Betatakin, Arizona climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Betatakin's normal year runs from 22°F January nights to 86°F July afternoons, with 11.1 inches of precipitation and 36 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.6°C, January lows of −6°C, July highs of 30°C, 282 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBetatakin
- Station IDUSC00020750
- Location36.68°N 110.54°W
- Elevation7,286 ft (2,221 m)
On October 24, the normal high in Betatakin is 61°F and the normal low 38°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 12%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Betatakin.
- Jan 40° 22°
- Feb 44° 25°
- Mar 53° 30°
- Apr 61° 35°
- May 71° 44°
- Jun 82° 55°
- Jul 86° 60°
- Aug 83° 58°
- Sep 76° 52°
- Oct 64° 41°
- Nov 51° 30°
- Dec 40° 22°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Betatakin each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 86°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 22°F. The most precipitation falls in August (1.45 in), the least in June (0.18 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F | 22°F | 31.0°F | 1.17 | 8.3 | 5 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 44°F | 25°F | 34.1°F | 1.03 | 9.1 | 5 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 53°F | 30°F | 41.4°F | 0.79 | 3.7 | 4 | <1 | 19 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 61°F | 35°F | 47.9°F | 0.64 | 3.3 | 3 | <1 | 12 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 71°F | 44°F | 57.5°F | 0.58 | 0.4 | 3 | <1 | 3 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 82°F | 55°F | 68.3°F | 0.18 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 86°F | 60°F | 72.9°F | 1.23 | 0.0 | 6 | 8 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 83°F | 58°F | 70.6°F | 1.45 | 0.0 | 7 | 4 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 76°F | 52°F | 63.9°F | 1.23 | 0.0 | 5 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 64°F | 41°F | 52.5°F | 0.96 | 0.3 | 4 | <1 | 5 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 51°F | 30°F | 40.5°F | 0.69 | 3.2 | 3 | <1 | 18 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 40°F | 22°F | 31.2°F | 1.16 | 7.2 | 4 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 63°F | 40°F | 51.0°F | 11.11 | 35.5 | 50 | 17 | 139 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4°C | −6°C | −0.6°C | 30 mm | 21 cm |
| February | 7°C | −4°C | 1.2°C | 26 mm | 23 cm |
| March | 11°C | −1°C | 5.2°C | 20 mm | 9 cm |
| April | 16°C | 2°C | 8.8°C | 16 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 22°C | 7°C | 14.2°C | 15 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 28°C | 13°C | 20.2°C | 5 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 30°C | 16°C | 22.7°C | 31 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28°C | 15°C | 21.4°C | 37 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 25°C | 11°C | 17.7°C | 31 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 18°C | 5°C | 11.4°C | 24 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 10°C | −1°C | 4.7°C | 18 mm | 8 cm |
| December | 5°C | −5°C | −0.4°C | 29 mm | 18 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00020750; 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.
Which months are mildest at Betatakin?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, August and September. Of those, June has the fewest days with rain (1).
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 USC00020750.
When is the last frost at Betatakin?
In Betatakin, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 7 in half of years and after May 26 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 15 in half of years and before September 30 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
- May 71 year in 10 after May 26; 9 in 10 after April 23
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 151 year in 10 before September 30; 9 in 10 before November 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 159 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 183 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 28 in half of springs and before October 27 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Betatakin in zone 7a in ZIP code 86054, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 2°F (16 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Arizona · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00020750; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. 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 at Betatakin?
In a normal year in Betatakin, 17 days a year reach 90°F, 139 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 50 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 17a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 139a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 15high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 50a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 13a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1939) is 101°F, on June 22, 1954; the lowest is −14°F, on February 1, 1985.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1972, with 16.39 in; the snowiest season is 1964–65, with 92.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00020750; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00020750. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Betatakin?
Over a year 87% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Betatakin, 5.5 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (93%) and December the cloudiest (79%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 81% | 3.0 |
| February | 81% | 4.0 |
| March | 86% | 5.6 |
| April | 87% | 6.9 |
| May | 89% | 7.8 |
| June | 93% | 8.5 |
| July | 86% | 7.4 |
| August | 86% | 6.7 |
| September | 90% | 6.0 |
| October | 89% | 4.7 |
| November | 88% | 3.5 |
| December | 79% | 2.6 |
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 many heating and cooling degree days does Betatakin record?
A normal year at Betatakin brings 5,735 heating degree days, 7% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 654 cooling degree days, 28% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,825 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,056 | 0 |
| February | 864 | 0 |
| March | 733 | 0 |
| April | 513 | 0 |
| May | 253 | 22 |
| June | 41 | 142 |
| July | 6 | 251 |
| August | 10 | 182 |
| September | 87 | 55 |
| October | 388 | 2 |
| November | 737 | 0 |
| December | 1,048 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,735 | 654 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00020750. 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.
Have recent years at Betatakin been warmer than normal?
2024 averaged 53.2°F, 2.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 51.0°F. 1 of the 2 complete years since 2023 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 50.4°F | −0.6°F | 16.34 | 76.4 |
| 2024 | 53.2°F | +2.2°F | 11.16 | 48.9 |
Over 39 complete years from 1953 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.9°F per century (+0.22°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00020750; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Betatakin's climate compare?
Betatakin is warmer than 12 of the 97 places with their own NOAA record in Arizona, and wetter than 45. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 51.0°F is warmer than 45%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Betatakin is BSk: cold semi-arid steppe. 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 Betatakin share this climate record?
4 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.
- Kayenta, AZ5,651 people · 16 mi E
- Chilchinbito, AZ881 people · 30 mi SE
- Navajo Mountain, UT643 people · 29 mi NW
- Shonto, AZ347 people · 9 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 Betatakin's climate
What is the coldest month at Betatakin?
January, with a normal high of 40°F and a normal low of 22°F. The warmest is July (86°F by day, 60°F at night).
Does it snow at Betatakin?
Yes: 36 inches in a normal year, falling on 16 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (9.1 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Betatakin?
August, with 1.45 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is June with 0.18 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Betatakin in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Betatakin in zone 7a in ZIP code 86054, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 2°F (16 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come at Betatakin?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 7; in one year in ten it comes after May 26. Waiting until May 26 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Arizona climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Monument Valley, AZ32 miles from this station, 56.4°F a year
- Mexican Hat, UT50 miles from this station, 58.2°F a year
- Page, AZ53 miles from this station, 60.8°F a year
- Valley Of The Gods, UT53 miles from this station, 57.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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