Clifton, AZ

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

BSh Semi-arid (hot) climate 9a USDA hardiness Zone 9a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Clifton has an annual average temperature of 67.3°F with about 17 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 100.4°F), and the coldest is December (average low 35.0°F). August is typically the wettest month (3.28 in) and June the driest (0.43 in).

Annual swing
40.1°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
1,863
Cooling need
2,694

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

0 of 366 (0%) of Clifton'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.

1890s
0
1900s
5
1910s
7
1920s
15
1930s
128
1940s
55
1950s
62
1960s
15
1970s
31
1980s
6
1990s
15
2000s
24
2010s
3

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 61.2°F 35.1°F 48.1°F 1.25 in 4
February 65.9°F 39.1°F 52.5°F 1.53 in 5
March 73.2°F 45.3°F 59.3°F 0.85 in 4
April 81.2°F 51.0°F 66.1°F 0.47 in 2
May 90.0°F 58.7°F 74.3°F 0.49 in 2
June 100.0°F 68.9°F 84.4°F 0.43 in 2
July 100.4°F 74.4°F 87.4°F 3.12 in 9
August 97.5°F 71.6°F 84.6°F 3.28 in 11
September 92.5°F 65.9°F 79.2°F 1.71 in 6
October 82.6°F 54.9°F 68.8°F 1.45 in 4
November 69.8°F 41.5°F 55.7°F 1.33 in 3
December 59.6°F 35.0°F 47.3°F 1.11 in 4

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