Punkin Ctr, AZ Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Punkin Ctr's primary NOAA station, PUNKIN CTR.
The climate verdict for Punkin Ctr
Dryness leads the climate profile for Punkin Ctr, Arizona, with 16.0 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 66°F. It scores 85/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 85% of them.
- 66°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 85/100
- comfort score, above 85% of station-mapped location scores
- 16.0"
- precipitation, annual total
- 258 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Punkin Ctr: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00026840 · Punkin Ctr, AZ 66°F mean · 16.0" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 66°F
- RANK-WARM #6,244
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Beaumont Expsta…
- PRCP-DRY 16.0"
- SWING-MID 42°F
- COMF-TOP 85/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00026840
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Beaumont Expstation, MS (+ 0 °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.
- Punkin Ctr (this station) 66°F
- Hot Crane, TX 66°F
- Near Beaumont Expsta…, MS 66°F
- Near Brooklet, GA 66°F
- Near Coleman, TX 66°F
Climate Living Index · Punkin Ctr
Punkin Ctr: 60/100 · grade C
Punkin Ctr publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Punkin Ctr, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 85/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 66.3°F · 1.2° from 67.5°F | 95/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 258 days/year | 91/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 16.0 in · 19.0 from 35 in | 32/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 175 calendar days | 29/100 · F |
Punkin Ctr · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Punkin Ctr's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSh
Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: hot semi-arid steppe (BSh). Class BSh is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically hot semi-arid steppe.
- Köppen code
- BSh
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 87.7°F
- Coldest month
- 45.8°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 · balanced station
Where Punkin Ctr sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Punkin Ctr's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 9% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Punkin Ctr sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 80%
- Punkin Ctr's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 44th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Punkin Ctr compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Punkin Ctr's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
85 Top 15% score exceeds 85% 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%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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 | 61°F (16°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 2.1" | 18.3 | 0.0 |
| February | 66°F (19°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 2.1" | 8.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 73°F (23°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 1.8" | 1.5 | 0.2 |
| April | 81°F (27°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 0.5" | 0.3 | 3.8 |
| May | 90°F (32°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 0.4" | 0.0 | 17.5 |
| June | 101°F (38°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 0.2" | 0.0 | 27.7 |
| July | 103°F (39°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 88°F (31°C) | 1.2" | 0.0 | 30.0 |
| August | 101°F (39°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 86°F (30°C) | 1.9" | 0.0 | 29.9 |
| September | 96°F (36°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 1.2" | 0.0 | 26.7 |
| October | 85°F (29°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 1.4" | 0.2 | 9.3 |
| November | 71°F (22°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 1.3" | 4.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 60°F (15°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 1.9" | 18.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Punkin Ctr works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 104°F by July 2 and hold at or above 90°F on 139 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 36 dates, bottoming at 31°F around December 22.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 17 through October 2, covering 139 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 6 to November 17.
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 January 14, then returns to freezing around December 10, covering 36 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.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is August 4, when 23% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 12 at 3%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 45 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 7 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 39°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Punkin Ctr.
Where Punkin Ctr Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 139 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 39°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Punkin Ctr earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
4.8 days with precipitation
5.2 days with precipitation
4.2 days with precipitation
2.5 days with precipitation
1.5 days with precipitation
0.5 days with precipitation
5.4 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
3.8 days with precipitation
2.7 days with precipitation
2.9 days with precipitation
4.1 days with precipitation
Punkin Ctr's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 38% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 21%. That is the cool-season-dominant pattern of the West Coast and the higher inland West, where storm tracks swing south in winter and summer turns dry; the thermometer meanwhile shows a 41.9°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- January, 2.1"
- Driest month
- June, 0.2"
- Wettest three months
- January, February, August (39% of the year)
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A cool-season label means the December-February share reaches 35%. Where snow falls, the monthly figures above report liquid-equivalent precipitation, so a wet winter month is not necessarily a rainy one.
When it rains in Punkin Ctr, it arrives in quantity
16.0" of precipitation falls across only about 44 wet days here, averaging 0.36 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 44 a year, 12% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.36 inches
- Most wet days
- August, about 7
- Fewest wet days
- June, about 1
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 20
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 7
50% probability date
Growing Season
258 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,257
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,766
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AZ closest to Punkin Ctr 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 (66°F here).
- Brooklet, GA 66°F · 0.0°F off
- Coleman, TX 66°F · 0.0°F off
- Crane, TX 66°F · 0.0°F off
- Fitzgerald, GA 66°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (16.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Fremont, CA 15.9" · 0.0" off
- Wiseman, AK 15.9" · 0.0" off
- Forsyth, MT 16.0" · 0.0" off
- Judith Gap, MT 15.9" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Punkin Ctr's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · dry · mid swing
Local precipitation is sparse in this otherwise mixed profile. The station reports 16.0 inches annually, within PlainClimate's dry band. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The monthly distribution matters because the total alone does not reveal the timing.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Punkin Ctr's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 41.9°F. The annual average is 66°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Punkin Ctr's normal, at 2,257 and 2,766 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
Punkin Ctr has a long frost-free window of roughly 258 days, but the dry annual profile is a separate constraint. Growing-season length says when freezes are unlikely, not whether rainfall is sufficient.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Punkin Ctr's primary station, where heating and cooling demand are close enough that neither season sets the character on its own. On a balanced station like Punkin Ctr, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a 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 Punkin Ctr's primary station: PUNKIN CTR (USC00026840). 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 Punkin Ctr; 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 Punkin Ctr 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.