Pipe Spring National Monument, Arizona climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Pipe Spring National Monument's normal year runs from 22°F December nights to 94°F July afternoons, with 11.4 inches of precipitation and 6 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 12.8°C, December lows of −5°C, July highs of 35°C, 290 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPipe Spring National Monument
- Station IDUSC00026616
- Location36.86°N 112.74°W
- Elevation4,920 ft (1,500 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Pipe Spring National Monument is 69°F and the normal low 38°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 13%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Pipe Spring National Monument.
- Jan 48° 23°
- Feb 52° 26°
- Mar 61° 31°
- Apr 68° 36°
- May 78° 45°
- Jun 89° 54°
- Jul 94° 61°
- Aug 92° 60°
- Sep 85° 52°
- Oct 72° 40°
- Nov 59° 30°
- Dec 47° 22°
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 Pipe Spring National Monument each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 94°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 22°F. The most precipitation falls in January (1.41 in), the least in June (0.19 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48°F | 23°F | 35.4°F | 1.41 | 0.3 | 5 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 52°F | 26°F | 39.2°F | 1.38 | 2.1 | 6 | <1 | 23 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 61°F | 31°F | 45.9°F | 1.06 | 1.2 | 5 | <1 | 19 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 68°F | 36°F | 51.9°F | 0.66 | 0.4 | 3 | <1 | 10 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 78°F | 45°F | 61.3°F | 0.52 | 0.0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 89°F | 54°F | 71.4°F | 0.19 | 0.0 | 2 | 18 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 94°F | 61°F | 77.8°F | 1.14 | 0.0 | 5 | 27 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 92°F | 60°F | 76.0°F | 1.30 | 0.0 | 7 | 23 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 85°F | 52°F | 68.2°F | 1.06 | 0.0 | 4 | 7 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 72°F | 40°F | 55.9°F | 1.08 | 0.0 | 4 | <1 | 5 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 59°F | 30°F | 44.1°F | 0.55 | 0.8 | 3 | <1 | 20 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 47°F | 22°F | 34.5°F | 1.05 | 1.0 | 5 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 70°F | 40°F | 55.1°F | 11.40 | 5.8 | 53 | 78 | 134 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9°C | −5°C | 1.9°C | 36 mm | 1 cm |
| February | 11°C | −3°C | 4.0°C | 35 mm | 5 cm |
| March | 16°C | −1°C | 7.7°C | 27 mm | 3 cm |
| April | 20°C | 2°C | 11.1°C | 17 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 25°C | 7°C | 16.3°C | 13 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 32°C | 12°C | 21.9°C | 5 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 35°C | 16°C | 25.4°C | 29 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 33°C | 16°C | 24.4°C | 33 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 29°C | 11°C | 20.1°C | 27 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 22°C | 4°C | 13.3°C | 27 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 15°C | −1°C | 6.7°C | 14 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 8°C | −5°C | 1.4°C | 27 mm | 3 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00026616; 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 Pipe Spring National Monument?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, September and October. Of those, April has the fewest days with rain (3).
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 USC00026616.
When is the last frost at Pipe Spring National Monument?
In Pipe Spring National Monument, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 1 in half of years and after May 18 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 19 in half of years and before October 5 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
- May 11 year in 10 after May 18; 9 in 10 after April 17
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 191 year in 10 before October 5; 9 in 10 before November 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 168 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 191 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 18 in half of springs and before October 29 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Pipe Spring National Monument in zone 7a in ZIP code 86022, 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 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 4°F (21 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 USC00026616; 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 Pipe Spring National Monument?
In a normal year in Pipe Spring National Monument, 78 days a year reach 90°F (10 of them 100°F or more), 134 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 53 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 78a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 10a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 134a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 2high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 53a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 3a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1963) is 109°F, on July 11, 2021; the lowest is −13°F, on December 23, 1990.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1992, with 18.63 in; the snowiest season is 1972–73, with 64.9 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00026616; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00026616. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Pipe Spring National Monument?
Over a year 86% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Pipe Spring National Monument, 5.4 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (93%) and December the cloudiest (78%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 81% | 3.0 |
| February | 79% | 3.9 |
| March | 84% | 5.4 |
| April | 86% | 6.8 |
| May | 88% | 7.7 |
| June | 93% | 8.4 |
| July | 84% | 7.1 |
| August | 85% | 6.6 |
| September | 90% | 5.9 |
| October | 89% | 4.6 |
| November | 86% | 3.4 |
| December | 78% | 2.6 |
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 Pipe Spring National Monument record?
A normal year at Pipe Spring National Monument brings 4,702 heating degree days, 12% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,134 cooling degree days, 25% more than the median (908). Six months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,619 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 918 | 0 |
| February | 724 | 0 |
| March | 594 | 0 |
| April | 393 | 2 |
| May | 156 | 43 |
| June | 21 | 213 |
| July | 0 | 395 |
| August | 1 | 342 |
| September | 35 | 131 |
| October | 292 | 8 |
| November | 626 | 0 |
| December | 944 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,702 | 1,134 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00026616. 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 Pipe Spring National Monument's climate compare?
Pipe Spring National Monument is warmer than 17 of the 97 places with their own NOAA record in Arizona, and wetter than 48. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 55.1°F is warmer than 61%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Pipe Spring National Monument is BSk: cold semi-arid steppe. 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 Pipe Spring National Monument 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.
- Kaibab, AZ113 people · 1 mi NE
- Moccasin, AZ29 people · 3 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 Pipe Spring National Monument's climate
What is the coldest month at Pipe Spring National Monument?
December, with a normal high of 47°F and a normal low of 22°F. The warmest is July (94°F by day, 61°F at night).
Does it snow at Pipe Spring National Monument?
Yes: 6 inches in a normal year, falling on 5 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (2.1 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Pipe Spring National Monument?
January, with 1.41 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is June with 0.19 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Pipe Spring National Monument in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Pipe Spring National Monument in zone 7a in ZIP code 86022, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 4°F (21 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come at Pipe Spring National Monument?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 1; in one year in ten it comes after May 18. Waiting until May 18 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Arizona climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Colorado City, AZ16 miles from this station, 56.1°F a year
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- Zion National Park, UT27 miles from this station, 62.0°F a year
- Orderville, UT29 miles from this station, 51.8°F a year
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