Springerville, AZ Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Springerville's primary NOAA station, SPRINGERVILLE.
The climate verdict for Springerville
Dryness leads the climate profile for Springerville, Arizona, with 11.4 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 50°F. At 52/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 24% of scores.
- 50°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 11.4"
- precipitation, annual total
- 117 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Springerville: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00028162 · Springerville, AZ 50°F mean · 11.4" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 50°F
- RANK-MID #2,813
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Newhalem
- PRCP-ARID 11.4"
- SWING-MID 36°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,654 HDD
- STN-1 USC00028162
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Newhalem, WA (+ 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.
- Springerville (this station) 50°F
- Cold Banner Elk, NC 50°F
- Hot Calaveras Big T…, CA 50°F
- Near Newhalem, WA 50°F
- Near Boone, NC 50°F
Climate Living Index · Springerville
Springerville: 23/100 · grade F
Springerville publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Springerville, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 50.2°F · 17.3° from 67.5°F | 41/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 196 calendar days | 16/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 11.4 in · 23.6 from 35 in | 16/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 117 days/year | 6/100 · F |
Springerville · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Springerville'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
- 68.7°F
- Coldest month
- 33.1°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 · heating-led station
Where Springerville sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Springerville's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 41st percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 91%
- Springerville's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 81%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Springerville is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Springerville compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Springerville's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
52 24th percentile score exceeds 24% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Springerville's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 56 complete annual observations from 1913 to 2025, SPRINGERVILLE warmed at a fitted rate of 0.10°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Springerville primary station fitted change +0.10 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50°F (10°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 0.5" | 29.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 54°F (12°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 0.5" | 25.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 61°F (16°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 0.4" | 25.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 68°F (20°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 0.3" | 19.6 | 0.0 |
| May | 76°F (24°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 0.4" | 10.1 | 0.1 |
| June | 85°F (29°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 0.4" | 1.0 | 5.5 |
| July | 85°F (30°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 2.6" | 0.1 | 6.4 |
| August | 83°F (28°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 2.9" | 0.0 | 1.8 |
| September | 79°F (26°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 1.4" | 2.9 | 0.4 |
| October | 70°F (21°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 0.9" | 18.1 | 0.0 |
| November | 60°F (15°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 0.5" | 26.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 50°F (10°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 0.6" | 28.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 87°F around June 28, short of 90°F on every date, while 196 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 15°F near December 25.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 27, then returns to freezing around October 15, covering 196 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 July 31, when 45% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is April 17 at 9%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 64 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 6 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 42°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Springerville.
Where Springerville Stands Nationally
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 11 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 42°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Springerville earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
4.1 days with precipitation
4.0 days with precipitation
3.8 days with precipitation
2.4 days with precipitation
3.4 days with precipitation
3.0 days with precipitation
12.6 days with precipitation
12.5 days with precipitation
6.7 days with precipitation
4.2 days with precipitation
3.3 days with precipitation
3.7 days with precipitation
Springerville runs a summer-peaked wet season
51% of Springerville's yearly precipitation falls in June, July and August alone, against the 25% an evenly spread year would give those three months. The wettest month is August at 2.9", on a 35.6°F seasonal spread. Warm-season convection and, across the Southwest, the North American monsoon produce this shape: rain arrives in short heavy bursts during the hottest part of the year rather than as long cool-season soaking.
- Wettest three months: August, July, September, taking 61% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: April at 0.3".
- Winter share: 14% falls in December, January and February.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A summer-peaked label means the June-August share reaches 35%; it describes timing across an average year, not any single season, and says nothing about how heavy an individual storm can be.
Springerville is dry, and what does fall arrives gently
Only about 64 days a year record measurable precipitation here, 17% of the calendar, and they carry 11.4" between them. At roughly 0.18 inches on an average wet day, this is not the damp drizzle of a marine climate; it is an arid record in which precipitation is both uncommon and light when it appears.
The wettest month by count is July at about 13 wet days; the driest is April at about 2.
A low per-event average in a dry record is a statement about typical days only. Arid regions can still take a large share of a year's total from a single convective storm, which a normal cannot show.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, not the extremes within it.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 26
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
June 1
50% probability date
Growing Season
117 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,654
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
269
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AZ closest to Springerville 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 (50°F here).
- Ainsworth, NE 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Aurora, IL 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Blair, NE 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Bloomington, IL 50°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (11.4" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Jackpot, NV 11.4" · 0.0" off
- Quemado, NM 11.4" · 0.0" off
- Lordsburg, NM 11.3" · 0.0" off
- Helena, MT 11.4" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Springerville's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Springerville's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,654 annual heating degree days against 269 for cooling. Its 35.6°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 117 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Springerville's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 35.6°F. The annual average is 50°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Springerville's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 11.4 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
Springerville wettest normal
August
August concentrates the scarce annual total (11.4 inches).
Springerville driest normal
April
April is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
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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 Springerville's primary station: SPRINGERVILLE (USC00028162). 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 0468990). Match rule for Springerville: 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 Springerville 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.