Cordes, Arizona climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Cordes's normal year runs from 33°F December nights to 96°F July afternoons, with 15.3 inches of precipitation and 1 inch of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.7°C, December lows of 1°C, July highs of 36°C, 387 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCordes
- Station IDUSC00022109
- Location34.30°N 112.17°W
- Elevation3,771 ft (1,149 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Cordes is 76°F and the normal low 47°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 9%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Cordes.
- Jan 59° 34°
- Feb 61° 35°
- Mar 67° 38°
- Apr 74° 42°
- May 83° 50°
- Jun 93° 58°
- Jul 96° 66°
- Aug 94° 66°
- Sep 89° 60°
- Oct 79° 49°
- Nov 67° 39°
- Dec 58° 33°
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 Cordes each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 96°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 33°F. The most precipitation falls in August (2.11 in), the least in June (0.14 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59°F | 34°F | 46.3°F | 1.70 | 0.0 | 5 | <1 | 12 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 61°F | 35°F | 47.7°F | 1.90 | 0.3 | 5 | <1 | 8 | 11 h |
| March | 67°F | 38°F | 52.5°F | 1.41 | 0.1 | 5 | <1 | 4 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 74°F | 42°F | 58.0°F | 0.44 | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 h |
| May | 83°F | 50°F | 66.2°F | 0.37 | 0.0 | 2 | 6 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 93°F | 58°F | 75.5°F | 0.14 | 0.0 | 1 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 96°F | 66°F | 81.0°F | 1.97 | 0.0 | 6 | 28 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 94°F | 66°F | 79.9°F | 2.11 | 0.0 | 7 | 26 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 89°F | 60°F | 74.3°F | 1.58 | 0.0 | 4 | 16 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 79°F | 49°F | 63.9°F | 1.06 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 67°F | 39°F | 53.2°F | 1.04 | 0.3 | 3 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 58°F | 33°F | 45.6°F | 1.53 | 0.3 | 4 | <1 | 13 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 77°F | 47°F | 62.0°F | 15.25 | 1.2 | 46 | 101 | 44 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15°C | 1°C | 7.9°C | 43 mm | 0 cm |
| February | 16°C | 2°C | 8.7°C | 48 mm | 1 cm |
| March | 19°C | 3°C | 11.4°C | 36 mm | 0 cm |
| April | 23°C | 6°C | 14.4°C | 11 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 28°C | 10°C | 19.0°C | 9 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 34°C | 14°C | 24.2°C | 4 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 36°C | 19°C | 27.2°C | 50 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 35°C | 19°C | 26.6°C | 54 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 32°C | 15°C | 23.5°C | 40 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 26°C | 10°C | 17.7°C | 27 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 19°C | 4°C | 11.8°C | 26 mm | 1 cm |
| December | 14°C | 1°C | 7.6°C | 39 mm | 1 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00022109; 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 Cordes?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, May 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 USC00022109.
When is the last frost at Cordes?
In Cordes, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 5 in half of years and after April 24 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 17 in half of years and before October 28 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 51 year in 10 after April 24; 9 in 10 after March 9
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 171 year in 10 before October 28; 9 in 10 before December 3
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 221 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 263 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 7 in half of springs and before November 28 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Cordes in zone 8b in ZIP code 86333, 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 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 20°F (27 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 USC00022109; 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 Cordes?
In a normal year in Cordes, 101 days a year reach 90°F (21 of them 100°F or more), 44 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 46 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 101a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 21a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 44a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 46a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1930) is 115°F, on July 28, 1995; the lowest is 4°F, on January 22, 1937.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1965, with 29.30 in; the snowiest season is 1967–68, with 17.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00022109; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00022109. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Cordes?
Over a year 89% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Cordes, 5.7 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (95%) and December the cloudiest (82%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 84% | 3.3 |
| February | 83% | 4.2 |
| March | 87% | 5.7 |
| April | 90% | 7.1 |
| May | 92% | 8.1 |
| June | 95% | 8.6 |
| July | 86% | 7.2 |
| August | 87% | 6.7 |
| September | 90% | 6.0 |
| October | 91% | 4.9 |
| November | 89% | 3.7 |
| December | 82% | 2.9 |
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 Cordes record?
A normal year at Cordes brings 2,817 heating degree days, 48% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,757 cooling degree days, 94% more than 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 4,943 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 581 | 0 |
| February | 484 | 0 |
| March | 389 | 1 |
| April | 224 | 13 |
| May | 70 | 106 |
| June | 4 | 320 |
| July | 0 | 496 |
| August | 0 | 464 |
| September | 5 | 286 |
| October | 102 | 68 |
| November | 357 | 4 |
| December | 601 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 2,817 | 1,757 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00022109. 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 Cordes been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 64.1°F, 2.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 62.0°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 64.1°F | +2.1°F | 13.16 | 7.5 |
| 2022 | 63.8°F | +1.8°F | 9.94 | 0.0 |
| 2023 | 62.5°F | +0.5°F | 12.61 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 63.8°F | +1.8°F | 11.34 | 3.0 |
| 2025 | 64.1°F | +2.1°F | 17.41 | 2.5 |
Over 75 complete years from 1934 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.4°F per century (+0.24°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00022109; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Cordes's climate compare?
Cordes is warmer than 36 of the 97 places with their own NOAA record in Arizona, and wetter than 65. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 62.0°F is warmer than 80%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Cordes 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 Cordes 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.
- Cordes Lakes, AZ3,218 people · 3 mi E
- Spring Valley, AZ1,610 people · 3 mi N
- Mayer, AZ884 people · 9 mi NW
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 Cordes's climate
What is the coldest month at Cordes?
December, with a normal high of 58°F and a normal low of 33°F. The warmest is July (96°F by day, 66°F at night).
Does it snow at Cordes?
Yes: 1 inch in a normal year, falling on 1 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (0.3 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Cordes?
August, with 2.11 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is June with 0.14 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Cordes in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Cordes in zone 8b in ZIP code 86333, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 20°F (27 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come at Cordes?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 5; in one year in ten it comes after April 24. Waiting until April 24 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Arizona climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Castle Hot Springs, AZ25 miles from this station, 72.6°F a year
- Childs, AZ27 miles from this station, 64.2°F a year
- Prescott, AZ28 miles from this station, 56.7°F a year
- Camp Verde, AZ28 miles from this station, 61.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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