Munds Park, Arizona climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Munds Park's normal year runs from 16°F December nights to 83°F July afternoons, with 24.6 inches of precipitation and 77 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 8.3°C, December lows of −9°C, July highs of 28°C, 624 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationMund's Park
- Station IDUSC00025780
- Location34.94°N 111.64°W
- Elevation6,470 ft (1,972 m)
- Population (census place)752
On October 14, the normal high in Munds Park is 66°F and the normal low 31°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 15%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Munds Park.
- Jan 46° 17°
- Feb 47° 19°
- Mar 53° 23°
- Apr 60° 27°
- May 69° 34°
- Jun 80° 40°
- Jul 83° 49°
- Aug 81° 50°
- Sep 76° 41°
- Oct 66° 31°
- Nov 54° 23°
- Dec 46° 16°
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 Munds Park each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 83°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 16°F. The most precipitation falls in August (3.15 in), the least in June (0.25 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46°F | 17°F | 31.2°F | 3.12 | 21.9 | 7 | <1 | 30 | 10 h |
| February | 47°F | 19°F | 33.0°F | 3.03 | 17.7 | 8 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 53°F | 23°F | 37.9°F | 2.53 | 15.1 | 7 | <1 | 30 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 60°F | 27°F | 43.4°F | 1.08 | 6.4 | 4 | <1 | 25 | 13 h |
| May | 69°F | 34°F | 51.0°F | 0.76 | 0.3 | 3 | <1 | 15 | 14 h |
| June | 80°F | 40°F | 59.5°F | 0.25 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 83°F | 49°F | 66.1°F | 2.07 | 0.0 | 9 | 3 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 81°F | 50°F | 65.2°F | 3.15 | 0.0 | 14 | 1 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 76°F | 41°F | 58.6°F | 2.14 | 0.0 | 8 | <1 | 3 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 66°F | 31°F | 48.3°F | 1.92 | 0.9 | 5 | <1 | 21 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 54°F | 23°F | 38.4°F | 1.69 | 3.9 | 5 | <1 | 28 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 46°F | 16°F | 30.7°F | 2.83 | 11.2 | 7 | <1 | 30 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 63°F | 31°F | 47.0°F | 24.57 | 77.4 | 78 | 4 | 213 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8°C | −8°C | −0.4°C | 79 mm | 56 cm |
| February | 8°C | −7°C | 0.6°C | 77 mm | 45 cm |
| March | 12°C | −5°C | 3.3°C | 64 mm | 38 cm |
| April | 15°C | −3°C | 6.3°C | 27 mm | 16 cm |
| May | 20°C | 1°C | 10.6°C | 19 mm | 1 cm |
| June | 26°C | 4°C | 15.3°C | 6 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28°C | 10°C | 18.9°C | 53 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 27°C | 10°C | 18.4°C | 80 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 24°C | 5°C | 14.8°C | 54 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 19°C | −1°C | 9.1°C | 49 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 12°C | −5°C | 3.6°C | 43 mm | 10 cm |
| December | 8°C | −9°C | −0.7°C | 72 mm | 28 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00025780; 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 Munds Park?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August, September and October. Of those, June 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 USC00025780.
When is the last frost in Munds Park?
In Munds Park, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after June 10 in half of years and after June 27 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 27 in half of years and before September 14 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
- June 101 year in 10 after June 27; 9 in 10 after May 26
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 271 year in 10 before September 14; 9 in 10 before October 8
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 106 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 133 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 26 in half of springs and before October 7 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Munds Park in zone 7a in ZIP code 86017. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Munds Park's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −8°F (17 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 USC00025780; 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 in Munds Park?
In a normal year in Munds Park, 4 days a year reach 90°F, 213 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 78 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 4a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 213a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 9high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 78a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 17a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00025780.
How sunny is Munds Park?
Over a year 87% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Munds Park, 5.6 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (95%) and December the cloudiest (81%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 82% | 3.3 |
| February | 82% | 4.2 |
| March | 86% | 5.7 |
| April | 89% | 7.1 |
| May | 91% | 8.0 |
| June | 95% | 8.5 |
| July | 82% | 6.9 |
| August | 84% | 6.5 |
| September | 88% | 5.9 |
| October | 90% | 4.9 |
| November | 88% | 3.7 |
| December | 81% | 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 much heating and cooling does Munds Park need?
A normal year in Munds Park brings 6,696 heating degree days, 25% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 139 cooling degree days, 85% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 1,689 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,048 | 0 |
| February | 895 | 0 |
| March | 839 | 0 |
| April | 647 | 0 |
| May | 434 | 0 |
| June | 177 | 12 |
| July | 37 | 72 |
| August | 43 | 49 |
| September | 197 | 5 |
| October | 518 | 0 |
| November | 800 | 0 |
| December | 1,063 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,696 | 139 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00025780. 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.
How does Munds Park's climate compare?
Munds Park is warmer than 4 of the other 96 places with their own NOAA record in Arizona, and wetter than 86. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 47.0°F is warmer than 28%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Munds Park is Dsb: continental, dry-summer, warm summer. 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 Munds Park share this climate record?
Mormon Lake has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Mormon Lake, AZ175 people · 11 mi E
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 Munds Park's climate
What is the coldest month in Munds Park?
December, with a normal high of 46°F and a normal low of 16°F. The warmest is July (83°F by day, 49°F at night).
Does it snow in Munds Park?
Yes: 77 inches in a normal year, falling on 25 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (21.9 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Munds Park?
August, with 3.15 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is June with 0.25 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Munds Park in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Munds Park in zone 7a in ZIP code 86017. By the same method at Munds Park's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −8°F (17 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Munds Park?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after June 10; in one year in ten it comes after June 27. Waiting until June 27 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Arizona climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Oak Creek Canyon, AZ7 miles from this station, 57.6°F a year
- Sedona, AZ7 miles from this station, 63.0°F a year
- Flagstaff, AZ14 miles from this station, 46.8°F a year
- Walnut Canyon National Monument, AZ18 miles from this station, 50.6°F a year
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