Bouse, Arizona climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Bouse's normal year runs from 36°F December nights to 108°F July afternoons, with 5.7 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 21.8°C, December lows of 2°C, July highs of 42°C, 144 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBouse
- Station IDUSC00020949
- Location33.94°N 114.02°W
- Elevation925 ft (282 m)
- Population (census place)1,119
On October 23, the normal high in Bouse is 86°F and the normal low 52°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 5%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Bouse.
- Jan 66° 37°
- Feb 70° 41°
- Mar 78° 46°
- Apr 86° 52°
- May 95° 61°
- Jun 105° 69°
- Jul 108° 78°
- Aug 107° 78°
- Sep 101° 69°
- Oct 89° 55°
- Nov 75° 43°
- Dec 64° 36°
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 Bouse each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 108°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 36°F. The most precipitation falls in February (0.80 in), the least in June (0.04 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66°F | 37°F | 51.5°F | 0.66 | 3 | <1 | 8 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 70°F | 41°F | 55.5°F | 0.80 | 4 | <1 | 3 | 11 h |
| March | 78°F | 46°F | 62.2°F | 0.51 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 86°F | 52°F | 69.3°F | 0.19 | 1 | 11 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 95°F | 61°F | 78.2°F | 0.13 | 1 | 24 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 105°F | 69°F | 87.1°F | 0.04 | <1 | 29 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 108°F | 78°F | 93.3°F | 0.48 | 3 | 31 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 107°F | 78°F | 92.4°F | 0.73 | 4 | 31 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 101°F | 69°F | 84.9°F | 0.77 | 2 | 29 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 89°F | 55°F | 72.0°F | 0.38 | 2 | 16 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 75°F | 43°F | 58.9°F | 0.34 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 64°F | 36°F | 50.0°F | 0.64 | 3 | <1 | 11 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 87°F | 55°F | 71.3°F | 5.67 | 27 | 173 | 26 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19°C | 3°C | 10.8°C | 17 mm |
| February | 21°C | 5°C | 13.1°C | 20 mm |
| March | 26°C | 8°C | 16.8°C | 13 mm |
| April | 30°C | 11°C | 20.7°C | 5 mm |
| May | 35°C | 16°C | 25.7°C | 3 mm |
| June | 41°C | 21°C | 30.6°C | 1 mm |
| July | 42°C | 26°C | 34.1°C | 12 mm |
| August | 42°C | 25°C | 33.6°C | 19 mm |
| September | 38°C | 21°C | 29.4°C | 20 mm |
| October | 31°C | 13°C | 22.2°C | 10 mm |
| November | 24°C | 6°C | 14.9°C | 9 mm |
| December | 18°C | 2°C | 10.0°C | 16 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00020949; 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 Bouse?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in January, February, March and November. Of those, November has the fewest days with rain (2).
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 USC00020949.
When is the last frost in Bouse?
In Bouse, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after February 18 in half of years and after March 12 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 28 in half of years and before November 12 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
- February 181 year in 10 after March 12; 9 in 10 after January 24
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 281 year in 10 before November 12; 9 in 10 before December 15
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 284 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 322 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after January 29 in half of springs and before December 9 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bouse in zone 9a in ZIP code 85325. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Bouse's NOAA station is in zone 9a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 22°F (25 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 USC00020949; 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 in Bouse?
In a normal year in Bouse, 173 days a year reach 90°F (116 of them 100°F or more), 26 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 27 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 173a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 116a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 26a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 27a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1932) is 123°F, on July 9, 1958; the lowest is 11°F, on January 3, 1974.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1992, with 11.67 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00020949; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00020949. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Bouse?
Over a year 94% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Bouse, 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 | 89% | 3.5 |
| February | 89% | 4.5 |
| March | 92% | 5.9 |
| April | 94% | 7.3 |
| May | 96% | 8.2 |
| June | 97% | 8.5 |
| July | 93% | 7.6 |
| August | 94% | 7.1 |
| September | 95% | 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 Bouse need?
A normal year in Bouse brings 1,536 heating degree days, 71% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 3,861 cooling degree days, 4.3 times the median (908). Two months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 7,943 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 419 | 0 |
| February | 268 | 2 |
| March | 128 | 41 |
| April | 31 | 159 |
| May | 2 | 412 |
| June | 0 | 663 |
| July | 0 | 877 |
| August | 0 | 849 |
| September | 0 | 599 |
| October | 20 | 237 |
| November | 205 | 22 |
| December | 464 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 1,536 | 3,861 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00020949. 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.
Has Bouse been warmer than normal lately?
Over 56 complete years from 1953 to 2016, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.1°F per century (+0.23°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Bouse's climate compare?
Bouse is warmer than 71 of the other 96 places with their own NOAA record in Arizona, and wetter than 8. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 71.3°F is warmer than 96%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Bouse 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 Bouse share this climate record?
3 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.
- Salome, AZ731 people · 27 mi SE
- Vicksburg, AZ628 people · 19 mi SE
- Utting, AZ0 people · 9 mi SE
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 Bouse's climate
What is the coldest month in Bouse?
December, with a normal high of 64°F and a normal low of 36°F. The warmest is July (108°F by day, 78°F at night).
Does it snow in Bouse?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in Bouse?
February, with 0.80 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is June with 0.04 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Bouse in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Bouse in zone 9a in ZIP code 85325. By the same method at Bouse's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 22°F (25 years, 1991-2020): zone 9a.
How late can frost come in Bouse?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after February 18; in one year in ten it comes after March 12. Waiting until March 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
- Parker, AZ21 miles from this station, 74.1°F a year
- Quartzsite, AZ22 miles from this station, 73.7°F a year
- Parker Resrvoir, CA25 miles from this station, 74.2°F a year
- Alamo Dam, AZ32 miles from this station, 69.0°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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