Bullhead City, AZ

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BULLHEAD CITY, AZ US.

BWh Desert (hot) climate 9b USDA hardiness Zone 9b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Bullhead City has an annual average temperature of 74.2°F with about 5.4 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 110.7°F), and the coldest is December (average low 43.9°F). February is typically the wettest month (1.15 in) and June the driest (0.01 in).

Pleasant months
2 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
42.2°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
936
Cooling need
4,260

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Climate change signal

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67 of 366 (18.3%) of Bullhead City's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1970s
8
1980s
100
1990s
83
2000s
83
2010s
58
2020s
34

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month Avg High Avg Low Avg Temp Precipitation Snow Rainy days
January 65.0°F 44.8°F 54.9°F 1.01 in 3
February 69.8°F 46.6°F 58.2°F 1.15 in 3
March 78.6°F 50.6°F 64.6°F 0.76 in 2
April 87.4°F 56.7°F 72.0°F 0.14 in 1
May 96.3°F 65.8°F 81.1°F 0.08 in 0
June 106.7°F 73.3°F 90.0°F 0.01 in 0
July 110.7°F 81.1°F 95.9°F 0.23 in 1
August 109.3°F 80.8°F 95.1°F 0.48 in 1
September 102.7°F 72.6°F 87.6°F 0.18 in 1
October 89.4°F 61.2°F 75.3°F 0.50 in 1
November 74.2°F 50.5°F 62.4°F 0.39 in 1
December 63.6°F 43.9°F 53.7°F 0.47 in 2

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