Roosevelt, AZ Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Roosevelt's primary NOAA station, ROOSEVELT 1 S.
The climate verdict for Roosevelt
Roosevelt, Arizona is cooling-led and dry. Its 15.9 inches of annual precipitation pairs with an annual average of 70°F. It scores 90/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 91% of them.
- 70°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 90/100
- comfort score, above 91% of station-mapped location scores
- 15.9"
- annual precipitation
- 342 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Roosevelt: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00027281 · Roosevelt, AZ 70°F mean · 15.9" precip
TEMP-HOT · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-COOL · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-HOT 70°F
- RANK-WARM #6,518
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wittmann
- PRCP-DRY 15.9"
- SWING-MID 41°F
- COMF-TOP 90/100
- LOAD-COOL 3,559 CDD
- STN-1 USC00027281
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Wittmann, AZ (+ 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.
- Hot Lajitas, TX 71°F
- Roosevelt (this station) 70°F
- Near Wittmann, AZ 70°F
- Near Terlingua, TX 70°F
- Near Langtry, TX 70°F
Climate Living Index · Roosevelt
Roosevelt: 70/100 · grade B
Roosevelt publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Roosevelt, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 90/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 342 days/year | 100/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 70.2°F · 2.7° from 67.5°F | 92/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.2 inches/year | 89/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 142 calendar days | 52/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 15.9 in · 19.1 from 35 in | 32/100 · F |
Roosevelt · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Roosevelt'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
- 90.9°F
- Coldest month
- 50.1°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 · cooling-led station
Where Roosevelt sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Roosevelt's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 5% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Roosevelt sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 80%
- Roosevelt's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 39th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Roosevelt compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Roosevelt's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
90 Top 9% score exceeds 91% 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%). Below this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). This entry sits in this band.
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 | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61°F (16°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 2.2" | 0.0" | 2.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 66°F (19°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 1.7" | 0.0" | 1.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 74°F (23°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 1.7" | 0.2" | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| April | 82°F (28°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 0.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.0 |
| May | 91°F (33°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 0.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 19.3 |
| June | 102°F (39°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 87°F (31°C) | 0.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 28.9 |
| July | 104°F (40°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 91°F (33°C) | 1.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 30.6 |
| August | 102°F (39°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 89°F (32°C) | 2.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 30.2 |
| September | 96°F (36°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 83°F (29°C) | 1.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 25.9 |
| October | 85°F (29°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 1.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 9.3 |
| November | 71°F (22°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 1.1" | 0.0" | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 60°F (16°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 2.1" | 0.0" | 4.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Roosevelt runs from a mild 39°F around January 1 to 105°F at the peak near July 1, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 14 through October 2, covering 142 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 4 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.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 39°F around January 1.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is August 20, when 21% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 11 at 4%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 46 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 8 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 30°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Roosevelt.
Where Roosevelt Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 142 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 16 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Roosevelt earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
4.9 days with precipitation
4.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
4.4 days with precipitation
1.9 days with precipitation
1.7 days with precipitation
0.8 days with precipitation
5.0 days with precipitation
6.3 days with precipitation
4.3 days with precipitation
3.1 days with precipitation
3.0 days with precipitation
5.3 days with precipitation
Roosevelt'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 24%. 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 40.8°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- January, 2.2"
- Driest month
- June, 0.1"
- Wettest three months
- January, August, December (40% 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 Roosevelt, it arrives in quantity
15.9" of precipitation falls across only about 45 wet days here, averaging 0.35 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 45 a year, 12% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.35 inches
- Most wet days
- August, about 6
- 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.
Snow reaches Roosevelt, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 0.2 inches of snow a year here, most likely in March. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
December 25
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
January 17
50% probability date
Growing Season
342 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,627
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
3,559
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AZ closest to Roosevelt 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 (70°F here).
- Eagle Pass, TX 70°F · 0.0°F off
- Karnes City, TX 70°F · 0.0°F off
- Port Aransas, TX 70°F · 0.0°F off
- Baker, CA 70°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (15.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Colorado Springs, CO 15.9" · 0.0" off
- Judith Gap, MT 15.9" · 0.0" off
- New England, ND 15.9" · 0.0" off
- Casper, WY 15.9" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Roosevelt's climate pattern fits together
cooling led · dry · mid swing
Air-conditioning demand is the clearest thermal signal here. Roosevelt accumulates 3,559 cooling degree days, more than twice its 1,627 heating total; the monthly table shows when that imbalance builds rather than treating it as a year-round condition.
Heat demand sits beside limited local precipitation: Roosevelt receives 15.9 inches in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's dry range. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. Month-level precipitation is the useful check on when that small annual total arrives.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Roosevelt's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 40.8°F. The annual average is 70°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
With about 342 frost-free days, the calendar is constrained more by sustained heat than by freeze timing. This does not measure crop suitability or soil moisture; it only reports the NOAA-derived frost-free window for Roosevelt.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Roosevelt's primary station, so the summer figures are a thirty-year average rather than a ceiling: individual years have run hotter and will again. For Roosevelt that means a descriptive range only — not an official NOAA classification and not a prediction for next summer.
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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 Roosevelt's primary station: ROOSEVELT 1 S (USC00027281). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as a census-designated place (GEOID 0461300), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Roosevelt: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Roosevelt 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.