Yuma (27 mi ENE), Arizona climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Yuma (27 mi ENE)'s normal year runs from 42°F December nights to 106°F July afternoons, with 4.0 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 22.9°C, December lows of 5°C, July highs of 41°C, 102 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationYuma (27 mi ENE)
- Station IDUSW00053154
- Location32.84°N 114.19°W
- Elevation620 ft (189 m)
On October 14, the normal high in Yuma (27 mi ENE) is 90°F and the normal low 60°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 3%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Yuma (27 mi ENE).
- Jan 68° 43°
- Feb 72° 45°
- Mar 79° 51°
- Apr 85° 56°
- May 93° 62°
- Jun 103° 71°
- Jul 106° 80°
- Aug 105° 80°
- Sep 100° 73°
- Oct 90° 60°
- Nov 77° 49°
- Dec 67° 42°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Yuma (27 mi ENE) each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 106°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 42°F. The most precipitation falls in August (0.61 in), the least in June (0.02 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68°F | 43°F | 55.9°F | 0.58 | 2 | <1 | 2 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 72°F | 45°F | 58.6°F | 0.59 | 2 | <1 | 1 | 11 h |
| March | 79°F | 51°F | 64.6°F | 0.43 | 1 | 3 | <1 | 12 h |
| April | 85°F | 56°F | 70.5°F | 0.09 | 1 | 11 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 93°F | 62°F | 77.7°F | 0.04 | 1 | 21 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 103°F | 71°F | 86.5°F | 0.02 | <1 | 30 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 106°F | 80°F | 93.0°F | 0.29 | 2 | 31 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 105°F | 80°F | 92.5°F | 0.61 | 3 | 31 | <1 | 13 h 20 min |
| September | 100°F | 73°F | 86.4°F | 0.44 | 2 | 28 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 90°F | 60°F | 74.7°F | 0.19 | 1 | 18 | <1 | 11 h 30 min |
| November | 77°F | 49°F | 63.0°F | 0.35 | 1 | 2 | <1 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 67°F | 42°F | 54.4°F | 0.37 | 3 | <1 | 2 | 10 h |
| Year (annual) | 87°F | 59°F | 73.2°F | 4.00 | 18 | 174 | 5 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20°C | 6°C | 13.3°C | 15 mm |
| February | 22°C | 7°C | 14.8°C | 15 mm |
| March | 26°C | 10°C | 18.1°C | 11 mm |
| April | 30°C | 13°C | 21.4°C | 2 mm |
| May | 34°C | 17°C | 25.4°C | 1 mm |
| June | 39°C | 21°C | 30.3°C | 1 mm |
| July | 41°C | 27°C | 33.9°C | 7 mm |
| August | 41°C | 27°C | 33.6°C | 15 mm |
| September | 38°C | 23°C | 30.2°C | 11 mm |
| October | 32°C | 16°C | 23.7°C | 5 mm |
| November | 25°C | 10°C | 17.2°C | 9 mm |
| December | 20°C | 5°C | 12.4°C | 9 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00053154; 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.
Which months are mildest at Yuma (27 mi ENE)?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in January, February, March, November and December. Of those, March has the fewest days with rain (1).
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 USW00053154.
When is the last frost at Yuma (27 mi ENE)?
In Yuma (27 mi ENE), the last spring frost (32°F) comes after January 11 in half of years and after February 14 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before December 21 in half of years and before December 1 in one year in ten. A night at 32°F or colder comes at all in 76% of years here (NOAA).
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- January 111 year in 10 after February 14; 9 in 10 after December 17
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- December 211 year in 10 before December 1; 9 in 10 before January 25
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 347 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 365 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after January 7 in half of springs and before January 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Yuma (27 mi ENE) in zone 9b in ZIP code 85356, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Arizona · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USW00053154; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. 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 at Yuma (27 mi ENE)?
In a normal year in Yuma (27 mi ENE), 174 days a year reach 90°F (111 of them 100°F or more), 5 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 18 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 174a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 111a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 5a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 18a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00053154.
How sunny is it at Yuma (27 mi ENE)?
Over a year 94% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Yuma (27 mi ENE), 6.0 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (97%) and December the cloudiest (88%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 90% | 3.6 |
| February | 89% | 4.6 |
| March | 92% | 6.0 |
| April | 95% | 7.4 |
| May | 96% | 8.2 |
| June | 97% | 8.4 |
| July | 94% | 7.7 |
| August | 95% | 7.2 |
| September | 95% | 6.3 |
| October | 95% | 5.1 |
| November | 92% | 3.9 |
| December | 88% | 3.3 |
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 many heating and cooling degree days does Yuma (27 mi ENE) record?
A normal year at Yuma (27 mi ENE) brings 1,029 heating degree days, 81% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 4,036 cooling degree days, 4.4 times the median (908). One month needs 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 8,521 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 285 | 1 |
| February | 190 | 13 |
| March | 82 | 71 |
| April | 17 | 184 |
| May | 1 | 395 |
| June | 0 | 645 |
| July | 0 | 868 |
| August | 0 | 852 |
| September | 0 | 642 |
| October | 8 | 309 |
| November | 116 | 57 |
| December | 329 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 1,029 | 4,036 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00053154. 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.
Have recent years at Yuma (27 mi ENE) been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 74.6°F, 1.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 73.2°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 74.6°F | +1.4°F | 4.13 |
| 2022 | 74.1°F | +0.9°F | 3.10 |
| 2023 | 73.2°F | at normal | 5.85 |
| 2024 | 74.7°F | +1.5°F | 3.43 |
| 2025 | 74.6°F | +1.4°F | 5.74 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00053154. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Yuma (27 mi ENE)'s climate compare?
Yuma (27 mi ENE) is warmer than 85 of the 97 places with their own NOAA record in Arizona, and wetter than 3. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 73.2°F is warmer than 98%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Yuma (27 mi ENE) is BWh: hot desert. 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 Yuma (27 mi ENE) share this climate record?
Wellton 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.
- Wellton, AZ2,648 people · 14 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 Yuma (27 mi ENE)'s climate
What is the coldest month at Yuma (27 mi ENE)?
December, with a normal high of 67°F and a normal low of 42°F. The warmest is July (106°F by day, 80°F at night).
What is the rainiest month at Yuma (27 mi ENE)?
August, with 0.61 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is June with 0.02 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Yuma (27 mi ENE) in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Yuma (27 mi ENE) in zone 9b in ZIP code 85356, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come at Yuma (27 mi ENE)?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after January 11; in one year in ten it comes after February 14. Waiting until February 14 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
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- Yuma Proving Ground, AZ12 miles from this station, 74.8°F a year
- Tacna, AZ17 miles from this station, 73.1°F a year
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