Gila Bend, AZ

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from GILA BEND 2SE, AZ US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Gila Bend has an annual average temperature of 74.7°F with about 6.3 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 109.2°F), and the coldest is December (average low 40.0°F). August is typically the wettest month (0.94 in) and June the driest (0.13 in).

Annual swing
40.2°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
768
Cooling need
4,269

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

18 of 366 (4.9%) of Gila Bend'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
5
1900s
9
1910s
32
1920s
51
1930s
66
1940s
33
1950s
36
1960s
15
1970s
23
1980s
22
1990s
15
2000s
31
2010s
10
2020s
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 71.1°F 41.3°F 56.2°F 0.76 in 2
February 74.8°F 44.3°F 59.6°F 0.93 in 3
March 81.8°F 49.3°F 65.6°F 0.67 in 3
April 89.5°F 54.7°F 72.1°F 0.26 in 1
May 97.8°F 62.7°F 80.3°F 0.35 in 1
June 107.3°F 71.7°F 89.5°F 0.13 in 0
July 109.2°F 80.7°F 95.0°F 0.59 in 3
August 108.6°F 80.6°F 94.6°F 0.94 in 4
September 103.7°F 73.6°F 88.7°F 0.30 in 2
October 92.9°F 60.1°F 76.5°F 0.37 in 1
November 79.7°F 47.9°F 63.8°F 0.46 in 1
December 69.5°F 40.0°F 54.8°F 0.58 in 3

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