Tusayan, AZ

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from GRAND CANYON NP AP, AZ US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 6b USDA hardiness Zone 6b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Tusayan has an annual average temperature of 46.7°F with about 13.4 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 84.9°F), and the coldest is December (average low 14.1°F). August is typically the wettest month (2.06 in) and June the driest (0.40 in).

Annual swing
37.8°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
6,669
Cooling need
93

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

205 of 366 (56%) of Tusayan'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.

1990s
23
2000s
105
2010s
110
2020s
128

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 43.9°F 15.8°F 29.9°F 1.23 in 6
February 46.9°F 17.2°F 32.1°F 1.21 in 7
March 54.5°F 22.0°F 38.2°F 1.20 in 6
April 61.2°F 25.3°F 43.2°F 0.69 in 5
May 70.7°F 31.6°F 51.1°F 0.61 in 4
June 82.5°F 38.0°F 60.3°F 0.40 in 2
July 84.9°F 49.0°F 67.0°F 1.66 in 11
August 82.8°F 49.4°F 66.1°F 2.06 in 11
September 76.9°F 40.4°F 58.6°F 1.37 in 6
October 65.6°F 30.0°F 47.8°F 1.34 in 5
November 53.8°F 20.8°F 37.3°F 0.77 in 4
December 44.2°F 14.1°F 29.2°F 0.82 in 6

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