Fort Mohave
unincorporated, Mohave County · 15,715 peopleJanuary low·July high 110°·3 freezing nights a year
Arizona rankings · Climate
Towns with the mildest winters in Arizona
Fort Mohave (tied with 1 more) has the mildest winters of Arizona’s 138 towns of 2,500+: January nights average a low of 45° (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). The typical town here averages 37°; 91 of the 138 stay above freezing.
The average January low. NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s 5 km grid at each town’s center; one town for each grid cell. A described list: no letters. How grades work
45°
Mohave Valley
unincorporated, Mohave County · 2,555 peopleJanuary low·July high 111°·2 freezing nights a year
Avenue B and C
unincorporated, Yuma County · 4,001 peopleJanuary low·July high 108°·0 freezing nights a year
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January low, highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 65 towns here).
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Questions people ask
Which Arizona town has the mildest winters?
Fort Mohave (unincorporated, Mohave County): January nights average a low of 45°. Mohave Valley (45°) and Avenue B and C (45°) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average January low (the coldest month’s nights), highest first, on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals, read from its 5 km grid at each town’s center. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T); the figure and the state rank are the ones on each town’s Climate page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents, one for each of NOAA’s 5 km grid cells (138 in Arizona): where towns share a cell, one of them stands for it, since the grid gives them the same figures. Every town’s own figures are on its Climate page. Every town is on the Arizona page.
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