Betatakin, AZ Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Betatakin's primary NOAA station, BETATAKIN.
The climate verdict for Betatakin
Dryness leads the climate profile for Betatakin, Arizona, with 11.1 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 51°F. At 49/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 18% of scores.
- 51°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 49/100
- comfort score, above 18% of station-mapped location scores
- 11.1"
- annual precipitation · 36" snow
- 161 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Betatakin: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00020750 · Betatakin, AZ 51°F mean · 11.1" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 51°F
- RANK-MID #3,087
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mannington
- PRCP-ARID 11.1"
- SWING-MID 42°F
- COMF-LOW 49/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,735 HDD
- STN-1 USC00020750
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Mannington, WV (+ 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.
- Betatakin (this station) 51°F
- Hot Lukachukai, AZ 51°F
- Near Mannington, WV 51°F
- Near Waynesburg, PA 51°F
- Near Burton, WV 51°F
Climate Living Index · Betatakin
Betatakin: 40/100 · grade D
Betatakin publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Betatakin, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 49/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 138 calendar days | 54/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 51.0°F · 16.5° from 67.5°F | 45/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 161 days/year | 34/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 35.5 inches/year | 33/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 11.1 in · 23.9 from 35 in | 16/100 · F |
Betatakin · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Betatakin's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSk
Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: cold semi-arid steppe (BSk). Class BSk is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically cold semi-arid steppe.
- Köppen code
- BSk
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 72.9°F
- Coldest month
- 31.0°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 · heating-led station
Where Betatakin sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Betatakin's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 45th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 92%
- Betatakin's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 44th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Betatakin compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Betatakin's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
49 18th percentile score exceeds 18% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 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
Betatakin's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 39 complete annual observations from 1953 to 2024, BETATAKIN warmed at a fitted rate of 0.22°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Betatakin primary station fitted change +0.22 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F (4°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 1.2" | 8.3" | 29.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 44°F (7°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 1.0" | 9.1" | 24.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 53°F (11°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 0.8" | 3.7" | 19.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 61°F (16°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 0.6" | 3.3" | 11.9 | 0.0 |
| May | 71°F (22°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 0.6" | 0.4" | 2.8 | 0.2 |
| June | 82°F (28°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 0.2" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 4.3 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 1.2" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 8.2 |
| August | 83°F (28°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 71°F (21°C) | 1.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.9 |
| September | 76°F (25°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 1.2" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| October | 64°F (18°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 1.0" | 0.3" | 4.7 | 0.0 |
| November | 51°F (10°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 0.7" | 3.2" | 17.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 40°F (5°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 1.2" | 7.2" | 28.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 86°F around July 9, short of 90°F on every date, while 138 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 21°F near December 25.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 27, then returns to freezing around November 11, covering 138 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is August 4, when 22% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 14 at 6%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 50 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 12 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 28°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Betatakin.
Where Betatakin Stands Nationally
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 11 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Betatakin earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 8.3"
5.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 9.1"
5.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.7"
4.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.3"
2.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
3.0 days with precipitation
1.3 days with precipitation
5.6 days with precipitation
6.7 days with precipitation
4.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
3.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.2"
3.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.2"
4.0 days with precipitation
Betatakin spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 26% of the annual total and December through February 30%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Betatakin has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 41.9°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: August averages 1.4" and June 0.2". The three wettest months together take 35% 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 Betatakin's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 50 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 11.1" between them, or roughly 0.22 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.
Winter brings real snow to Betatakin
Betatakin averages 35.5 inches of snowfall a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 16 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 35.5 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 16 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 32% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 15
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 7
50% probability date
Growing Season
161 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,735
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
654
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AZ closest to Betatakin 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 (51°F here).
- Deseret, UT 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Elwood, IN 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Gothenburg, NE 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Hastings, NE 51°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (11.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Gildford, MT 11.1" · 0.0" off
- Alcalde, NM 11.1" · 0.0" off
- Odessa, WA 11.1" · 0.0" off
- Klamath Falls, OR 11.1" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Betatakin
heating led · dry · mid swing
Betatakin's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,735 annual heating degree days against 654 for cooling. Its 41.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Betatakin's frost-free season lasts about 161 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Betatakin coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 31°F (-1°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Betatakin typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Betatakin snow peak
February
Betatakin averages 35.5 inches of snow a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Betatakin's primary station: BETATAKIN (USC00020750). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Betatakin; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Betatakin 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.