Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield, 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 Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield's primary NOAA station, FT HUACHUCA PIONEER AIRFIELD.
The climate verdict for Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield
Dryness leads the climate profile for Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield, Arizona, with 14.9 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 63°F. It scores 85/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 85% of them.
- 63°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 85/100
- comfort score, above 85% of station-mapped location scores
- 14.9"
- annual precipitation
- 250 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00053146 · Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield, AZ 63°F mean · 14.9" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 63°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,626
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Chesterfield
- PRCP-DRY 14.9"
- SWING-MID 31°F
- COMF-TOP 85/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USW00053146
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Chesterfield, SC (+ 0 °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.
- Fort Huachuca P… (this station) 63°F
- Hot Dillon, SC 63°F
- Near Chesterfield, SC 63°F
- Near Childress, TX 63°F
- Near Des Arc, AR 63°F
Climate Living Index · Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield
Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield: 76/100 · grade B
Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 85/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 50 calendar days | 91/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 250 days/year | 89/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 62.7°F · 4.8° from 67.5°F | 85/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 14.9 in · 20.1 from 35 in | 28/100 · F |
Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSk
Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: cold semi-arid steppe (BSk). Class BSk is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically cold semi-arid steppe.
- Köppen code
- BSk
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 78.1°F
- Coldest month
- 47.2°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 · balanced station
Where Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 18% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 83%
- Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 89%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
85 Top 15% score exceeds 85% 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%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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 | 61°F (16°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 47°F (9°C) | 0.9" | 11.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 64°F (18°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 0.9" | 6.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 70°F (21°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 0.7" | 1.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 77°F (25°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 0.2" | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| May | 84°F (29°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 0.2" | 0.0 | 5.4 |
| June | 93°F (34°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 78°F (25°C) | 0.4" | 0.0 | 24.6 |
| July | 91°F (33°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 3.6" | 0.0 | 17.4 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 3.5" | 0.0 | 13.9 |
| September | 86°F (30°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 2.1" | 0.0 | 6.7 |
| October | 79°F (26°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 0.8" | 0.5 | 1.4 |
| November | 68°F (20°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 0.6" | 2.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 60°F (16°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 1.0" | 10.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield runs from a mild 33°F around January 1 to 94°F at the peak near June 19, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 31 through July 19, covering 50 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 16 to November 11.
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.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 33°F around January 1.
The widest day
June 3 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 33°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield.
Where Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield Stands Nationally
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 15 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Daily temperature swings run wider than most of the country, peaking near 33°F between the normal high and low.
Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield runs a summer-peaked wet season
51% of Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield'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 3.6", on a 30.9°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 62% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: May at 0.2".
- Winter share: 19% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 21
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 16
50% probability date
Growing Season
250 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,414
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,615
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AZ closest to Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield 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 (63°F here).
- Chesterfield, SC 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Des Arc, AR 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Dillon, SC 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Georgetown, GA 63°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (14.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Cascade, MT 14.9" · 0.0" off
- Kanab, UT 14.9" · 0.0" off
- Broadus, MT 14.9" · 0.0" off
- Hysham, MT 14.9" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield's limited precipitation lands
mixed demand · dry · mid swing
Local precipitation is sparse in this otherwise mixed profile. The station reports 14.9 inches annually, within PlainClimate's dry band. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The monthly distribution matters because the total alone does not reveal the timing.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 30.9°F. The annual average is 63°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield's normal, at 2,414 and 1,615 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield has a long frost-free window of roughly 250 days, but the dry annual profile is a separate constraint. Growing-season length says when freezes are unlikely, not whether rainfall is sufficient.
Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield wettest normal
July
July concentrates the scarce annual total (14.9 inches).
Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield driest normal
April
April is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
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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 Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield's primary station: FT HUACHUCA PIONEER AIRFIELD (USW00053146). 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 Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield; 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 Fort Huachuca Pioneer Airfield 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.