Grand Canyon Visitor Ctr, 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 Grand Canyon Visitor Ctr's primary NOAA station, GRAND CANYON VISITOR CTR.
The climate verdict for Grand Canyon Visitor Ctr
Dryness leads the climate profile for Grand Canyon Visitor Ctr, Arizona, with 17.0 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 51°F. At 52/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 24% of scores.
- 51°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 17.0"
- yearly precipitation total
- 178 days
- frost-free growing season
Grand Canyon Visitor Ctr: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00023582 · Grand Canyon Visitor Ctr, AZ 51°F mean · 17.0" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 51°F
- RANK-MID #3,087
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Santa FE Seton
- PRCP-DRY 17.0"
- SWING-MID 39°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,556 HDD
- STN-1 USC00023582
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Santa FE Seton, NM (+ 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.
- Grand Canyon Vi… (this station) 51°F
- Cold Chatham, MA 51°F
- Hot Webster Springs, WV 51°F
- Near Santa FE Seton, NM 51°F
- Near Zuni, NM 51°F
Climate Living Index · Grand Canyon Visitor Ctr
Grand Canyon Visitor Ctr: 49/100 · grade D
Grand Canyon Visitor Ctr publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Grand Canyon Visitor Ctr, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 126 calendar days | 61/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 178 days/year | 48/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 51.1°F · 16.4° from 67.5°F | 45/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 17.0 in · 18.0 from 35 in | 36/100 · F |
Grand Canyon Visitor Ctr · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Grand Canyon Visitor Ctr is a temperate Köppen climate: Csa
Coldest-month mean 33.3°F and warmest-month mean 71.8°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
- 71.8°F
- Coldest month
- 33.3°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 Grand Canyon Visitor Ctr sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Grand Canyon Visitor Ctr's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 45th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 78%
- Grand Canyon Visitor Ctr's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 71%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Grand Canyon Visitor Ctr is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Grand Canyon Visitor Ctr compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Grand Canyon Visitor Ctr's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
52 24th percentile score exceeds 24% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 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 | 42°F (5°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 1.8" | 25.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 45°F (7°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 1.4" | 20.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 52°F (11°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 1.3" | 15.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 59°F (15°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 1.2" | 8.9 | 0.0 |
| May | 68°F (20°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 0.7" | 4.1 | 0.0 |
| June | 80°F (27°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 0.4" | 0.0 | 3.2 |
| July | 84°F (29°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 2.4" | 0.0 | 3.2 |
| August | 81°F (27°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 2.7" | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| September | 75°F (24°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 1.6" | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| October | 63°F (17°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 1.4" | 2.8 | 0.0 |
| November | 51°F (11°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 1.1" | 12.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 43°F (6°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 1.2" | 24.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 85°F around July 9, short of 90°F on every date, while 126 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 23°F near December 19.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 22, then returns to freezing around November 18, covering 126 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.
The widest day
June 29 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 26°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Grand Canyon Visitor Ctr.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Grand Canyon Visitor Ctr spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 32% of the annual total and December through February 26%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Grand Canyon Visitor Ctr has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 38.5°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: August averages 2.7" and June 0.4". The three wettest months together take 40% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 27
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 2
50% probability date
Growing Season
178 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,556
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
524
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AZ closest to Grand Canyon Visitor Ctr 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 (51°F here).
- Alpine, UT 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Baiting Hollow, NY 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Burr Oak, KS 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Cambridge, NE 51°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (17.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- San Jon, NM 17.0" · 0.0" off
- Yampa, CO 16.9" · 0.0" off
- Big Timber, MT 16.9" · 0.0" off
- Joseph, OR 16.9" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Grand Canyon Visitor Ctr's climate pattern fits together
heating led · dry · mid swing
Grand Canyon Visitor Ctr's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,556 annual heating degree days against 524 for cooling. Its 38.5°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Grand Canyon Visitor Ctr's frost-free season lasts about 178 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 Grand Canyon Visitor Ctr's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 38.5°F. The annual average is 51°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Grand Canyon Visitor Ctr's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 17.0 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 Grand Canyon Visitor Ctr'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 Grand Canyon Visitor Ctr, 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 Grand Canyon Visitor Ctr's primary station: GRAND CANYON VISITOR CTR (USC00023582). 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 Grand Canyon Visitor Ctr; 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 Grand Canyon Visitor Ctr 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.