Laveen (3 mi SSE), Arizona climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Laveen (3 mi SSE)'s normal year runs from 42°F December nights to 107°F July afternoons, with 7.4 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 23.3°C, December lows of 6°C, July highs of 42°C, 188 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLaveen (3 mi SSE)
- Station IDUSC00024829
- Location33.34°N 112.15°W
- Elevation1,135 ft (346 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Laveen (3 mi SSE) is 87°F and the normal low 58°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 6%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Laveen (3 mi SSE).
- Jan 67° 43°
- Feb 71° 46°
- Mar 79° 51°
- Apr 87° 56°
- May 96° 66°
- Jun 106° 75°
- Jul 107° 81°
- Aug 106° 81°
- Sep 101° 74°
- Oct 89° 61°
- Nov 76° 50°
- Dec 66° 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 at Laveen (3 mi SSE) each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 107°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 42°F. The most precipitation falls in July (0.97 in), the least in June (0.10 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67°F | 43°F | 54.8°F | 0.82 | 3 | <1 | 2 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 71°F | 46°F | 58.2°F | 0.90 | 3 | <1 | <1 | 11 h |
| March | 79°F | 51°F | 64.5°F | 0.86 | 2 | 4 | <1 | 12 h |
| April | 87°F | 56°F | 71.6°F | 0.18 | 1 | 13 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 96°F | 66°F | 80.8°F | 0.13 | 1 | 26 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 106°F | 75°F | 90.2°F | 0.10 | <1 | 30 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 107°F | 81°F | 94.4°F | 0.97 | 3 | 31 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 106°F | 81°F | 93.3°F | 0.75 | 3 | 31 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 101°F | 74°F | 87.5°F | 0.59 | 2 | 29 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 89°F | 61°F | 75.1°F | 0.74 | 2 | 17 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 76°F | 50°F | 63.0°F | 0.62 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 66°F | 42°F | 53.8°F | 0.74 | 3 | <1 | 3 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 88°F | 60°F | 73.9°F | 7.40 | 24 | 180 | 6 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19°C | 6°C | 12.7°C | 21 mm |
| February | 22°C | 8°C | 14.6°C | 23 mm |
| March | 26°C | 10°C | 18.1°C | 22 mm |
| April | 31°C | 13°C | 22.0°C | 5 mm |
| May | 36°C | 19°C | 27.1°C | 3 mm |
| June | 41°C | 24°C | 32.3°C | 3 mm |
| July | 42°C | 27°C | 34.7°C | 25 mm |
| August | 41°C | 27°C | 34.1°C | 19 mm |
| September | 38°C | 23°C | 30.8°C | 15 mm |
| October | 32°C | 16°C | 23.9°C | 19 mm |
| November | 24°C | 10°C | 17.2°C | 16 mm |
| December | 19°C | 6°C | 12.1°C | 19 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00024829; 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 Laveen (3 mi SSE)?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in January, February, March, November and December. Of those, November 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 USC00024829.
When is the last frost at Laveen (3 mi SSE)?
In Laveen (3 mi SSE), the last spring frost (32°F) comes after January 14 in half of years and after February 12 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before December 22 in half of years and before December 1 in one year in ten. A night at 32°F or colder comes at all in 85% of years here (NOAA).
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- January 141 year in 10 after February 12; 9 in 10 after December 19
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- December 221 year in 10 before December 1; 9 in 10 before January 22
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 343 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 365 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after January 5 in half of springs and before January 2 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Laveen (3 mi SSE) in zone 10a in ZIP code 85045, 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 9b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 29°F (22 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 USC00024829; 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 Laveen (3 mi SSE)?
In a normal year in Laveen (3 mi SSE), 180 days a year reach 90°F (121 of them 100°F or more), 6 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 24 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 180a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 121a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 6a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 24a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1948) is 125°F, on July 28, 1995; the lowest is 16°F, on January 13, 1963.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1992, with 15.22 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00024829; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00024829. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Laveen (3 mi SSE)?
Over a year 92% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Laveen (3 mi SSE), 5.8 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (97%) and December the cloudiest (86%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 87% | 3.4 |
| February | 87% | 4.4 |
| March | 90% | 5.9 |
| April | 93% | 7.3 |
| May | 96% | 8.2 |
| June | 97% | 8.5 |
| July | 92% | 7.5 |
| August | 93% | 6.9 |
| September | 94% | 6.2 |
| October | 94% | 5.0 |
| November | 91% | 3.8 |
| December | 86% | 3.1 |
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 Laveen (3 mi SSE) record?
A normal year at Laveen (3 mi SSE) brings 1,103 heating degree days, 79% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 4,398 cooling degree days, 4.8 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 8,822 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 316 | 1 |
| February | 199 | 8 |
| March | 89 | 73 |
| April | 20 | 218 |
| May | 1 | 491 |
| June | 0 | 757 |
| July | 0 | 911 |
| August | 0 | 879 |
| September | 0 | 673 |
| October | 10 | 325 |
| November | 121 | 61 |
| December | 348 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 1,103 | 4,398 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00024829. 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 Laveen (3 mi SSE) been warmer than normal?
Over 50 complete years from 1949 to 2016, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.8°F per century (+0.16°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Laveen (3 mi SSE)'s climate compare?
Laveen (3 mi SSE) is warmer than 89 of the 97 places with their own NOAA record in Arizona, and wetter than 20. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 73.9°F is warmer than 98%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Laveen (3 mi SSE) 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 Laveen (3 mi SSE) share this climate record?
7 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.
- Goodyear, AZalso near: Litchfield Park (17 mi, 73.3°F a year); South Phoenix (19 mi, 71.4°F a year)118,186 people · 14 mi SW
- Avondale, AZalso near: Litchfield Park (13 mi, 73.3°F a year); South Phoenix (16 mi, 71.4°F a year)96,609 people · 11 mi W
- Gila Crossing, AZ965 people · 5 mi S
- Komatke, AZ824 people · 3 mi S
- Maricopa Colony, AZ723 people · 5 mi W
- St. Johns, AZ596 people · 4 mi SW
- Santa Cruz, AZ101 people · 7 mi S
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 Laveen (3 mi SSE)'s climate
What is the coldest month at Laveen (3 mi SSE)?
December, with a normal high of 66°F and a normal low of 42°F. The warmest is July (107°F by day, 81°F at night).
Does it snow at Laveen (3 mi SSE)?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month at Laveen (3 mi SSE)?
July, with 0.97 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is June with 0.10 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Laveen (3 mi SSE) in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Laveen (3 mi SSE) in zone 10a in ZIP code 85045, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 29°F (22 years, 1991-2020): zone 9b.
How late can frost come at Laveen (3 mi SSE)?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after January 14; in one year in ten it comes after February 12. Waiting until February 12 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Arizona climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- South Phoenix, AZ6 miles from this station, 71.4°F a year
- Phoenix, AZ11 miles from this station, 75.6°F a year
- Tempe, AZ14 miles from this station, 71.8°F a year
- Litchfield Park, AZ17 miles from this station, 73.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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