Cascabel, Arizona climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Cascabel's normal year runs from 29°F December nights to 99°F July afternoons, with 13.0 inches of precipitation and 1 inch of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.4°C, December lows of −2°C, July highs of 37°C, 329 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCascabel
- Station IDUSC00021330
- Location32.26°N 110.35°W
- Elevation3,194 ft (974 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Cascabel is 82°F and the normal low 43°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 11%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Cascabel.
- Jan 65° 30°
- Feb 68° 32°
- Mar 75° 35°
- Apr 82° 39°
- May 90° 46°
- Jun 100° 56°
- Jul 99° 65°
- Aug 96° 66°
- Sep 92° 58°
- Oct 84° 46°
- Nov 73° 35°
- Dec 64° 29°
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 Cascabel each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 99°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 29°F. The most precipitation falls in July (3.04 in), the least in May (0.22 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65°F | 30°F | 47.1°F | 1.10 | 0.8 | 5 | <1 | 21 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 68°F | 32°F | 49.8°F | 1.07 | 0.2 | 5 | <1 | 15 | 11 h |
| March | 75°F | 35°F | 54.7°F | 0.64 | 0.3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 12 h |
| April | 82°F | 39°F | 60.1°F | 0.26 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 h |
| May | 90°F | 46°F | 68.3°F | 0.22 | 0.0 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 100°F | 56°F | 77.9°F | 0.36 | 0.0 | 2 | 29 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 99°F | 65°F | 82.0°F | 3.04 | 0.0 | 10 | 29 | <1 | 14 h |
| August | 96°F | 66°F | 80.9°F | 2.54 | 0.0 | 10 | 28 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 92°F | 58°F | 75.1°F | 1.46 | 0.0 | 5 | 23 | <1 | 12 h 20 min |
| October | 84°F | 46°F | 64.7°F | 0.61 | 0.0 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 73°F | 35°F | 54.0°F | 0.58 | 0.0 | 3 | <1 | 11 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 64°F | 29°F | 46.3°F | 1.09 | 0.1 | 5 | <1 | 20 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 82°F | 45°F | 63.4°F | 12.97 | 1.4 | 56 | 143 | 83 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18°C | −1°C | 8.4°C | 28 mm | 2 cm |
| February | 20°C | 0°C | 9.9°C | 27 mm | 1 cm |
| March | 24°C | 2°C | 12.6°C | 16 mm | 1 cm |
| April | 28°C | 4°C | 15.6°C | 7 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 32°C | 8°C | 20.2°C | 6 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 38°C | 13°C | 25.5°C | 9 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 37°C | 19°C | 27.8°C | 77 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 36°C | 19°C | 27.2°C | 65 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 33°C | 15°C | 23.9°C | 37 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 29°C | 8°C | 18.2°C | 15 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 23°C | 2°C | 12.2°C | 15 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 18°C | −2°C | 7.9°C | 28 mm | 0 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00021330; 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 Cascabel?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in February, March, April, October and November. Of those, April 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 USC00021330.
When is the last frost at Cascabel?
In Cascabel, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 24 in half of years and after May 9 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 31 in half of years and before October 14 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
- April 241 year in 10 after May 9; 9 in 10 after April 9
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 311 year in 10 before October 14; 9 in 10 before November 15
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 187 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 212 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 9 in half of springs and before November 10 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cascabel in zone 8b in ZIP code 85602, 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 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 14°F (20 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Arizona · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00021330; 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 Cascabel?
In a normal year in Cascabel, 143 days a year reach 90°F (53 of them 100°F or more), 83 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 56 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 143a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 53a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 83a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 56a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1965) is 116°F, on June 25, 1970; the lowest is 1°F, on January 15, 2013.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1983, with 24.58 in; the snowiest season is 1996–97, with 13.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00021330; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00021330. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Cascabel?
Over a year 89% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Cascabel, 5.8 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (94%) and July the cloudiest (84%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 86% | 3.6 |
| February | 85% | 4.5 |
| March | 89% | 6.0 |
| April | 93% | 7.4 |
| May | 94% | 8.2 |
| June | 94% | 8.3 |
| July | 84% | 6.9 |
| August | 86% | 6.5 |
| September | 88% | 5.9 |
| October | 92% | 5.1 |
| November | 89% | 3.9 |
| December | 85% | 3.3 |
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 Cascabel record?
A normal year at Cascabel brings 2,503 heating degree days, 53% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,952 cooling degree days, 2.2 times the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,338 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 553 | 0 |
| February | 427 | 0 |
| March | 321 | 1 |
| April | 166 | 20 |
| May | 38 | 140 |
| June | 1 | 389 |
| July | 0 | 527 |
| August | 0 | 493 |
| September | 3 | 306 |
| October | 83 | 74 |
| November | 332 | 3 |
| December | 580 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 2,503 | 1,952 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00021330. 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 Cascabel been warmer than normal?
2024 averaged 64.0°F, 0.6°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 63.4°F. 2 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 64.1°F | +0.7°F | 12.99 | – |
| 2022 | 62.9°F | −0.5°F | 18.99 | – |
| 2023 | 63.4°F | at normal | 8.66 | – |
| 2024 | 64.0°F | +0.6°F | 10.13 | – |
Over 34 complete years from 1970 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 7.0°F per century (+0.39°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00021330; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Cascabel's climate compare?
Cascabel is warmer than 45 of the 97 places with their own NOAA record in Arizona, and wetter than 58. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 63.4°F is warmer than 84%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Cascabel 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.
Questions about Cascabel's climate
What is the coldest month at Cascabel?
December, with a normal high of 64°F and a normal low of 29°F. The warmest is July (99°F by day, 65°F at night).
Does it snow at Cascabel?
Yes: 1 inch in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (0.8 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Cascabel?
July, with 3.04 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is May with 0.22 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Cascabel in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Cascabel in zone 8b in ZIP code 85602, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 14°F (20 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come at Cascabel?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 24; in one year in ten it comes after May 9. Waiting until May 9 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Arizona climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Mount Lemmon Willow Canyon, AZ22 miles from this station, 55.9°F a year
- Saguaro National Park, AZ24 miles from this station, 70.0°F a year
- Benson, AZ27 miles from this station, 63.3°F a year
- San Manuel, AZ29 miles from this station, 66.7°F a year
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