Springerville, Arizona climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Springerville's normal year runs from 16°F January nights to 85°F July afternoons, with 11.4 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.1°C, January lows of −9°C, July highs of 30°C, 289 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationSpringerville
- Station IDUSC00028162
- Location34.13°N 109.28°W
- Elevation6,998 ft (2,133 m)
- Population1,723
On October 23, the normal high in Springerville is 68°F and the normal low 29°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 13%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Springerville.
- Jan 50° 16°
- Feb 54° 19°
- Mar 61° 23°
- Apr 68° 29°
- May 76° 36°
- Jun 85° 45°
- Jul 85° 52°
- Aug 83° 51°
- Sep 79° 43°
- Oct 70° 32°
- Nov 60° 22°
- Dec 50° 16°
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 Springerville each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 85°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 16°F. The most precipitation falls in August (2.87 in), the least in April (0.28 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50°F | 16°F | 33.1°F | 0.49 | 4 | <1 | 29 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 54°F | 19°F | 36.8°F | 0.49 | 4 | <1 | 26 | 11 h |
| March | 61°F | 23°F | 42.1°F | 0.41 | 4 | <1 | 26 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 68°F | 29°F | 48.4°F | 0.28 | 2 | <1 | 20 | 13 h |
| May | 76°F | 36°F | 56.0°F | 0.40 | 3 | <1 | 10 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 85°F | 45°F | 64.6°F | 0.41 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 85°F | 52°F | 68.7°F | 2.56 | 13 | 6 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 83°F | 51°F | 66.6°F | 2.87 | 13 | 2 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 79°F | 43°F | 60.9°F | 1.45 | 7 | <1 | 3 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 70°F | 32°F | 50.9°F | 0.90 | 4 | <1 | 18 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 60°F | 22°F | 40.7°F | 0.53 | 3 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 50°F | 16°F | 33.1°F | 0.57 | 4 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 68°F | 32°F | 50.2°F | 11.36 | 64 | 14 | 187 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10°C | −9°C | 0.6°C | 12 mm |
| February | 12°C | −7°C | 2.7°C | 12 mm |
| March | 16°C | −5°C | 5.6°C | 10 mm |
| April | 20°C | −2°C | 9.1°C | 7 mm |
| May | 24°C | 2°C | 13.3°C | 10 mm |
| June | 29°C | 7°C | 18.1°C | 10 mm |
| July | 30°C | 11°C | 20.4°C | 65 mm |
| August | 28°C | 10°C | 19.2°C | 73 mm |
| September | 26°C | 6°C | 16.1°C | 37 mm |
| October | 21°C | 0°C | 10.5°C | 23 mm |
| November | 15°C | −6°C | 4.8°C | 13 mm |
| December | 10°C | −9°C | 0.6°C | 14 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Alpine (21 miles away), gets 45 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00028162; 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 Springerville?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May, June, August, September and October. Of those, April has the fewest days with rain (2).
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 USC00028162.
When is the last frost in Springerville?
In Springerville, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after June 1 in half of years and after June 20 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 26 in half of years and before September 12 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
- June 11 year in 10 after June 20; 9 in 10 after May 17
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 261 year in 10 before September 12; 9 in 10 before October 7
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 114 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 135 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 18 in half of springs and before October 3 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Springerville in zone 6b in ZIP code 85938, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Springerville's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −7°F (23 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Arizona · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00028162; 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 Springerville?
In a normal year in Springerville, 14 days a year reach 90°F, 187 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 64 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 14a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 187a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 3high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 64a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1911) is 100°F, on June 30, 1953; the lowest is −25°F, on January 1, 2011.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1986, with 15.59 in; the snowiest season is 1961–62, with 96.8 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00028162; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00028162. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Springerville?
Over a year 86% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Springerville, 5.6 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (91%) and July the cloudiest (80%).
| 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 | 90% | 7.9 |
| June | 91% | 8.3 |
| July | 80% | 6.8 |
| August | 82% | 6.4 |
| September | 87% | 5.9 |
| October | 90% | 4.9 |
| November | 87% | 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 Springerville need?
A normal year in Springerville brings 5,654 heating degree days, 5% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 269 cooling degree days, 70% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,249 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 987 | 0 |
| February | 790 | 0 |
| March | 710 | 0 |
| April | 497 | 0 |
| May | 283 | 5 |
| June | 68 | 57 |
| July | 8 | 122 |
| August | 22 | 72 |
| September | 136 | 13 |
| October | 437 | 0 |
| November | 729 | 0 |
| December | 987 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,654 | 269 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00028162. 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.
Has Springerville been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 52.0°F, 1.8°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 50.2°F. 2 of the 2 complete years since 2023 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 50.9°F | +0.7°F | 8.51 |
| 2025 | 52.0°F | +1.8°F | 6.80 |
Over 56 complete years from 1913 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.9°F per century (+0.10°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00028162; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Springerville's climate compare?
Springerville is warmer than 8 of the other 96 places with their own NOAA record in Arizona, and wetter than 47. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 50.2°F is warmer than 41%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Springerville 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 Springerville share this climate record?
2 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their 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.
- Eagar, AZ4,438 people · 2 mi SW
- Escudilla Bonita, NM53 people · 14 mi E
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 Springerville's climate
What is the coldest month in Springerville?
January, with a normal high of 50°F and a normal low of 16°F. The warmest is July (85°F by day, 52°F at night).
Does it snow in Springerville?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Springerville's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Alpine (21 miles away), records 45 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Springerville?
August, with 2.87 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is April with 0.28 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Springerville in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Springerville in zone 6b in ZIP code 85938, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Springerville's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −7°F (23 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Springerville?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after June 1; in one year in ten it comes after June 20. Waiting until June 20 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Arizona climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Greer, AZ12 miles from this station, 44.2°F a year
- Sunrise Mountain, AZ20 miles from this station, 41.8°F a year
- Alpine, AZ21 miles from this station, 45.7°F a year
- St. Johns, AZ27 miles from this station, 54.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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