Tempe, AZ

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from TEMPE ASU, AZ US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

30° 50° 70° 90° 110° J F M A M J J A S O N D
Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Tempe has an annual average temperature of 71.8°F with about 8.8 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 105.9°F), and the coldest is December (average low 37.7°F). August is typically the wettest month (1.30 in) and June the driest (0.06 in).

Annual swing
37.4°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
1,038
Cooling need
3,468

Best time to visit Tempe

Full guide →

Climate change signal

All-time records →

105 of 366 (28.7%) of Tempe'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.

1950s
21
1960s
51
1970s
71
1980s
37
1990s
23
2000s
44
2010s
39
2020s
80

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 70.6°F 38.5°F 54.5°F 1.04 in 4
February 73.7°F 40.9°F 57.3°F 1.12 in 5
March 80.4°F 45.9°F 63.1°F 0.96 in 3
April 86.9°F 50.9°F 68.9°F 0.23 in 1
May 95.0°F 59.1°F 77.1°F 0.18 in 1
June 103.7°F 67.0°F 85.3°F 0.06 in 1
July 105.9°F 75.8°F 90.9°F 0.99 in 4
August 104.8°F 75.1°F 89.9°F 1.30 in 5
September 100.8°F 68.9°F 84.9°F 0.71 in 3
October 91.0°F 56.3°F 73.6°F 0.61 in 2
November 79.0°F 45.1°F 62.0°F 0.65 in 2
December 69.3°F 37.7°F 53.5°F 0.95 in 4

Climate twins of Tempe

Why these? →

The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).

Frost dates
Last spring / first fall frost
All-time records
Hottest, coldest, wettest
Planting calendar
What to plant, and when

Compare Tempe to another city