Been an unusual month for weather here in Phoenix, I have lived here 25 years and it has only rained once, a 15 minute thunderstorm 13 years ago .
This month, I've gotten 6.75 inches of rain, 17 cm and it's only the thirteenth of the month .
That is close to our average annual rain fall .
Temperatures are 20-25 F below normal .
Air conditioning has been off so far this month, last year, I had it on until the beginning of the second week of November .