Cave Creek, AZ

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Cave Creek has an annual average temperature of 70.6°F with about 12.6 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 103.4°F), and the coldest is December (average low 41.3°F). January is typically the wettest month (1.80 in) and June the driest (0.12 in).

Annual swing
37.2°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
1,239
Cooling need
3,270

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

179 of 366 (48.9%) of Cave Creek'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.

1960s
14
1970s
21
1980s
26
1990s
36
2000s
55
2010s
91
2020s
123

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 64.6°F 41.6°F 53.1°F 1.80 in 5
February 67.5°F 43.8°F 55.6°F 1.60 in 5
March 74.1°F 47.9°F 61.0°F 1.64 in 4
April 81.6°F 52.8°F 67.2°F 0.50 in 2
May 91.0°F 61.2°F 76.1°F 0.15 in 2
June 100.6°F 70.1°F 85.4°F 0.12 in 1
July 103.4°F 75.9°F 89.7°F 1.27 in 4
August 102.3°F 75.9°F 89.1°F 1.30 in 5
September 97.0°F 70.4°F 83.7°F 1.15 in 3
October 85.5°F 60.1°F 72.8°F 0.97 in 3
November 73.5°F 49.4°F 61.5°F 0.77 in 3
December 63.6°F 41.3°F 52.5°F 1.31 in 4

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