A. Platelets are the tiny blood cells that help stop bleeding by binding together to form a clump or plug at sites of injury inside blood vessels. A normal platelet count is between 150,000 and 450,000 platelets per microliter (one-millionth of a liter, abbreviated mcL). The average platelet count is 237,000 per mcL in men and 266,000 per mcL in women.
The monsoon season begins on June 15 and ends on September 30, but the storms peak between mid-July and mid-August. On average, about half of Arizona receives about half of its annual rainfall during the monsoon. However, rainfall can vary tremendously between distances of just a few miles.
July 1, 2016; 4:00 AM ET. The uptick in spotty, drenching thunderstorms, associated with the southwestern United States monsoon, will continue in the coming days and weeks. Storms during the last week of June and the first week of July are an early look of what the monsoon season will bring. Tucson, Arizona, was hit with flash flooding that required swift water rescues on Sunday evening, June 26. During Thursday, drenching storms targeted Las Vegas with local amounts near 1.50 inches.