Ahwatukee Foothills climate — normals and trends
Ahwatukee Foothills (United States) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.5 °C and it receives 235 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (34.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Ahwatukee Foothills averages 5 frost days, 184 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 33 rainy days per year.
Ahwatukee Foothills has warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.32 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 11 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 48.8 °C (on 26 June 1990) and the coldest -6.0 °C (on 6 January 1950).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Ahwatukee FoothillsArizona
- coords
- 33.34°, -111.98°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
22.5°C
Average daily high
29.6°C
Average daily low
15.4°C
Annual rainfall
235mm
Sunshine / day
11.2h
Mean relative humidity
36%
Average peak wind
13.4km/h
Seasonal range
23.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
5 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
184 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
33 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
28.1 °C
Average feels-like low
13.4 °C
Average peak gust
27.6 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
127 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.74 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
48.8 °C
26 June 1990
Coldest day
-6.0 °C
6 January 1950
Wettest day
80 mm
22 August 1992
Windiest day
41.3 km/h
10 December 1949
Strongest gust
94.3 km/h
21 January 2010
Hottest feels-like
48.9 °C
26 June 1990
Coldest feels-like
-10.9 °C
14 January 1963
Snowiest day
1.5 cm
26 December 1941
Sunniest day
14.1 h
24 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 18.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 1 mm | -26 mm |
| Feb | 25.1 °C | +4.3 °C | 1 mm | -26 mm |
| Mar | 25.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 35 mm | +11 mm |
| Apr | 29.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 1 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 34.2 °C | +0.3 °C | 10 mm | +7 mm |
| Jun | 40.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 12 mm | +9 mm |
| Jul | 41.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 20 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 42.1 °C | +2.7 °C | 10 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 36.7 °C | -0.2 °C | 45 mm | +18 mm |
| Oct | 30.9 °C | +0.2 °C | 25 mm | +5 mm |
| Nov | 25.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 36 mm | +19 mm |
| Dec | 22.4 °C | +4.2 °C | 5 mm | -22 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ahwatukee Foothills?
Ahwatukee Foothills has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.5 °C and it receives 235 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ahwatukee Foothills?
The hottest day measured in Ahwatukee Foothills between 1940 and 2025 was 26 June 1990, reaching 48.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ahwatukee Foothills?
The coldest day measured in Ahwatukee Foothills between 1940 and 2025 was 6 January 1950, at -6.0 °C.
Does it snow in Ahwatukee Foothills?
Almost never: Ahwatukee Foothills sees virtually no snow, with about 5 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Ahwatukee Foothills warmed?
Yes: Ahwatukee Foothills warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ahwatukee Foothills?
The wettest day measured in Ahwatukee Foothills between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 1992, with 80 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ahwatukee Foothills?
The windiest day measured in Ahwatukee Foothills between 1940 and 2025 was 10 December 1949, with winds reaching 41.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ahwatukee Foothills?
The warmest month in Ahwatukee Foothills is July (34.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Ahwatukee Foothills?
Ahwatukee Foothills receives on average 235 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 33 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ahwatukee Foothills?
Ahwatukee Foothills gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ahwatukee Foothills?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ahwatukee Foothills between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1941, with 1.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ahwatukee Foothills?
Yes: Ahwatukee Foothills has on average 127 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ahwatukee Foothills?
In Ahwatukee Foothills, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.9 °C on 26 June 1990, and the lowest was -10.9 °C on 14 January 1963.
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