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Weather in Sun City West, AZ · National Weather Service + NOAA

Sun City West has hot summers

Sun City West has warm winters and scorching summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 105°, a January night drops to 41°, and snow is almost unheard of. In November, a normal day reaches 75° and a normal night drops to 48°.

Winter 67°/42°Spring 85°/55°Summer 104°/77°Fall 87°/60°
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Sunrise 8:52 am · sunset 7:33 pm

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What stands out about Sun City West’s weather

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

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Hot summersJuly afternoons average 105°, hotter than 100% of U.S. towns.Milder winters than most of ArizonaJanuary nights average 41°, milder than 412 of 467 Arizona towns.Snow is rareNo measurable snow in a normal year.Warming faster than mostThe last 30 years averaged 2.2° warmer than the 1900s, a bigger shift than 97% of U.S. towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Sun City West’s year

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

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Winter
67° / 42°
Snow is rare
Spring
85° / 55°
Last frost around Jan 20
Summer
104° / 77°
175 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
87° / 60°
First frost around Dec 15
40 daysuntil the usual first frost (Dec 15)
Best months to be outside
JanFebMarNovDec
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Sun City West get?Almost none.When is it wettest?March, with 1.1 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+2.2° 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 Sun City West itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Youngtown, AZ (6 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.