Grand Canyon Temperatures: Averages by Month

The numbers here tell you how hot and cold the weather usually is in Grand Canyon, Arizona during each month of the year.

The average high and low temperatures, in both degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius, are listed below by month and annually for Grand Canyon Village on the South Rim in Grand Canyon National Park, .

Maximums and minimums are only part of the temperature picture. To fill in the rest, there's information on how many days a month get above or below a given temperature.

To find out how often it rises over 60, 70 or 80 °F each month in Grand Canyon, scroll down farther. There are also monthly and yearly counts of days with cold weather.

The first set of high and low temperatures are averages for 2010 to 2019. Everything else here is based on 1991 to 2020 weather.

10-year temperature averages for Grand Canyon, 2010 to 2019
High °F Low °F   High °C Low °C
44 19 January 7 -7
46 21 February 8 -6
54 25 March 12 -4
61 29 April 16 -2
70 36 May 21 2
82 43 June 28 6
85 50 July 29 10
82 50 August 28 10
76 44 September 24 7
65 33 October 18 1
53 25 November 12 -4
43 18 December 6 -8
63 33 Year 17 0
30-year temperature averages for Grand Canyon, 1991 to 2020
High °F Low °F   High °C Low °C
45 18 January 7 -8
47 21 February 8 -6
53 25 March 12 -4
61 29 April 16 -2
72 36 May 22 2
82 43 June 28 6
86 51 July 30 10
82 50 August 28 10
76 43 September 25 6
65 33 October 18 1
53 24 November 12 -4
45 18 December 7 -8
64 33 Year 18 0

Days of Hot Weather in Grand Canyon

At Grand Canyon Village, temperatures over 100 °F have happened only rarely, just once a decade on average. Summer daytime highs are typically in the 80s and on about 19 days annually, it gets over 89. Most days in winter don't make it to 50 degrees.

Days per month in Grand Canyon of at least 60, 70 or 80 °F
  60 °F
16 °C
70 °F
21 °C
80 °F
27 °C
January 1 0 0
February 1 0 0
March 10 1 0
April 19 7 0
May 29 21 6
June 30 29 22
July 31 31 28
August 31 31 24
September 30 27 12
October 24 12 1
November 9 1 0
December 2 0 0
Year 215 158 93

Days of Cold Temperatures

Even on the warmest days, Grand Canyon's night-time temperature almost always goes below 60 °F. Freezing weather commonly occurs in any season but summer.

Really cold temperatures, of 0 °F or lower, happen on two days in an average winter, and the thermometer never crawls above freezing on six days.

Average number of days monthly in Grand Canyon with temperatures dropping below 10, 20, or 32 °F
  10 °F
-12 °C
20 °F
-8 °C
32 °F
0 °C
January 5 17 30
February 3 12 27
March 1 7 28
April 0 2 22
May 0 0 9
June 0 0 1
July 0 0 0
August 0 0 0
September 0 0 1
October 0 1 13
November 2 8 26
December 6 17 31
Year 16 65 189
References

Jay Lawrimore, Ron Ray, Scott Applequist, Bryant Korzeniewski, Matthew Menne. 2016. Global Summary of the Month and Year, Version 1.0. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

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