Was ist los in Phoenix, Vereinigte Staaten – übers Jahr

Hochbetrieb – Barrett-Jackson collector car week, Christmas and New Year

• Festival

  Barrett-Jackson collector car week

  17.–26. Jan. · meistGroßes FestivalVollFrüh buchen

  A week of collector-car auctions at WestWorld in Scottsdale in late January, drawing a crowd in the hundreds of thousands. Scottsdale rooms are priced accordingly. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Desert hiking season (15. Okt. – 15. Apr. (meist)), Christmas and New Year (24. Dez. – 1. Jan.), Fiesta Bowl week (26. Dez. – 2. Jan. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – WM Phoenix Open, Cactus League spring training

• Festival

  WM Phoenix Open

  4.–16. Feb. · meistSporteventVollFrüh buchen

  The loudest week in golf, at TPC Scottsdale in the second week of February, with crowds over half a million across the tournament. Scottsdale hotel rates roughly treble. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Cactus League spring training

  19. Feb. – 25. März · meistSporteventVollFrüh buchen

  Fifteen major league clubs play a month of exhibition baseball at ten small parks around the valley, all within an hour of each other. It fills every hotel in Mesa and Scottsdale. Quelle ↗

• Natur

  Desert wildflowers

  20. Feb. – 10. Apr. · meistWildblumen & Blüte

  Poppies and lupine on the slopes north and east of the city in March, and the saguaro flower at the end of April. How much of it there is depends entirely on the winter rain.

Läuft noch: Desert hiking season (15. Okt. – 15. Apr. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Cactus League spring training, Spring break in Vereinigte Staaten

Im März beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Cactus League spring training (19. Feb. – 25. März (meist)), Desert wildflowers (20. Feb. – 10. Apr. (meist)), Desert hiking season (15. Okt. – 15. Apr. (meist))

Zwischensaison – ein gewöhnlicher Monat

Im April beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Desert wildflowers (20. Feb. – 10. Apr. (meist)), Desert hiking season (15. Okt. – 15. Apr. (meist))

Zwischensaison – ein gewöhnlicher Monat

• Risiko

  Extreme heat

  1. Mai – 5. Okt. · meist

  Five months over forty degrees with nights that no longer drop below thirty in July. The city is genuinely dangerous outdoors in the afternoon, and it is getting longer every decade. Quelle ↗

• Regel

  Heat-day trail closures

  1. Mai – 30. Sep. · meistSchließungen

  On excessive heat warning days the city shuts the Camelback, Piestewa and South Mountain trails from eleven to five and fines people who go anyway. Expect several dozen such days a summer. Quelle ↗

Viel los – Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten, Schulferien in 2 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

• Saison

  North American monsoon

  15. Juni – 30. Sep.Risiko

  Storms build over the mountains most afternoons from mid-June and break over the valley with an hour of wind and rain. It takes the edge off the heat and puts the humidity up instead.

Läuft noch: Extreme heat (1. Mai – 5. Okt. (meist)), Heat-day trail closures (1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Independence Day, Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Risiko

  Haboobs

  1. Juli – 10. Sep. · meistStaubsaisonSchließungen

  Thunderstorm outflows lift a wall of dust hundreds of metres high across the valley in minutes, grounding flights and dropping visibility to nothing. A few a summer, mostly in July and August. Quelle ↗

• Feiertag

  Independence Day

  3.–5. JuliNationalfeiertagVollSchließungen

  The Fourth of July is a federal holiday: banks and government offices close, fireworks draw large crowds to parks and waterfronts after dark, and roads and flights are busy over the long weekend. Claim a viewing spot early. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Extreme heat (1. Mai – 5. Okt. (meist)), Heat-day trail closures (1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)), North American monsoon (15. Juni – 30. Sep.)

Viel los – Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten, Schulferien in 2 der Herkunftsländer, aus denen die Gäste kommen

Im August beginnt nichts Neues.

Läuft noch: Extreme heat (1. Mai – 5. Okt. (meist)), Heat-day trail closures (1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)), North American monsoon (15. Juni – 30. Sep.), Haboobs (1. Juli – 10. Sep. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Arizona State Fair, Summer break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Festival

  Arizona State Fair

  25. Sep. – 31. Okt. · meistGroßes FestivalVoll

  Five weekends at the fairgrounds west of downtown from late September, which is the first stretch of the year the evenings are bearable outdoors. Light rail is the sane way in. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Extreme heat (1. Mai – 5. Okt. (meist)), Heat-day trail closures (1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)), North American monsoon (15. Juni – 30. Sep.), Haboobs (1. Juli – 10. Sep. (meist))

Viel los – Arizona State Fair

• Saison

  Desert hiking season

  15. Okt. – 15. Apr. · meistWandersaison

  Camelback, South Mountain and the Superstitions are only sensible between mid-October and mid-April, which is also when the resorts charge the most. Half the country's snowbirds are here for it.

Läuft noch: Extreme heat (1. Mai – 5. Okt. (meist)), Arizona State Fair (25. Sep. – 31. Okt. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving break in Vereinigte Staaten

• Feiertag

  Thanksgiving

  25.–29. Nov.NationalfeiertagVollSchließungen

  Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Desert hiking season (15. Okt. – 15. Apr. (meist))

Hochbetrieb – Christmas and New Year, Fiesta Bowl week

• Feiertag

  Christmas and New Year

  24. Dez. – 1. Jan.Weihnachten & NeujahrSchließungenVoll

  Christmas Day and New Year's Day are federal holidays: on 25 December most shops, museums and many restaurants close, and airports stay busy through the week between as families travel. New Year's Eve fills bars and restaurants, many at set-menu prices. Quelle ↗

• Festival

  Fiesta Bowl week

  26. Dez. – 2. Jan. · meistSporteventVollFrüh buchen

  College football brings two bowl games and their travelling fans to Glendale between Christmas and New Year, on top of the winter residents already here. Resort rates spike for the fortnight. Quelle ↗

Läuft noch: Desert hiking season (15. Okt. – 15. Apr. (meist)), Thanksgiving (25.–29. Nov.)