Sedona, Arizona climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Sedona's normal year runs from 33°F December nights to 97°F July afternoons, with 17.1 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.2°C, December lows of 0°C, July highs of 36°C, 435 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationSedona
- Station IDUSC00027708
- Location34.90°N 111.76°W
- Elevation4,220 ft (1,286 m)
- Population9,778
On October 23, the normal high in Sedona is 76°F and the normal low 49°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 11%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Sedona.
- Jan 58° 34°
- Feb 61° 36°
- Mar 68° 40°
- Apr 75° 44°
- May 84° 53°
- Jun 94° 61°
- Jul 97° 68°
- Aug 94° 67°
- Sep 89° 61°
- Oct 79° 51°
- Nov 67° 41°
- Dec 58° 33°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Sedona each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 97°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 33°F. The most precipitation falls in February (2.17 in), the least in June (0.16 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58°F | 34°F | 46.2°F | 2.04 | 6 | <1 | 15 | 10 h |
| February | 61°F | 36°F | 48.8°F | 2.17 | 6 | <1 | 9 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 68°F | 40°F | 53.7°F | 1.94 | 6 | <1 | 6 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 75°F | 44°F | 59.4°F | 0.77 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 h |
| May | 84°F | 53°F | 68.4°F | 0.68 | 3 | 7 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 94°F | 61°F | 77.7°F | 0.16 | 1 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 97°F | 68°F | 82.3°F | 1.62 | 6 | 28 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 94°F | 67°F | 80.6°F | 2.04 | 9 | 26 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 89°F | 61°F | 75.1°F | 1.72 | 5 | 14 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 79°F | 51°F | 64.8°F | 1.38 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 67°F | 41°F | 53.9°F | 1.12 | 3 | <1 | 6 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 58°F | 33°F | 45.3°F | 1.48 | 4 | <1 | 17 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 77°F | 49°F | 63.0°F | 17.12 | 55 | 100 | 57 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15°C | 1°C | 7.9°C | 52 mm |
| February | 16°C | 2°C | 9.3°C | 55 mm |
| March | 20°C | 4°C | 12.1°C | 49 mm |
| April | 24°C | 7°C | 15.2°C | 20 mm |
| May | 29°C | 12°C | 20.2°C | 17 mm |
| June | 35°C | 16°C | 25.4°C | 4 mm |
| July | 36°C | 20°C | 27.9°C | 41 mm |
| August | 35°C | 19°C | 27.0°C | 52 mm |
| September | 32°C | 16°C | 23.9°C | 44 mm |
| October | 26°C | 11°C | 18.2°C | 35 mm |
| November | 19°C | 5°C | 12.2°C | 28 mm |
| December | 14°C | 0°C | 7.4°C | 38 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Munds Park (8 miles away), gets 77 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00027708; 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.
When is the best weather to visit Sedona?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, May 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 USC00027708.
When is the last frost in Sedona?
In Sedona, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 1 in half of years and after April 19 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 17 in half of years and before October 28 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
- April 11 year in 10 after April 19; 9 in 10 after March 6
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 171 year in 10 before October 28; 9 in 10 before December 3
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 229 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 265 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 6 in half of springs and before November 27 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Sedona in zone 8b in ZIP code 86336, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Sedona's NOAA station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 18°F (16 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 USC00027708; 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 in Sedona?
In a normal year in Sedona, 100 days a year reach 90°F (19 of them 100°F or more), 57 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 55 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 100a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 19a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 57a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 55a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00027708.
How sunny is Sedona?
Over a year 87% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Sedona, 5.6 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (95%) and December the cloudiest (81%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 82% | 3.3 |
| February | 82% | 4.2 |
| March | 86% | 5.7 |
| April | 89% | 7.1 |
| May | 91% | 8.0 |
| June | 95% | 8.5 |
| July | 82% | 6.9 |
| August | 84% | 6.5 |
| September | 88% | 5.9 |
| October | 90% | 4.9 |
| November | 88% | 3.7 |
| December | 81% | 2.9 |
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 much heating and cooling does Sedona need?
A normal year in Sedona brings 2,687 heating degree days, 50% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,984 cooling degree days, 2.2 times the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,300 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 584 | 0 |
| February | 455 | 0 |
| March | 356 | 4 |
| April | 194 | 24 |
| May | 46 | 153 |
| June | 4 | 383 |
| July | 0 | 535 |
| August | 0 | 482 |
| September | 4 | 307 |
| October | 94 | 89 |
| November | 340 | 7 |
| December | 611 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 2,687 | 1,984 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00027708. 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 Sedona's climate compare?
Sedona is warmer than 42 of the other 96 places with their own NOAA record in Arizona, and wetter than 73. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 63.0°F is warmer than 83%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Sedona 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 Sedona share this climate record?
Big Park has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its 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.
- Big Park, AZ6,340 people · 8 mi S
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 Sedona's climate
What is the coldest month in Sedona?
December, with a normal high of 58°F and a normal low of 33°F. The warmest is July (97°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow in Sedona?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Sedona's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Munds Park (8 miles away), records 77 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Sedona?
February, with 2.17 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is June with 0.16 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Sedona in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Sedona in zone 8b in ZIP code 86336, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Sedona's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 18°F (16 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come in Sedona?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 1; in one year in ten it comes after April 19. Waiting until April 19 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Sedona in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- Arizona climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Oak Creek Canyon, AZ4 miles from this station, 57.6°F a year
- Munds Park, AZ7 miles from this station, 47.0°F a year
- Cottonwood, AZ17 miles from this station, 63.5°F a year
- Flagstaff, AZ18 miles from this station, 46.8°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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