Paradise, AZ Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Paradise's primary NOAA station, PARADISE.
The climate verdict for Paradise
Dryness leads the climate profile for Paradise, Arizona, with 17.0 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 57°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 57°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 17.0"
- annual precipitation
- 189 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Paradise: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00026242 · Paradise, AZ 57°F mean · 17.0" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 57°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,528
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Big Bar
- PRCP-DRY 17.0"
- SWING-MID 35°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 3,852 HDD
- STN-1 USC00026242
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Big Bar, CA (+ 0.1 °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.
- Paradise (this station) 57°F
- Cold Sautee, GA 57°F
- Hot Big Bar, CA 57°F
- Near Coweeta, NC 57°F
- Near Glenwood, NM 57°F
Climate Living Index · Paradise
Paradise: 56/100 · grade C
Paradise publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Paradise, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 56.7°F · 10.8° from 67.5°F | 65/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 132 calendar days | 58/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 189 days/year | 56/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 17.0 in · 18.0 from 35 in | 36/100 · F |
Paradise · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Paradise is a temperate Köppen climate: Csa
Coldest-month mean 39.3°F and warmest-month mean 74.1°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
- 74.1°F
- Coldest month
- 39.3°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 Paradise sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Paradise's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 66th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 78%
- Paradise's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 83%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Paradise is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Paradise compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Paradise's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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 | 54°F (12°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 1.1" | 28.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 59°F (15°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 1.3" | 22.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 65°F (18°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 0.9" | 14.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 73°F (23°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 0.3" | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 81°F (27°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 0.3" | 1.3 | 2.7 |
| June | 90°F (32°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 0.6" | 0.0 | 20.8 |
| July | 88°F (31°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 3.6" | 0.0 | 12.5 |
| August | 84°F (29°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 3.4" | 0.0 | 7.6 |
| September | 80°F (27°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 1.8" | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| October | 74°F (24°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 1.0" | 2.6 | 0.1 |
| November | 63°F (17°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 1.1" | 15.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 54°F (12°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 1.5" | 26.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Paradise works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 91°F by June 18 and hold at or above 90°F on 18 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 114 dates, bottoming at 24°F around January 3.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 13 through June 30, covering 18 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 4 to October 30.
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.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 7, then returns to freezing around November 15, covering 114 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 2 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 37°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Paradise.
Where Paradise Stands Nationally
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 37°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Paradise earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Paradise runs a summer-peaked wet season
45% of Paradise'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 34.8°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 52% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: May at 0.3".
- Winter share: 23% 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
October 27
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 21
50% probability date
Growing Season
189 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,852
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
836
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AZ closest to Paradise 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 (57°F here).
- Arnett, OK 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Bethpage, TN 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Haysville, KS 57°F · 0.0°F off
- Joplin, MO 57°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 Paradise's climate pattern fits together
heating led · dry · mid swing
Paradise's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 3,852 annual heating degree days against 836 for cooling. Its 34.8°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Paradise's frost-free season lasts about 189 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Paradise's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 34.8°F. The annual average is 57°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Paradise'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 Paradise'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 Paradise, 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 Paradise's primary station: PARADISE (USC00026242). 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 Paradise; 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 Paradise 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.