Florence, AZ

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Florence has an annual average temperature of 72.4°F with about 8.6 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 104.9°F), and the coldest is December (average low 41.3°F). January is typically the wettest month (1.41 in) and June the driest (0.04 in).

Annual swing
37.5°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
960
Cooling need
3,615

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

0 of 366 (0%) of Florence'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
0
1910s
33
1920s
5
1930s
63
1940s
61
1950s
79
1960s
26
1970s
36
1980s
39
1990s
6
2000s
18

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 67.7°F 42.2°F 55.0°F 1.41 in 3
February 70.8°F 43.9°F 57.4°F 0.94 in 4
March 78.5°F 49.1°F 63.8°F 1.22 in 3
April 85.9°F 53.3°F 69.6°F 0.25 in 1
May 94.1°F 60.9°F 77.5°F 0.36 in 1
June 103.0°F 70.4°F 86.7°F 0.04 in 0
July 104.9°F 78.3°F 91.6°F 1.18 in 2
August 103.2°F 77.7°F 90.4°F 1.08 in 3
September 99.1°F 71.8°F 85.4°F 0.28 in 1
October 89.0°F 59.6°F 74.3°F 0.45 in 1
November 77.2°F 48.2°F 62.7°F 0.45 in 1
December 66.8°F 41.3°F 54.1°F 0.98 in 2

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