All-time weather records — Carefree, AZ

Record high
118.0°F
June 20, 2017
Record low
15.1°F
January 7, 1971
Wettest day
3.70 in
March 19, 1983

Climate change signal in Carefree

48.9%

of Carefree's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (179 of 366 records since 2015).

7.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (26 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1960s
14
83
1970s
21
84
1980s
26
73
1990s
36
43
2000s
55
26
2010s
91
44
2020s
123
13

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1962, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1962-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.0°F — Jan 19, 1971 15.1°F — Jan 7, 1971 1.90 in — Jan 26, 2013
February 88.0°F — Feb 27, 2026 19.0°F — Feb 3, 2011 2.20 in — Feb 25, 1987
March 102.0°F — Mar 21, 2026 24.1°F — Mar 2, 1971 3.70 in — Mar 19, 1983
April 102.0°F — Apr 29, 2020 32.0°F — Apr 2, 1999 1.59 in — Apr 2, 2004
May 109.0°F — May 30, 2020 37.0°F — May 5, 1964 1.10 in — May 4, 2015
June 118.0°F — Jun 20, 2017 43.0°F — Jun 12, 1999 1.37 in — Jun 2, 2025
July 118.0°F — Jul 28, 1995 25.0°F — Jul 11, 2013 1.70 in — Jul 24, 1990
August 114.1°F — Aug 7, 2025 59.0°F — Aug 4, 1990 2.80 in — Aug 11, 2018
September 111.0°F — Sep 4, 2020 34.0°F — Sep 24, 1988 2.65 in — Sep 1, 2023
October 107.1°F — Oct 1, 2024 32.0°F — Oct 30, 1971 3.60 in — Oct 19, 1972
November 91.9°F — Nov 5, 2020 28.0°F — Nov 16, 1964 1.55 in — Nov 2, 1995
December 82.0°F — Dec 2, 2021 19.9°F — Dec 23, 1990 3.21 in — Dec 1, 2007

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Carefree.