Canelo, 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 Canelo's primary NOAA station, CANELO 1 NW.
The climate verdict for Canelo
Dryness leads the climate profile for Canelo, Arizona, with 17.8 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 58°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 58°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 17.8"
- yearly precipitation total
- 190 days
- frost-free growing season
Canelo: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00021231 · Canelo, AZ 58°F mean · 17.8" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 58°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,803
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mt Diablo Junct…
- PRCP-DRY 17.8"
- SWING-MID 32°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 3,362 HDD
- STN-1 USC00021231
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Mt Diablo Junction, CA (+ 0.1 °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.
- Hot Dobbins, CA 59°F
- Canelo (this station) 58°F
- Cold Orleans, CA 58°F
- Near Mt Diablo Junct…, CA 58°F
- Near Julian Cdf, CA 58°F
Climate Living Index · Canelo
Canelo: 61/100 · grade C
Canelo publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Canelo, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 58.3°F · 9.2° from 67.5°F | 71/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 117 calendar days | 66/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 190 days/year | 57/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 17.8 in · 17.2 from 35 in | 39/100 · F |
Canelo · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Canelo is a temperate Köppen climate: Csa
Coldest-month mean 42.4°F and warmest-month mean 74.2°F place this station in temperate, dry-summer, hot summer climates (Csa). Class Csa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, dry-summer, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Csa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 74.2°F
- Coldest month
- 42.4°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 Canelo sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Canelo's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 30% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Canelo sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 76%
- Canelo's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 88%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Canelo is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Canelo compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Canelo's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58°F (14°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 1.6" | 23.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 61°F (16°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 1.1" | 18.4 | 0.0 |
| March | 66°F (19°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 0.8" | 15.5 | 0.0 |
| April | 73°F (23°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 0.4" | 6.7 | 0.3 |
| May | 82°F (28°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 0.2" | 0.7 | 4.9 |
| June | 90°F (32°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 0.6" | 0.0 | 18.0 |
| July | 87°F (31°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 4.3" | 0.0 | 13.7 |
| August | 85°F (29°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 3.6" | 0.0 | 7.1 |
| September | 83°F (28°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 1.6" | 0.0 | 3.3 |
| October | 77°F (25°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 1.0" | 2.4 | 0.5 |
| November | 66°F (19°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 0.9" | 12.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 56°F (13°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 1.6" | 22.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Canelo works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 91°F by June 17 and hold at or above 90°F on 23 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 94 dates, bottoming at 28°F around January 1.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 8 through June 30, covering 23 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 1 to November 6.
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.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 24, then returns to freezing around November 23, covering 94 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 2, when 48% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is April 29 at 4%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 66 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 28 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 Canelo.
Where Canelo Stands Nationally
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 37°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Canelo 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
4.4 days with precipitation
4.3 days with precipitation
4.3 days with precipitation
1.6 days with precipitation
1.5 days with precipitation
3.2 days with precipitation
13.8 days with precipitation
14.8 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
3.7 days with precipitation
2.9 days with precipitation
4.6 days with precipitation
Canelo runs a summer-peaked wet season
48% of Canelo's yearly precipitation falls in June, July and August alone, against the 25% an evenly spread year would give those three months. The wettest month is July at 4.3", on a 31.8°F seasonal spread. Warm-season convection and, across the Southwest, the North American monsoon produce this shape: rain arrives in short heavy bursts during the hottest part of the year rather than as long cool-season soaking.
- Wettest three months: July, August, September, taking 54% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: May at 0.2".
- Winter share: 24% falls in December, January and February.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A summer-peaked label means the June-August share reaches 35%; it describes timing across an average year, not any single season, and says nothing about how heavy an individual storm can be.
How Canelo's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 66 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 17.8" between them, or roughly 0.27 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 30
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 23
50% probability date
Growing Season
190 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,362
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
954
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AZ closest to Canelo 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 (58°F here).
- Blackwell, OK 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Canyon, TX 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Carthage, MO 58°F · 0.0°F off
- Hopkinsville, KY 58°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (17.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Garrison, ND 17.8" · 0.0" off
- Pollock, SD 17.8" · 0.0" off
- Ulysses, KS 17.8" · 0.0" off
- Oelrichs, SD 17.9" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Canelo's climate pattern fits together
heating led · dry · mid swing
Canelo's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 3,362 annual heating degree days against 954 for cooling. Its 31.8°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Canelo's frost-free season lasts about 190 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Canelo's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 31.8°F. The annual average is 58°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Canelo's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 17.8 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Canelo's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Canelo, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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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 Canelo's primary station: CANELO 1 NW (USC00021231). 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 Canelo; 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 Canelo 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.