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The climate of Arizona (United
States of America)
Arizona is one of the states of the United States of America. Arizona
is located in the southwestern part of America and has a dry and in
several regions very rugged landscape. Arizona borders Utah, Colorado,
Nevada, California, New Mexico and the country of Mexico. Arizona has
two nicknames: Grand Canyon State and Copper State. The Grand Canyon
is also the biggest tourist attraction in Arizona. Together with
Painted Desert and Monument Valley the Grand Canyon is the main reason
many tourists visit Arizona when making a roundtrip through the
(south) western part of the United States of America.
Because Arizona is such a large state and has many
differences in altitude it also has many climate types. However, most
of these climate types show similarities. A large part of Arizona
consists of desert and consequently has dry desert climate types. Most
regions have a warm desert climate. In the eastern part this locally
changes into a warm or cold steppe climate with higher precipitation
figures. Sierra Vista, which is located in the most southeasterly part
can record 361 millimeters of annual rain. Because of this it has a
steppe climate. A similarity which applies to the entire desert are
the large differences between daytime and night time temperatures.
Differences in temperatures of up to 30 degrees between the hottest
and coolest moment of one particular day are not uncommon. During the
winter it may be warm during the daytime. During the summer it is very
warm to extremely hot. From June till September daytime temperatures
may rise up to 45-50 degrees Celsius (113-122 degrees Fahrenheit) or
even warmer.
The northern part of Arizona consists of several
plateaus with higher altitudes than in the south. In this Colorado
Plateau the Grand Canyon can also be found. In several places on this
plateau it is much colder during the winter. Several regions can also
record higher precipitation figures. If you do not include Alaska the
city of Flagstaff would even be the coldest city in the United States
of America.
Climate information of places in Arizona
The climate information given on this page is only brief. Specific
information on weather and climate can be found on the pages per
region or city. The following climate information is available for
Arizona:
Climate information
Throughout Arizona several climate figures and temperatures can be
recorded. The figures below are for Phoenix and cannot be seen as an
average for this state. For climate figures for other places and
regions in Arizona please, visit the individual climate pages.
More climate information
Climate tables are useful but they don’t give an overall picture of
the climate and possible weather conditions during a period of time.
How high the chances are of hot or cold weather or hurricanes can
often not be found in these tables. This is why we offer extra climate
information per month. The figures below apply to Phoenix. For climate
figures on specific regions and places please, visit the relevant
individual climate pages
Disclaimer
The information at this site was carefully composed from climate data collected by meteorological services, meteorological offices, climate experts and other sources. “More climate info” is based on statistics, climate data and personal experience. No rights can be derived from this site. Weather has no memory and gives no guaranties. Nothing is as changeable and unpredictable as the weather. The authors of this site feel in no way responsible for any damages caused by misinterpretation or other circumstances that may influence your holiday or trip to a certain destination. We provide information, it’s up to the reader to use it to it’s benefit.
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