Quartzsite, AZ
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from QUARTZSITE, AZ US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Quartzsite has an annual average temperature of 73.7°F with about 4.6 inches of precipitation per year and 0.2 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 108.7°F), and the coldest is December (average low 38.8°F). January is typically the wettest month (0.66 in) and June the driest (0.05 in). Snow typically falls from January through January.
Best time to visit Quartzsite
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All-time records →52 of 366 (14.2%) of Quartzsite'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.
| 1900s | 11 | |
| 1910s | 17 | |
| 1920s | 33 | |
| 1930s | 123 | |
| 1940s | 4 | |
| 1950s | 1 | |
| 1960s | 18 | |
| 1970s | 22 | |
| 1980s | 11 | |
| 1990s | 35 | |
| 2000s | 32 | |
| 2010s | 35 | |
| 2020s | 24 |
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 | 66.6°F | 40.2°F | 53.4°F | 0.66 in | 0.2 in | 2 |
| February | 71.2°F | 44.3°F | 57.7°F | 0.65 in | — | 3 |
| March | 78.9°F | 50.5°F | 64.7°F | 0.45 in | — | 2 |
| April | 86.6°F | 56.8°F | 71.7°F | 0.13 in | — | 1 |
| May | 95.3°F | 65.9°F | 80.6°F | 0.13 in | — | 0 |
| June | 105.0°F | 75.1°F | 90.1°F | 0.05 in | — | 0 |
| July | 108.7°F | 82.3°F | 95.5°F | 0.47 in | — | 2 |
| August | 107.9°F | 81.7°F | 94.8°F | 0.51 in | — | 2 |
| September | 101.8°F | 73.9°F | 87.8°F | 0.46 in | — | 2 |
| October | 89.5°F | 59.7°F | 74.6°F | 0.23 in | — | 1 |
| November | 75.7°F | 46.8°F | 61.2°F | 0.28 in | — | 1 |
| December | 64.9°F | 38.8°F | 51.8°F | 0.56 in | — | 2 |
Climate twins of Quartzsite
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