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Weather in Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ · National Weather Service + NOAA

Pinetop-Lakeside is snow country

Pinetop-Lakeside has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 84°, a January night drops to 20°, and about 70 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. Normal November highs come to 56°, and lows to 26°.

Winter 48°/21°Spring 64°/33°Summer 83°/52°Fall 67°/36°
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Sunrise 6:43 am · sunset 5:23 pm

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What stands out about Pinetop-Lakeside’s weather

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

Climate →
Snow countryAbout 70 inches a winter, more than 345 of 352 Arizona towns.Cool summersJuly afternoons average 84°, cooler than 442 of 467 Arizona towns.A short growing season138 frost-free days, from May 22 to Oct 6.The snowiest town aroundMore snow than any of the 5 towns around it with snow records.
A normal year

Where today sits in Pinetop-Lakeside’s year

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

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Winter
48° / 21°
19 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
64° / 33°
Last frost around May 22
Summer
83° / 52°
8 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
67° / 36°
First frost around Oct 6
Pastthe usual first frost (Oct 6). Last frost next spring: May 22
Best months to be outside
JunJulAugSep
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Pinetop-Lakeside get?About 70 inches a winter.When is it wettest?August, with 3.5 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.4° 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 Pinetop-Lakeside itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Pinetop 2e, AZ (3 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.