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Weather in Cottonwood, AZ · National Weather Service + NOAA

Cottonwood has hot summers

Cottonwood has mild winters and hot summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 99°, a January night drops to 31°, and about 1 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. Normal November highs come to 69°, and lows to 36°.

Winter 60°/31°Spring 78°/44°Summer 98°/64°Fall 80°/47°
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Sunrise 8:52 am · sunset 7:30 pm

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What stands out about Cottonwood’s weather

Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.

Climate →
Hot summersJuly afternoons average 99°, hotter than 99% of U.S. towns.Warming faster than mostThe last 30 years averaged 1.8° warmer than the 1900s, a bigger shift than 89% of U.S. towns.A dry climateJust 14 inches of rain and melted snow a year, less than 95% of U.S. towns.Plenty of 90° daysAbout 128 days a year reach 90°.
A normal year

Where today sits in Cottonwood’s year

Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.

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Winter
60° / 31°
Snow is rare
Spring
78° / 44°
Last frost around Mar 30
Summer
98° / 64°
128 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
80° / 47°
First frost around Nov 10
5 daysuntil the usual first frost (Nov 10)
Best months to be outside
AprOct
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Cottonwood get?About 1 inches a winter.When is it wettest?August, with 2.4 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.8° vs. the 20th century.

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Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Cottonwood itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Tuzigoot, AZ (3 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.