El Mirage, AZ

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

El Mirage has an annual average temperature of 71.9°F with about 8.3 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 104.9°F), and the coldest is December (average low 40.2°F). February is typically the wettest month (1.25 in) and June the driest (0.03 in).

Annual swing
40.3°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
1,194
Cooling need
3,669

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

91 of 366 (24.9%) of El Mirage'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
19
1970s
53
1980s
43
1990s
73
2000s
65
2010s
46
2020s
67

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 65.4°F 41.1°F 53.3°F 0.98 in 4
February 68.9°F 43.8°F 56.4°F 1.25 in 4
March 76.5°F 48.9°F 62.7°F 1.03 in 4
April 84.1°F 54.8°F 69.5°F 0.29 in 2
May 92.9°F 63.6°F 78.3°F 0.11 in 1
June 102.2°F 72.2°F 87.2°F 0.03 in 0
July 104.9°F 79.7°F 92.3°F 0.84 in 3
August 103.6°F 79.2°F 91.4°F 0.97 in 4
September 98.4°F 72.5°F 85.4°F 0.74 in 2
October 87.0°F 59.5°F 73.2°F 0.59 in 2
November 73.9°F 47.7°F 60.8°F 0.61 in 2
December 63.8°F 40.2°F 52.0°F 0.90 in 4

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