Drexel Heights climate — normals and trends
Drexel Heights (United States) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 250 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 (30.3 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Drexel Heights averages 9 frost days, 154 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 45 rainy days per year.
Drexel Heights 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 16 to 2 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 44.7 °C (on 19 June 2016) and the coldest -14.3 °C (on 23 December 1990).
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
Drexel HeightsArizona
- coords
- 32.14°, -111.03°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
20.2°C
Average daily high
26.8°C
Average daily low
13.7°C
Annual rainfall
250mm
Sunshine / day
11.3h
Mean relative humidity
37%
Average peak wind
16.4km/h
Seasonal range
20.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
9 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
154 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
45 d/yr
Annual snowfall
3.3 cm
Average feels-like high
24.5 °C
Average feels-like low
11.2 °C
Average peak gust
34.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
107 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.7 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.71 · 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
44.7 °C
19 June 2016
Coldest day
-14.3 °C
23 December 1990
Wettest day
70 mm
23 August 1992
Windiest day
48.1 km/h
25 October 1996
Strongest gust
110.2 km/h
10 December 1949
Hottest feels-like
44.6 °C
20 June 2017
Coldest feels-like
-19.5 °C
23 December 1990
Snowiest day
5.0 cm
24 December 1987
Sunniest day
13.9 h
18 June 2013
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 17.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 4 mm | -27 mm |
| Feb | 23.4 °C | +4.8 °C | 0 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 23.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 26 mm | +4 mm |
| Apr | 27.0 °C | +0.9 °C | 1 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 31.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 2 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 37.7 °C | +1.6 °C | 8 mm | +4 mm |
| Jul | 36.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 41 mm | +9 mm |
| Aug | 38.0 °C | +3.2 °C | 12 mm | -25 mm |
| Sep | 34.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 30 mm | +9 mm |
| Oct | 29.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 43 mm | +25 mm |
| Nov | 24.2 °C | +2.6 °C | 40 mm | +23 mm |
| Dec | 22.3 °C | +5.2 °C | 4 mm | -28 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Drexel Heights?
Drexel Heights has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 250 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Drexel Heights?
The hottest day measured in Drexel Heights between 1940 and 2025 was 19 June 2016, reaching 44.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Drexel Heights?
The coldest day measured in Drexel Heights between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 1990, at -14.3 °C.
Does it snow in Drexel Heights?
Yes. Drexel Heights gets on average 3.3 cm of snow per year and has around 9 frost days.
Has the climate of Drexel Heights warmed?
Yes: Drexel Heights warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Drexel Heights?
The wettest day measured in Drexel Heights between 1940 and 2025 was 23 August 1992, with 70 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Drexel Heights?
The windiest day measured in Drexel Heights between 1940 and 2025 was 25 October 1996, with winds reaching 48.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Drexel Heights?
The warmest month in Drexel Heights is July (30.3 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Drexel Heights?
Drexel Heights receives on average 250 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 45 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Drexel Heights?
Drexel Heights gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Drexel Heights?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Drexel Heights between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 1987, with 5.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Drexel Heights?
Yes: Drexel Heights has on average 107 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Drexel Heights?
In Drexel Heights, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.6 °C on 20 June 2017, and the lowest was -19.5 °C on 23 December 1990.
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