Maricopa, CA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from TAFT, CA US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Maricopa has an annual average temperature of 65.7°F with about 6 inches of precipitation per year and 0.2 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 98.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 40.5°F). February is typically the wettest month (1.21 in) and August the driest (0.01 in).

Annual swing
33.7°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
1,752
Cooling need
1,995

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Climate change signal

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0 of 366 (0%) of Maricopa'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.

1940s
0
1950s
0
1990s
117
2000s
237
2010s
12

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 59.1°F 40.5°F 49.8°F 1.09 in 0.1 in 9
February 63.1°F 43.8°F 53.4°F 1.21 in 0.1 in 8
March 70.0°F 48.4°F 59.2°F 0.97 in 5
April 76.0°F 49.6°F 62.8°F 0.58 in 4
May 84.1°F 56.4°F 70.3°F 0.41 in 2
June 92.6°F 59.8°F 76.2°F 0.04 in 0
July 98.7°F 67.8°F 83.3°F 0.02 in 0
August 98.0°F 65.8°F 81.9°F 0.01 in 0
September 92.4°F 62.1°F 77.3°F 0.06 in 1
October 81.0°F 54.1°F 67.5°F 0.32 in 2
November 66.8°F 46.7°F 56.8°F 0.39 in 4
December 58.6°F 40.7°F 49.6°F 0.88 in 6

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