Lake Havasu City, Arizona climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Lake Havasu City's normal year runs from 42°F December nights to 109°F July afternoons, with 4.2 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 23.4°C, December lows of 5°C, July highs of 43°C, 106 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLake Havasu City
- Station IDUSC00024761
- Location34.50°N 114.36°W
- Elevation449 ft (137 m)
- Population59,037
On October 23, the normal high in Lake Havasu City is 86°F and the normal low 59°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 3%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Lake Havasu City.
- Jan 65° 43°
- Feb 70° 46°
- Mar 78° 51°
- Apr 86° 58°
- May 95° 67°
- Jun 105° 76°
- Jul 109° 83°
- Aug 108° 82°
- Sep 102° 75°
- Oct 89° 62°
- Nov 75° 50°
- Dec 64° 42°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Lake Havasu City each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 109°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 42°F. The most precipitation falls in January (0.75 in), the least in June (0.01 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65°F | 43°F | 53.9°F | 0.75 | 3 | <1 | <1 | 10 h |
| February | 70°F | 46°F | 58.1°F | 0.61 | 3 | <1 | <1 | 11 h |
| March | 78°F | 51°F | 64.8°F | 0.48 | 2 | 4 | <1 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 86°F | 58°F | 71.7°F | 0.16 | 1 | 12 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 95°F | 67°F | 81.1°F | 0.03 | <1 | 24 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 105°F | 76°F | 90.3°F | 0.01 | <1 | 29 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 109°F | 83°F | 96.0°F | 0.26 | 2 | 31 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 108°F | 82°F | 95.2°F | 0.38 | 2 | 31 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 102°F | 75°F | 88.2°F | 0.36 | 2 | 29 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 89°F | 62°F | 75.3°F | 0.28 | 1 | 17 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 75°F | 50°F | 62.4°F | 0.30 | 1 | 1 | <1 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 64°F | 42°F | 52.8°F | 0.54 | 2 | <1 | <1 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 87°F | 61°F | 74.2°F | 4.16 | 19 | 178 | 1 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18°C | 6°C | 12.2°C | 19 mm |
| February | 21°C | 8°C | 14.5°C | 15 mm |
| March | 26°C | 11°C | 18.2°C | 12 mm |
| April | 30°C | 14°C | 22.1°C | 4 mm |
| May | 35°C | 19°C | 27.3°C | 1 mm |
| June | 41°C | 24°C | 32.4°C | 0 mm |
| July | 43°C | 28°C | 35.6°C | 7 mm |
| August | 42°C | 28°C | 35.1°C | 10 mm |
| September | 39°C | 24°C | 31.2°C | 9 mm |
| October | 32°C | 16°C | 24.1°C | 7 mm |
| November | 24°C | 10°C | 16.9°C | 8 mm |
| December | 18°C | 5°C | 11.6°C | 14 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00024761; 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.
When is the best weather to visit Lake Havasu City?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in January, February, March and November. Of those, November has the fewest days with rain (1).
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 USC00024761.
When is the last frost in Lake Havasu City?
A night at 32°F or colder comes in only 49% of years in Lake Havasu City (NOAA). NOAA's median date of the last spring frost is January 5 and of the first autumn frost December 29.
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 365 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 365 days.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lake Havasu City in zone 10a across its 2 ZIP code areas (10a in 86404, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Lake Havasu City's NOAA station is in zone 10a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 34°F (19 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 USC00024761; 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.
What hardiness zone is each Lake Havasu City ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Lake Havasu City's 2 ZIP code areas are all in zone 10a. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in Lake Havasu City?
In a normal year in Lake Havasu City, 178 days a year reach 90°F (128 of them 100°F or more), 1 night falls to 32°F or colder and 19 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 178a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 128a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 1a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 19a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00024761.
How sunny is Lake Havasu City?
Over a year 93% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Lake Havasu City, 5.8 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (97%) and December the cloudiest (86%). Among the 459 U.S. places of 50,000 or more, that ranks 2nd in sunshine.
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 87% | 3.4 |
| February | 88% | 4.4 |
| March | 91% | 5.8 |
| April | 93% | 7.2 |
| May | 95% | 8.1 |
| June | 97% | 8.6 |
| July | 93% | 7.7 |
| August | 94% | 7.2 |
| September | 95% | 6.3 |
| October | 94% | 4.9 |
| November | 91% | 3.7 |
| December | 86% | 3.0 |
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 much heating and cooling does Lake Havasu City need?
A normal year in Lake Havasu City brings 1,148 heating degree days, 79% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 4,523 cooling degree days, 5.0 times the median (908). Two months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 8,902 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 343 | 0 |
| February | 199 | 6 |
| March | 81 | 73 |
| April | 15 | 218 |
| May | 1 | 499 |
| June | 0 | 759 |
| July | 0 | 961 |
| August | 0 | 936 |
| September | 0 | 696 |
| October | 7 | 328 |
| November | 123 | 47 |
| December | 378 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 1,148 | 4,523 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00024761. 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.
Has Lake Havasu City been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 75.8°F, 1.6°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 74.2°F. 3 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 75.6°F | +1.4°F | 1.93 |
| 2022 | 75.1°F | +0.9°F | 3.75 |
| 2024 | 75.8°F | +1.6°F | 2.42 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00024761. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Lake Havasu City's climate compare?
Lake Havasu City is warmer than 91 of the other 96 places with their own NOAA record in Arizona, and wetter than 4. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 74.2°F is warmer than 98%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Lake Havasu City is BWh: hot desert. 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 Lake Havasu City share this climate record?
2 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.
- Desert Hills, AZ2,910 people · 3 mi N
- Crystal Beach, AZ232 people · 5 mi N
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 Lake Havasu City's climate
What is the coldest month in Lake Havasu City?
December, with a normal high of 64°F and a normal low of 42°F. The warmest is July (109°F by day, 83°F at night).
Does it snow in Lake Havasu City?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in Lake Havasu City?
January, with 0.75 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is June with 0.01 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Lake Havasu City in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Lake Havasu City in zone 10a across its 2 ZIP code areas (10a in 86404, the largest). By the same method at Lake Havasu City's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 34°F (19 years, 1991-2020): zone 10a.
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