Paradise Valley, AZ

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from SCOTTSDALE MUNI AP, AZ US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Paradise Valley has an annual average temperature of 73.2°F with about 8.7 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 104.1°F), and the coldest is December (average low 42.5°F). February is typically the wettest month (1.24 in) and June the driest (0.05 in).

Pleasant months
2 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
39.8°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
984
Cooling need
3,942

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

231 of 366 (63.1%) of Paradise Valley'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.

2000s
87
2010s
120
2020s
159

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 66.5°F 43.4°F 54.9°F 1.11 in 4
February 68.7°F 46.0°F 57.3°F 1.24 in 4
March 75.7°F 51.7°F 63.7°F 1.10 in 3
April 82.8°F 58.3°F 70.6°F 0.34 in 2
May 91.8°F 66.7°F 79.3°F 0.16 in 1
June 102.0°F 76.2°F 89.1°F 0.05 in 0
July 104.1°F 82.6°F 93.4°F 0.90 in 4
August 102.9°F 81.8°F 92.3°F 0.83 in 4
September 98.2°F 75.3°F 86.7°F 0.60 in 2
October 87.3°F 62.7°F 75.0°F 0.62 in 3
November 74.8°F 50.6°F 62.7°F 0.79 in 2
December 64.6°F 42.5°F 53.6°F 0.99 in 5

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