Arizona Monsoon August 25,2025

Maybe you saw this on the news of a recent weather event in Phoenix, Arizona August 25, 2025. The Valley experienced a huge Monsoon dust storm (Haboob). It was the largest Haboob since July 05, 2011.

I was driving home from Costco when I looked to the south and saw dark ominous clouds which appeared to go all the way the ground. From experience, I knew this looked like a giant dust storm coming our way. I got home in about 10 minutes. Our last giant dust storm I put my camera on a tripod and videoed the storm coming in. It was very dramatic where daylight turns to night in minutes. I put that video on Youtube. You can see it here if you want to https://www.youtube.com/@barmst Look for Phoenix Dust Storm July 5, 2011.

When I got home I saw the storm approaching so I ran to the side of the house and grabbed a ladder to get on the roof. We have a flat roof so I wasn’t hanging on for dear life. I wanted to do it differently this time so I shot still images. This was a huge storm 4 thousand feet high and 40 miles wide. With my cell phone I called my wife who was inside the house and said get up here this is and epic storm.

What you are seeing in this series is the storm approaching our home. When the storm hit us we got off the roof in a hurry. The wind was guesting 60 to 70 miles per hour. Additionally we don’t want to breathe the dirt. In Arizona the dirt can carry a fungus that can get into your lungs and infect you with an illness called Valley Fever. Valley Fever can get pretty bad and is very hard to diagnose and treat. It is a lung infection that can least a year to be cured.

This is a glimpse of what an Arizona Haboob looks like.