Average Annual Snowfall in Arizona

The tables below give yearly averages for total snowfall at cities, towns and parks in Arizona. The numbers are for the total amount of snow and for how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres).

The snowfall totals are annual averages based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010 for the NOAA National Climatic Data Center.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Southern Arizona, Western Arizona, Phoenix Area, Central Arizona, and Northern Arizona.

Place name links take you to more detailed information on snowfall, snowstorms and snow accumulation for that location.

Southern Arizona

Average annual snowfall

Days	Place	Inches	Centimetres
3.0	Bisbee	6.3	16.0
2.1	Chiricahua National Monument	6.8	17.3
1.8	Coronado National Monument	5.3	13.5
0.1	Green Valley	0.1	0.3
0.1	Nogales	0.6	1.5
0.0	Organ Pipe Cactus Monument	0.0	0.0
0.4	Sierra Vista	0.7	1.8
0.3	Tombstone	0.8	2.0
0.3	Tucson	0.3	0.8

Western Arizona

Yearly snowfall averages

Days	Place	Inches	Centimetres
0.0	Bullhead City	0.0	0.0
0.0	Lake Havasu City	0.0	0.0
0.0	Parker	0.0	0.0
0.0	Yuma	0.0	0.0

Phoenix Area

Average snow for a year

Days	Place	Inches	Centimetres
0.0	Apache Junction	0.0	0.0
0.0	Mesa	0.0	0.0
0.0	Phoenix	0.0	0.0
0.0	South Phoenix	0.0	0.0
0.0	Tempe	0.0	0.0

Central Arizona

Average annual snowfall totals

Days	Place	Inches	Centimetres
0.0	Casa Grande	0.0	0.0
0.6	Globe	1.7	4.3
3.1	Jerome	7.8	19.8
3.1	Painted Desert National Park	5.3	13.5
6.0	Payson	20.1	51.1
3.2	Petrified Forest National Park	4.0	10.2
5.1	Prescott	12.7	32.3
0.9	Sedona	1.4	3.6
0.0	Stewart Mountain	0.0	0.0
0.0	Wickenburg	0.3	0.8

Northern Arizona

Snowfall averages for a year

Days	Place	Inches	Centimetres
3.3	Canyon de Chelly	5.9	15.0
33.7	Flagstaff	103.6	263.1
19.3	Grand Canyon Village	49.6	126.0
1.9	Monument Valley	5.2	13.2
1.7	Page	3.4	8.6
2.8	Pipe Springs Monument	4.0	10.2
18.8	Williams	73.8	187.5