O que acontece em Phoenix, Estados Unidos, ao longo do ano

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

• Festival

  Barrett-Jackson collector car week

  17–26 Jan · normalmenteGrande festivalLotadoReserve cedo

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Desert hiking season (15 Out – 15 Abr (normalmente)), Christmas and New Year (24 Dez – 1 Jan), Fiesta Bowl week (26 Dez – 2 Jan (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — WM Phoenix Open, Cactus League spring training

• Festival

  WM Phoenix Open

  4–16 Fev · normalmenteEvento esportivoLotadoReserve cedo

  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 Fev – 25 Mar · normalmenteEvento esportivoLotadoReserve cedo

  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 ↗

• Natureza

  Desert wildflowers

  20 Fev – 10 Abr · normalmenteFlores silvestres e floradas

  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.

Ainda em andamento: Desert hiking season (15 Out – 15 Abr (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Cactus League spring training, Spring break em Estados Unidos

Nada novo começa em março.

Ainda em andamento: Cactus League spring training (19 Fev – 25 Mar (normalmente)), Desert wildflowers (20 Fev – 10 Abr (normalmente)), Desert hiking season (15 Out – 15 Abr (normalmente))

Meia-estação — um mês comum

Nada novo começa em abril.

Ainda em andamento: Desert wildflowers (20 Fev – 10 Abr (normalmente)), Desert hiking season (15 Out – 15 Abr (normalmente))

Meia-estação — um mês comum

• Risco

  Extreme heat

  1 Mai – 5 Out · normalmente

  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 ↗

• Regra

  Heat-day trail closures

  1 Mai – 30 Set · normalmenteFechamentos

  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 ↗

Movimentado — Summer break em Estados Unidos, férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Temporada

  North American monsoon

  15 Jun – 30 SetRisco

  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.

Ainda em andamento: Extreme heat (1 Mai – 5 Out (normalmente)), Heat-day trail closures (1 Mai – 30 Set (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Independence Day, Summer break em Estados Unidos

• Risco

  Haboobs

  1 Jul – 10 Set · normalmenteTemporada de poeiraFechamentos

  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 ↗

• Feriado

  Independence Day

  3–5 JulFeriado nacionalLotadoFechamentos

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Extreme heat (1 Mai – 5 Out (normalmente)), Heat-day trail closures (1 Mai – 30 Set (normalmente)), North American monsoon (15 Jun – 30 Set)

Movimentado — Summer break em Estados Unidos, férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

Nada novo começa em agosto.

Ainda em andamento: Extreme heat (1 Mai – 5 Out (normalmente)), Heat-day trail closures (1 Mai – 30 Set (normalmente)), North American monsoon (15 Jun – 30 Set), Haboobs (1 Jul – 10 Set (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Arizona State Fair, Summer break em Estados Unidos

• Festival

  Arizona State Fair

  25 Set – 31 Out · normalmenteGrande festivalLotado

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Extreme heat (1 Mai – 5 Out (normalmente)), Heat-day trail closures (1 Mai – 30 Set (normalmente)), North American monsoon (15 Jun – 30 Set), Haboobs (1 Jul – 10 Set (normalmente))

Movimentado — Arizona State Fair

• Temporada

  Desert hiking season

  15 Out – 15 Abr · normalmenteTemporada de trilhas

  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.

Ainda em andamento: Extreme heat (1 Mai – 5 Out (normalmente)), Arizona State Fair (25 Set – 31 Out (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving break em Estados Unidos

• Feriado

  Thanksgiving

  25–29 NovFeriado nacionalLotadoFechamentos

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Desert hiking season (15 Out – 15 Abr (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — Christmas and New Year, Fiesta Bowl week

• Feriado

  Christmas and New Year

  24 Dez – 1 JanNatal e Ano-NovoFechamentosLotado

  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 Dez – 2 Jan · normalmenteEvento esportivoLotadoReserve cedo

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Desert hiking season (15 Out – 15 Abr (normalmente)), Thanksgiving (25–29 Nov)