Arizona City, AZ Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Arizona City's primary NOAA station, ARIZONA CITY.
The climate verdict for Arizona City
Dryness leads the climate profile for Arizona City, Arizona, with 8.0 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 69°F. It scores 77/100 for climate comfort (good), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 70% of them.
- 69°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 77/100
- comfort score, above 70% of station-mapped location scores
- 8.0"
- annual precipitation
- 266 days
- frost-free growing season
Arizona City: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00020404 · Arizona City, AZ 69°F mean · 8.0" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 69°F
- RANK-WARM #6,449
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Beaumont Rsch C…
- PRCP-ARID 8.0"
- SWING-MID 41°F
- COMF-TOP 77/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00020404
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Beaumont Rsch Ctr, TX (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every AZ station list.
- Arizona City (this station) 69°F
- Hot Perry Foley, FL 69°F
- Near Beaumont Rsch C…, TX 69°F
- Near Cross City, FL 69°F
- Near La Grange, TX 69°F
Climate Living Index · Arizona City
Arizona City: 63/100 · grade C
Arizona City publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Arizona City, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 77/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 68.9°F · 1.4° from 67.5°F | 94/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 266 days/year | 93/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.0 inches/year | 90/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 154 calendar days | 44/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 8.0 in · 27.1 from 35 in | 7/100 · F |
Arizona City · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Arizona City's normals sit in a dry climate class: BWh
Annual precipitation falls well below the aridity threshold for this temperature regime, so the normals classify as hot desert (BWh). Class BWh is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically hot desert.
- Köppen code
- BWh
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 89.5°F
- Coldest month
- 48.6°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · balanced station
Where Arizona City sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Arizona City's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 6% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Arizona City sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 97%
- Arizona City's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 40th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Arizona City compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Arizona City's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
77 Top 30% score exceeds 70% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). This entry sits in this band.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64°F (18°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 0.7" | 0.0" | 12.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 69°F (21°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 1.0" | 0.0" | 5.0 | 0.1 |
| March | 76°F (25°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 0.9" | 0.0" | 1.0 | 2.4 |
| April | 84°F (29°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 0.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 11.6 |
| May | 93°F (34°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 0.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 22.9 |
| June | 103°F (39°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 85°F (29°C) | 0.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 29.8 |
| July | 104°F (40°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 90°F (32°C) | 1.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 30.8 |
| August | 102°F (39°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 89°F (31°C) | 1.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 30.1 |
| September | 98°F (37°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 83°F (28°C) | 1.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 27.5 |
| October | 88°F (31°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 0.3" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 15.8 |
| November | 75°F (24°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 0.4" | 0.0" | 2.7 | 1.7 |
| December | 64°F (18°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 0.9" | 0.0" | 12.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Arizona City runs from a mild 33°F around December 19 to 105°F at the peak near June 26, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 10 through October 10, covering 154 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs February 21 to November 25.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 33°F around December 19.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is July 31, when 18% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is May 10 at 2%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 32 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 7 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 37°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Arizona City.
Where Arizona City Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 154 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 8 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Arizona City earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
3.4 days with precipitation
3.3 days with precipitation
2.1 days with precipitation
0.9 days with precipitation
0.6 days with precipitation
0.9 days with precipitation
5.2 days with precipitation
5.2 days with precipitation
3.7 days with precipitation
1.4 days with precipitation
1.5 days with precipitation
4.2 days with precipitation
Arizona City spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 29% of the annual total and December through February 34%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Arizona City has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 40.9°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 1.1" and June 0.1". The three wettest months together take 41% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
How Arizona City's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 32 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 7.9" between them, or roughly 0.25 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Arizona City's record shows no measurable snowfall
This station measured snowfall across the 1991-2020 period and recorded none: the annual normal is 0.0 inches. That is a measured zero rather than missing data, which is a meaningful distinction here , most stations in the database simply do not report snow at all, and those pages say nothing about it.
A thirty-year normal of zero describes the typical year at this station. It is not a claim that snow has never fallen in the area.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 21
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
February 28
50% probability date
Growing Season
266 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,839
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
3,285
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AZ closest to Arizona City on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (69°F here).
- Cross City, FL 69°F · 0.0°F off
- La Grange, TX 69°F · 0.0°F off
- Brackettville, TX 69°F · 0.1°F off
- Lake Arthur, LA 69°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (8.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Shoshoni, WY 8.0" · 0.0" off
- Castle Dale, UT 8.0" · 0.1" off
- Delta, UT 8.0" · 0.1" off
- Kennewick, WA 7.9" · 0.1" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Arizona City's limited precipitation lands
mixed demand · dry · mid swing
Local precipitation is sparse in this otherwise mixed profile. The station reports 8.0 inches annually, within PlainClimate's dry band. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. The monthly distribution matters because the total alone does not reveal the timing.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Arizona City's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 40.9°F. The annual average is 69°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Arizona City's normal, at 1,839 and 3,285 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
Arizona City has a long frost-free window of roughly 266 days, but the dry annual profile is a separate constraint. Growing-season length says when freezes are unlikely, not whether rainfall is sufficient.
Arizona City wettest normal
July
July concentrates the scarce annual total (8.0 inches).
Arizona City driest normal
June
June is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Arizona City's primary station: ARIZONA CITY (USC00020404). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as a census-designated place (GEOID 0403530), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Arizona City: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Arizona City comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.