Cosa c'è in programma a Phoenix (Stati Uniti d'America) durante l'anno

Folla al massimo — Barrett-Jackson collector car week, Christmas and New Year

• Festival

  Barrett-Jackson collector car week

  17–26 gen · di solitoGrande festaAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Desert hiking season (15 ott – 15 apr (di solito)), Christmas and New Year (24 dic – 1 gen), Fiesta Bowl week (26 dic – 2 gen (di solito))

Folla al massimo — WM Phoenix Open, Cactus League spring training

• Festival

  WM Phoenix Open

  4–16 feb · di solitoEvento sportivoAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Cactus League spring training

  19 feb – 25 mar · di solitoEvento sportivoAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

• Natura

  Desert wildflowers

  20 feb – 10 apr · di solitoFiori e fioriture

  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.

Ancora in corso: Desert hiking season (15 ott – 15 apr (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Cactus League spring training, Spring break in Stati Uniti d'America

In marzo non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Cactus League spring training (19 feb – 25 mar (di solito)), Desert wildflowers (20 feb – 10 apr (di solito)), Desert hiking season (15 ott – 15 apr (di solito))

Media stagione — un mese nella media

In aprile non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Desert wildflowers (20 feb – 10 apr (di solito)), Desert hiking season (15 ott – 15 apr (di solito))

Media stagione — un mese nella media

• Rischio

  Extreme heat

  1 mag – 5 ott · di solito

  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. Fonte ↗

• Regola

  Heat-day trail closures

  1 mag – 30 set · di solitoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Affollato — Summer break in Stati Uniti d'America, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Stagione

  North American monsoon

  15 giu – 30 setRischio

  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.

Ancora in corso: Extreme heat (1 mag – 5 ott (di solito)), Heat-day trail closures (1 mag – 30 set (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Independence Day, Summer break in Stati Uniti d'America

• Rischio

  Haboobs

  1 lug – 10 set · di solitoStagione della polvereChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festività

  Independence Day

  3–5 lugFesta nazionaleAffollatoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Extreme heat (1 mag – 5 ott (di solito)), Heat-day trail closures (1 mag – 30 set (di solito)), North American monsoon (15 giu – 30 set)

Affollato — Summer break in Stati Uniti d'America, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In agosto non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Extreme heat (1 mag – 5 ott (di solito)), Heat-day trail closures (1 mag – 30 set (di solito)), North American monsoon (15 giu – 30 set), Haboobs (1 lug – 10 set (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Arizona State Fair, Summer break in Stati Uniti d'America

• Festival

  Arizona State Fair

  25 set – 31 ott · di solitoGrande festaAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Extreme heat (1 mag – 5 ott (di solito)), Heat-day trail closures (1 mag – 30 set (di solito)), North American monsoon (15 giu – 30 set), Haboobs (1 lug – 10 set (di solito))

Affollato — Arizona State Fair

• Stagione

  Desert hiking season

  15 ott – 15 apr · di solitoStagione dei sentieri

  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.

Ancora in corso: Extreme heat (1 mag – 5 ott (di solito)), Arizona State Fair (25 set – 31 ott (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving break in Stati Uniti d'America

• Festività

  Thanksgiving

  25–29 novFesta nazionaleAffollatoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Desert hiking season (15 ott – 15 apr (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Christmas and New Year, Fiesta Bowl week

• Festività

  Christmas and New Year

  24 dic – 1 genNatale e CapodannoChiusureAffollato

  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. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Fiesta Bowl week

  26 dic – 2 gen · di solitoEvento sportivoAffollatoPrenota presto

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Desert hiking season (15 ott – 15 apr (di solito)), Thanksgiving (25–29 nov)