbox Lesson Plans
Maricopa County STEM curriculum
American Meteorological Society Project Atmosphere
American Meteorological Society Project Ocean
American Meteorological Society – Weather – Climate – Ocean DataStreme Program
NOAA JetStream – an online school for weather JetStream