Sunrise Mtn, AZ Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Sunrise Mtn's primary NOAA station, SUNRISE MTN.
The climate verdict for Sunrise Mtn
Sunrise Mtn, Arizona has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 42°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.
- 42°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 26.7"
- yearly precipitation total
- 92 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Sunrise Mtn: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00028326 · Sunrise Mtn, AZ 42°F mean · 26.7" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 42°F
- RANK-COOL #617
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Eagle Nest
- PRCP-MID 26.7"
- SWING-MID 31°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 8,439 HDD
- STN-1 USC00028326
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Eagle Nest, NM ( -0.1 °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.
- Sunrise Mtn (this station) 42°F
- Cold Eagle Nest, NM 42°F
- Hot Phillipsburg Ra…, MT 42°F
- Near Kodiak Wwtp, AK 42°F
- Near Haines, AK 42°F
Climate Living Index · Sunrise Mtn
Sunrise Mtn: 17/100 · grade F
Sunrise Mtn publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Sunrise Mtn, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 26.7 in · 8.3 from 35 in | 71/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 41.8°F · 25.7° from 67.5°F | 9/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 92 days/year | 0/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 233 calendar days | 0/100 · F |
Sunrise Mtn · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Sunrise Mtn is a continental Köppen climate: Dsb
Coldest-month mean 26.7°F and warmest-month mean 57.7°F place this station in continental, dry-summer, warm summer climates (Dsb). Class Dsb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, dry-summer, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dsb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 57.7°F
- Coldest month
- 26.7°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 Sunrise Mtn sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Sunrise Mtn's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 91%
- Among 6,861 stations, Sunrise Mtn sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 36th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 89%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Sunrise Mtn is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Sunrise Mtn compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Sunrise Mtn'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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F (6°C) | 11°F (-12°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 2.0" | 30.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 42°F (5°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 2.8" | 27.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 46°F (8°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 2.3" | 29.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 53°F (12°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 0.9" | 24.9 | 0.0 |
| May | 62°F (17°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 0.7" | 21.4 | 0.0 |
| June | 71°F (22°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 0.9" | 5.8 | 0.0 |
| July | 71°F (22°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 4.7" | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| August | 70°F (21°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 4.0" | 0.3 | 0.0 |
| September | 67°F (20°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 2.3" | 5.5 | 0.0 |
| October | 60°F (15°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 1.6" | 24.5 | 0.0 |
| November | 51°F (11°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 1.7" | 27.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 42°F (6°C) | 14°F (-10°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 2.9" | 30.2 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 73°F around June 25, short of 90°F on every date, while 233 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 11°F near January 6.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 21, then returns to freezing around October 2, covering 233 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.
The widest day
June 11 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 35°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Sunrise Mtn.
Where Sunrise Mtn Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 233 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Daily temperature swings run wider than most of the country, peaking near 35°F between the normal high and low.
Sunrise Mtn earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Sunrise Mtn runs a summer-peaked wet season
36% of Sunrise Mtn'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 July at 4.7", on a 31°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: July, August, December, taking 43% of the annual total between them.
- Driest month: May at 0.7".
- Winter share: 29% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
September 18
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
June 18
50% probability date
Growing Season
92 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
8,439
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
0
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside AZ closest to Sunrise Mtn 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 (42°F here).
- Big Bay, MI 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Eureka, SD 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Lamoille, NV 42°F · 0.0°F off
- Medford, WI 42°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (26.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Gregory, SD 26.7" · 0.0" off
- Mutual, OK 26.7" · 0.1" off
- Grand Island, NE 26.6" · 0.1" off
- Kinsley, KS 26.8" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Sunrise Mtn's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Sunrise Mtn's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 8,439 annual heating degree days against 0 for cooling. Its 31.0°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 92 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 Sunrise Mtn's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 31.0°F. The annual average is 42°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Sunrise Mtn's 26.7 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Sunrise Mtn's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Sunrise Mtn, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead 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 Sunrise Mtn's primary station: SUNRISE MTN (USC00028326). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Sunrise Mtn; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Sunrise Mtn 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.