Prescott Temperatures: Averages by Month
The numbers here tell you how hot and cold the weather usually is in Prescott, Arizona during each month of the year.
The average high and low temperatures are listed below by month and annually for the city, in both degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius.
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 70, 80 or 90 °F each month in Prescott, scroll down farther. There are also monthly and yearly counts of days with cold weather.
All the numbers are averages, based on climate data gathered from 1981 to 2010.
| High °F | Low °F | High °C | Low °C | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 24 | January | 11 | -5 |
| 55 | 26 | February | 13 | -3 |
| 60 | 31 | March | 15 | -1 |
| 67 | 37 | April | 19 | 3 |
| 76 | 45 | May | 25 | 7 |
| 86 | 53 | June | 30 | 12 |
| 89 | 60 | July | 32 | 16 |
| 86 | 59 | August | 30 | 15 |
| 81 | 51 | September | 27 | 11 |
| 72 | 40 | October | 22 | 4 |
| 61 | 30 | November | 16 | -1 |
| 52 | 23 | December | 11 | -5 |
| 70 | 40 | Year | 21 | 4 |
Days of Hot Weather in Prescott
During summer months, Prescott's temperature often rises above 90 °F. About half the days in July and one-quarter in June and August have highs in the 90s.
But the city only rarely feels 100-degree (37 °C) heat. A day with a high in the 100s happens just once ever two or three years on average. Days that hot are expected here only in July.
| 70 °F 21 °C |
80 °F 27 °C |
90 °F 32 °C | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| April | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| May | 25 | 11 | 1 |
| June | 29 | 25 | 8 |
| July | 31 | 29 | 14 |
| August | 31 | 27 | 7 |
| September | 29 | 19 | 2 |
| October | 19 | 5 | 0 |
| November | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Year | 187 | 117 | 32 |
How Often Prescott Has Cold Temperatures
From late fall until early spring, Prescott can get quite chilly at night. The thermometer drops to 20 °F or lower on an average of 26 days a year.
Despite its cold nights, the days at Prescott almost always warm up to above freezing. Typically, only one day annually stays below 33 °F. A frosty day is most likely to happen in December, but can also occur in January or February.
| 20 °F -8 °C |
32 °F 0 °C |
40 °F 4 °C | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8 | 28 | 31 |
| February | 4 | 23 | 28 |
| March | 2 | 17 | 29 |
| April | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| May | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| June | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| July | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| October | 0 | 4 | 15 |
| November | 2 | 19 | 28 |
| December | 9 | 28 | 31 |
| Year | 26 | 128 | 190 |
Reference
National Climatic Data Center. NOAA's 1981-2010 Climate Normals.