Aguila, Arizona climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Aguila's normal year runs from 33°F December nights to 101°F July afternoons, with 7.1 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.7°C, December lows of 1°C, July highs of 38°C, 181 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAguila
- Station IDUSC00020060
- Location33.94°N 113.19°W
- Elevation2,165 ft (660 m)
- Population (census place)208
On October 23, the normal high in Aguila is 81°F and the normal low 47°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 4%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Aguila.
- Jan 63° 35°
- Feb 66° 36°
- Mar 73° 40°
- Apr 79° 46°
- May 88° 53°
- Jun 98° 62°
- Jul 101° 72°
- Aug 99° 71°
- Sep 94° 64°
- Oct 84° 50°
- Nov 72° 39°
- Dec 62° 33°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Aguila each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 101°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 33°F. The most precipitation falls in February (1.35 in), the least in May (0.09 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63°F | 35°F | 48.9°F | 0.76 | 2 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 66°F | 36°F | 50.9°F | 1.35 | 3 | <1 | 7 | 11 h |
| March | 73°F | 40°F | 56.4°F | 0.75 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 79°F | 46°F | 62.4°F | 0.11 | <1 | 4 | 1 | 13 h |
| May | 88°F | 53°F | 70.7°F | 0.09 | <1 | 17 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 98°F | 62°F | 79.8°F | 0.10 | <1 | 27 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 101°F | 72°F | 86.1°F | 1.09 | 3 | 30 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 99°F | 71°F | 85.0°F | 0.70 | 4 | 29 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 94°F | 64°F | 78.9°F | 0.52 | 1 | 26 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 84°F | 50°F | 66.8°F | 0.57 | 1 | 10 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 72°F | 39°F | 55.3°F | 0.40 | 1 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 62°F | 33°F | 47.6°F | 0.68 | 3 | <1 | 15 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 82°F | 50°F | 65.7°F | 7.12 | 20 | 145 | 42 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 17°C | 2°C | 9.4°C | 19 mm |
| February | 19°C | 2°C | 10.5°C | 34 mm |
| March | 23°C | 5°C | 13.6°C | 19 mm |
| April | 26°C | 8°C | 16.9°C | 3 mm |
| May | 31°C | 12°C | 21.5°C | 2 mm |
| June | 37°C | 17°C | 26.6°C | 3 mm |
| July | 38°C | 22°C | 30.1°C | 28 mm |
| August | 37°C | 22°C | 29.4°C | 18 mm |
| September | 35°C | 18°C | 26.1°C | 13 mm |
| October | 29°C | 10°C | 19.3°C | 14 mm |
| November | 22°C | 4°C | 12.9°C | 10 mm |
| December | 17°C | 1°C | 8.7°C | 17 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00020060; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Aguila?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in February, March, April, October and November. Of those, April has the fewest days with rain (0).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00020060.
When is the last frost in Aguila?
In Aguila, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 17 in half of years and after April 12 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 19 in half of years and before November 5 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- March 171 year in 10 after April 12; 9 in 10 after February 18
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 191 year in 10 before November 5; 9 in 10 before December 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 243 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 286 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after February 19 in half of springs and before December 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Aguila in zone 9a in ZIP code 85320, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Arizona · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00020060; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Aguila?
In a normal year in Aguila, 145 days a year reach 90°F (68 of them 100°F or more), 42 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 20 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 145a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 68a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 42a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 20a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1935) is 117°F, on July 11, 1958; the lowest is 11°F, on January 5, 1950.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1941, with 18.72 in; the snowiest season is 1967–68, with 6.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00020060; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00020060. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Aguila?
Over a year 93% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Aguila, 5.9 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (97%) and December the cloudiest (87%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 88% | 3.5 |
| February | 88% | 4.5 |
| March | 91% | 5.9 |
| April | 94% | 7.3 |
| May | 96% | 8.2 |
| June | 97% | 8.5 |
| July | 92% | 7.5 |
| August | 93% | 7.0 |
| September | 94% | 6.2 |
| October | 94% | 5.0 |
| November | 92% | 3.8 |
| December | 87% | 3.1 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Aguila need?
A normal year in Aguila brings 2,215 heating degree days, 59% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,521 cooling degree days, 2.8 times the median (908). Three months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 6,084 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 499 | 0 |
| February | 395 | 0 |
| March | 273 | 6 |
| April | 121 | 45 |
| May | 27 | 205 |
| June | 2 | 447 |
| July | 0 | 654 |
| August | 0 | 620 |
| September | 1 | 417 |
| October | 66 | 122 |
| November | 295 | 6 |
| December | 538 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 2,215 | 2,521 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00020060. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
How does Aguila's climate compare?
Aguila is warmer than 51 of the other 96 places with their own NOAA record in Arizona, and wetter than 18. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 65.7°F is warmer than 89%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Aguila is BWh: hot desert. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Aguila share this climate record?
2 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Wenden, AZ412 people · 22 mi W
- Sunwest, AZ46 people · 24 mi SW
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Aguila's climate
What is the coldest month in Aguila?
December, with a normal high of 62°F and a normal low of 33°F. The warmest is July (101°F by day, 72°F at night).
Does it snow in Aguila?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in Aguila?
February, with 1.35 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is May with 0.09 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Aguila in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Aguila in zone 9a in ZIP code 85320, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come in Aguila?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 17; in one year in ten it comes after April 12. Waiting until April 12 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Arizona climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Wickenburg, AZ25 miles from this station, 67.2°F a year
- Alamo Dam, AZ30 miles from this station, 69.0°F a year
- Wittmann, AZ40 miles from this station, 70.2°F a year
- Bagdad, AZ45 miles from this station, 60.4°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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