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Weather in Surprise, AZ · National Weather Service + NOAA

Surprise has hot summers

Surprise 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. Normal November highs come to 75°, and lows to 47°.

Winter 67°/42°Spring 84°/55°Summer 104°/76°Fall 87°/59°
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Sunrise 8:50 am · sunset 7:36 pm

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What stands out about Surprise’s weather

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

Climate →
Hot summersJuly afternoons average 105°, hotter than 100% of U.S. 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 dry climateJust 8 inches of rain and melted snow a year, less than 99% of U.S. towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Surprise’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
84° / 55°
Last frost around Jan 20
Summer
104° / 76°
175 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
87° / 59°
First frost around Dec 15
43 daysuntil the usual first frost (Dec 15)
Best months to be outside
JanFebMarAprNovDec
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Surprise 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 Surprise itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Youngtown, AZ (10 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.