Tree removal in Tempe, AZ

From 2016 through 2025 the National Weather Service logged 7 storm reports near Tempe that mention trees, limbs or branches. The latest are dated September 26, 2025; September 3, 2025; and August 25, 2025. The strongest wind gust recorded in them was 75 mph, estimated by the reporter.

After a storm

Source: NOAA Storm Events

About 77,050 households live in Tempe. About four in ten homes are detached houses and about four in ten occupied homes are lived in by their owners. Half the homes were built before 1983. With that many rentals, a tree at a rented home usually goes to the landlord or property manager first; the lease generally says who arranges and pays for tree work.

Before you call

Source: Census ACS 2019–2023

The nearest NOAA climate normals station, about 3 miles from Tempe, averages 10 nights a year with a low at or below 32°F.

Ice, snow and broken limbs

Source: NOAA Climate Normals

Call the electric utility first and treat the line as live. EIA lists 11 electric utilities with service territory in Maricopa County, among them Arizona Public Service Co and Buckeye Water C&D District; the county page names the other 9.

A tree on a power line

Source: EIA-861, 2024