SANTA RITA EXP RANGE, ARIZONA

NCDC 1971-2000 Monthly Normals

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Monthly
Mean Max. Temperature (F) 60.4 64.3 68.6 76.0 83.8 93.3 92.0 89.1 86.5 78.6 67.7 60.7 76.8
Highest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 66.9 70.2 77.0 82.7 90.1 100.0 97.5 94.9 90.8 84.5 75.7 69.4 100.0
Year Highest Occurred 1986 1981 1972 1989 2000 1980 1979 1980 1979 1979 1999 1980 1980
Lowest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 54.3 56.1 60.3 67.2 79.0 89.3 87.4 83.3 81.6 71.3 59.1 53.5 53.5
Year Lowest Occurred 1985 1998 1973 1983 1995 1991 1986 1990 1996 1984 2000 1997 1997
Mean Temperature (F) 49.0 52.0 55.9 62.2 69.8 79.0 79.4 77.2 74.4 66.6 55.3 49.1 64.2
Highest Mean Temperature (F) 55.2 56.8 63.9 69.7 75.8 83.1 82.8 81.4 78.0 71.4 63.4 53.4 83.1
Year Highest Occurred 1986 1981 1972 1989 2000 1974 1989 1994 1989 1999 1999 1980 1974
Lowest Mean Temperature (F) 43.8 46.3 47.8 54.1 64.2 74.6 75.3 73.1 69.8 60.0 48.6 42.9 42.9
Year Lowest Occurred 1979 1998 1973 1983 1977 1991 1976 1990 1976 1971 2000 1971 1971
Mean Min. Temperature (F) 37.5 39.7 43.2 48.3 55.8 64.6 66.8 65.2 62.3 54.5 42.8 37.5 51.5
Highest Mean Min. Temperature (F) 43.4 46.3 50.7 56.6 61.5 70.8 70.4 70.2 66.7 60.0 51.0 41.9 70.8
Year Highest Occurred 1986 1995 1972 1989 2000 1994 1989 1994 1995 1999 1999 2000 1994
Lowest Mean Min. Temperature (F) 31.6 34.4 33.1 40.8 47.2 58.4 61.9 61.1 55.2 46.6 35.2 30.0 30.0
Year Lowest Occurred 1973 1974 1977 1977 1977 1982 1976 1976 1976 1976 1972 1971 1971
Mean Precipitation (in.) 1.73 1.66 1.78 0.66 0.30 0.55 4.83 4.26 2.40 2.06 1.30 1.88 23.41
Highest Precipitation (in.) 4.71 5.19 5.21 3.11 1.65 3.30 11.15 8.02 8.31 7.87 4.36 7.29 11.15
Year Highest Occurred 1993 1998 1973 1999 1992 1990 1990 1988 1983 2000 1978 1984 1990
Lowest Precipitation (in.) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.12 0.91 0.15 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Year Lowest Occurred 1972 1999 1984 2000 2000 2000 1997 1973 1973 1999 1999 1999 1972
Heating Degree Days (F) 498. 366. 307. 156. 39. 0. 0. 0. 2. 84. 307. 492. 2251.
Cooling Degree Days (F) 0. 2. 24. 70. 188. 418. 446. 377. 284. 132. 15. 0. 1956.

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