Lake Havasu City, AZ

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Lake Havasu City has an annual average temperature of 74.2°F with about 4.2 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 109.3°F), and the coldest is December (average low 41.8°F). January is typically the wettest month (0.75 in) and June the driest (0.01 in).

Pleasant months
2 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
43.2°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
990
Cooling need
4,284

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Climate change signal

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92 of 366 (25.1%) of Lake Havasu City'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.

1990s
163
2000s
82
2010s
50
2020s
71

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 65.2°F 42.7°F 53.9°F 0.75 in 3
February 70.4°F 45.8°F 58.1°F 0.61 in 3
March 78.1°F 51.4°F 64.8°F 0.48 in 2
April 85.8°F 57.7°F 71.7°F 0.16 in 1
May 95.2°F 66.9°F 81.1°F 0.03 in 0
June 105.1°F 75.5°F 90.3°F 0.01 in 0
July 109.3°F 82.7°F 96.0°F 0.26 in 2
August 108.1°F 82.3°F 95.2°F 0.38 in 2
September 101.9°F 74.5°F 88.2°F 0.36 in 2
October 89.1°F 61.6°F 75.3°F 0.28 in 1
November 74.9°F 50.0°F 62.4°F 0.30 in 1
December 63.8°F 41.8°F 52.8°F 0.54 in 2

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