Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Phoenix, Verenigde Staten

Topdrukte — Barrett-Jackson collector car week, Christmas and New Year

• Festival

  Barrett-Jackson collector car week

  17–26 jan · meestalGroot festivalDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Desert hiking season (15 okt – 15 apr (meestal)), Christmas and New Year (24 dec – 1 jan), Fiesta Bowl week (26 dec – 2 jan (meestal))

Topdrukte — WM Phoenix Open, Cactus League spring training

• Festival

  WM Phoenix Open

  4–16 feb · meestalSportevenementDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Cactus League spring training

  19 feb – 25 mrt · meestalSportevenementDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

• Natuur

  Desert wildflowers

  20 feb – 10 apr · meestalWilde bloemen & bloei

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Desert hiking season (15 okt – 15 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — Cactus League spring training, Spring break in Verenigde Staten

In maart begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Cactus League spring training (19 feb – 25 mrt (meestal)), Desert wildflowers (20 feb – 10 apr (meestal)), Desert hiking season (15 okt – 15 apr (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Desert wildflowers (20 feb – 10 apr (meestal)), Desert hiking season (15 okt – 15 apr (meestal))

Tussenseizoen — een gewone maand

• Risico

  Extreme heat

  1 mei – 5 okt · meestal

  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. Bron ↗

• Regel

  Heat-day trail closures

  1 mei – 30 sep · meestalSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Druk — Summer break in Verenigde Staten, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  North American monsoon

  15 jun – 30 sepRisico

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Extreme heat (1 mei – 5 okt (meestal)), Heat-day trail closures (1 mei – 30 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Independence Day, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

• Risico

  Haboobs

  1 jul – 10 sep · meestalStofseizoenSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

• Feestdag

  Independence Day

  3–5 julNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Extreme heat (1 mei – 5 okt (meestal)), Heat-day trail closures (1 mei – 30 sep (meestal)), North American monsoon (15 jun – 30 sep)

Druk — Summer break in Verenigde Staten, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

In augustus begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Extreme heat (1 mei – 5 okt (meestal)), Heat-day trail closures (1 mei – 30 sep (meestal)), North American monsoon (15 jun – 30 sep), Haboobs (1 jul – 10 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Arizona State Fair, Summer break in Verenigde Staten

• Festival

  Arizona State Fair

  25 sep – 31 okt · meestalGroot festivalDruk

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Extreme heat (1 mei – 5 okt (meestal)), Heat-day trail closures (1 mei – 30 sep (meestal)), North American monsoon (15 jun – 30 sep), Haboobs (1 jul – 10 sep (meestal))

Druk — Arizona State Fair

• Seizoen

  Desert hiking season

  15 okt – 15 apr · meestalWandelseizoen

  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.

Nog steeds bezig: Extreme heat (1 mei – 5 okt (meestal)), Arizona State Fair (25 sep – 31 okt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving break in Verenigde Staten

• Feestdag

  Thanksgiving

  25–29 novNationale feestdagDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Desert hiking season (15 okt – 15 apr (meestal))

Topdrukte — Christmas and New Year, Fiesta Bowl week

• Feestdag

  Christmas and New Year

  24 dec – 1 janKerst & nieuwjaarSluitingenDruk

  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. Bron ↗

• Festival

  Fiesta Bowl week

  26 dec – 2 jan · meestalSportevenementDrukBoek vroeg

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Desert hiking season (15 okt – 15 apr (meestal)), Thanksgiving (25–29 nov)