About the State Climatologist

Erinanne Saffell received her BS, MA and PhD degrees in geography and climatology from Arizona State University. Her main research interests are extreme weather events, including flood and drought, as well as impacts of the urban heat island. Saffell is a senior global futures scientist with the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory^® and an associate teaching professor at ASU.

The Arizona State Climatologist serves the people and state of Arizona through an executive appointment funded by Arizona State University, the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning and the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory.

Saffell is Director of the Arizona State Climate Office, which is the recognized state climate office for the State of Arizona (ARSCO). A focus of the State Climate Office is to evaluate and synthesize climate data and scientific research to provide context and relevance about the climate of Arizona.