Tucson, AZ

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Tucson has an annual average temperature of 70.6°F with about 10.6 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is June (average high 101.2°F), and the coldest is December (average low 40.5°F). July is typically the wettest month (2.21 in) and May the driest (0.20 in).

Annual swing
35.2°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
1,164
Cooling need
3,195

Best time to visit Tucson

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

147 of 366 (40.2%) of Tucson'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
8
1950s
27
1960s
8
1970s
4
1980s
57
1990s
47
2000s
46
2010s
60
2020s
109

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 40.8°F 53.6°F 0.84 in 4
February 69.2°F 43.2°F 56.2°F 0.84 in 0.1 in 4
March 75.8°F 48.0°F 61.9°F 0.56 in 3
April 82.9°F 53.3°F 68.1°F 0.24 in 2
May 91.8°F 61.8°F 76.8°F 0.20 in 1
June 101.2°F 71.1°F 86.1°F 0.23 in 2
July 100.2°F 76.3°F 88.2°F 2.21 in 9
August 98.6°F 75.2°F 86.9°F 1.98 in 9
September 95.1°F 70.4°F 82.8°F 1.32 in 4
October 86.3°F 59.0°F 72.6°F 0.67 in 3
November 75.1°F 47.9°F 61.5°F 0.56 in 3
December 65.5°F 40.5°F 53.0°F 0.96 in 4

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