Sedona, 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 Sedona's primary NOAA station, SEDONA.
The climate verdict for Sedona
Dryness leads the climate profile for Sedona, Arizona, with 17.1 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 63°F. It scores 80/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 76% of them.
- 63°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 80/100
- comfort score, above 76% of station-mapped location scores
- 17.1"
- annual precipitation
- 230 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Sedona: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00027708 · Sedona, AZ 63°F mean · 17.1" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 63°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,695
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Athens Ben Epps
- PRCP-DRY 17.1"
- SWING-MID 37°F
- COMF-TOP 80/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00027708
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Athens Ben Epps, GA (+ 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.
- Sedona (this station) 63°F
- Hot Clarksville, TX 63°F
- Near Athens Ben Epps, GA 63°F
- Near Batesburg, SC 63°F
- Near Clanton, AL 63°F
Climate Living Index · Sedona
Sedona: 70/100 · grade B
Sedona publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Sedona, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 80/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 63.0°F · 4.5° from 67.5°F | 86/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 230 days/year | 81/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 109 calendar days | 71/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 17.1 in · 17.9 from 35 in | 36/100 · F |
Sedona · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Sedona's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSk
Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: cold semi-arid steppe (BSk). Class BSk is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically cold semi-arid steppe.
- Köppen code
- BSk
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 82.3°F
- Coldest month
- 45.3°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 · balanced station
Where Sedona sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Sedona's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 17% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Sedona sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 78%
- Sedona's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 77%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Sedona is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Sedona compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Sedona's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
80 Top 24% score exceeds 76% 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 | 58°F (15°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 2.0" | 15.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 61°F (16°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 2.2" | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 68°F (20°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 1.9" | 5.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 75°F (24°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 0.8" | 2.5 | 0.7 |
| May | 84°F (29°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 0.7" | 0.0 | 7.3 |
| June | 94°F (35°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 78°F (25°C) | 0.2" | 0.0 | 22.0 |
| July | 97°F (36°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 1.6" | 0.0 | 27.8 |
| August | 94°F (35°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 2.0" | 0.0 | 25.7 |
| September | 89°F (32°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 1.7" | 0.0 | 14.1 |
| October | 79°F (26°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 1.4" | 0.7 | 2.5 |
| November | 67°F (19°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 1.1" | 6.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 58°F (14°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 1.5" | 16.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Sedona works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 97°F by July 6 and hold at or above 90°F on 103 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 6 dates, bottoming at 32°F around December 18.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 2 through September 12, covering 103 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 26 to November 8.
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
Freezing normal lows set in around December 18, covering 6 dates.
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 12, when 29% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 12 at 6%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 55 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 15 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 33°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Sedona.
Where Sedona Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 103 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
Daily temperature swings run wider than most of the country, peaking near 33°F between the normal high and low.
Sedona earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
5.5 days with precipitation
5.6 days with precipitation
5.8 days with precipitation
3.3 days with precipitation
2.7 days with precipitation
1.4 days with precipitation
6.4 days with precipitation
9.0 days with precipitation
4.7 days with precipitation
3.3 days with precipitation
3.4 days with precipitation
3.8 days with precipitation
Sedona spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 22% of the annual total and December through February 33%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Sedona has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 37°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: February averages 2.2" and June 0.2". The three wettest months together take 37% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
How Sedona's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 55 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 17.1" between them, or roughly 0.31 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 17
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 1
50% probability date
Growing Season
230 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,687
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,984
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AZ closest to Sedona 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 (63°F here).
- Clanton, AL 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Clarksville, TX 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Dermott, AR 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Elliott, SC 63°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (17.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Wheat Ridge, CO 17.1" · 0.0" off
- Long Creek, OR 17.2" · 0.0" off
- Newcastle, WY 17.2" · 0.0" off
- Bowman, ND 17.1" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Sedona's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · dry · mid swing
Local precipitation is sparse in this otherwise mixed profile. The station reports 17.1 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 Sedona's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 37.0°F. The annual average is 63°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Sedona's normal, at 2,687 and 1,984 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.
A roughly 230-day frost-free season sits inside this mixed heating-and-cooling profile. Start and end dates matter because both sides of the thermostat register during a normal year.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Sedona'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 Sedona, 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 Sedona's primary station: SEDONA (USC00027708). 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 an incorporated place (GEOID 0465350). Match rule for Sedona: 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 Sedona 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.