Fountain Hills, AZ

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Fountain Hills has an annual average temperature of 72.1°F with about 10.2 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 103.0°F), and the coldest is December (average low 43.9°F). January is typically the wettest month (1.41 in) and June the driest (0.14 in).

Pleasant months
2 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
38.1°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
1,071
Cooling need
3,636

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Climate change signal

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42 of 366 (11.5%) of Fountain Hills'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
3
1980s
148
1990s
139
2000s
24
2010s
18
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 63.9°F 44.5°F 54.2°F 1.41 in 4
February 67.4°F 46.2°F 56.8°F 1.33 in 4
March 73.9°F 50.7°F 62.3°F 1.28 in 3
April 82.0°F 56.4°F 69.2°F 0.33 in 1
May 91.0°F 64.5°F 77.8°F 0.23 in 1
June 100.6°F 72.8°F 86.7°F 0.14 in 0
July 103.0°F 80.3°F 91.6°F 0.80 in 3
August 101.9°F 79.8°F 90.9°F 1.33 in 4
September 97.1°F 73.7°F 85.4°F 0.81 in 3
October 86.6°F 62.6°F 74.6°F 0.63 in 2
November 73.7°F 51.3°F 62.5°F 0.74 in 2
December 63.0°F 43.9°F 53.5°F 1.15 in 3

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