Maricopa climate — normals and trends
Maricopa (United States) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.3 °C and it receives 211 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 (33.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (11.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Maricopa averages 4 frost days, 182 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 32 rainy days per year.
Maricopa 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 8 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 48.2 °C (on 26 June 1990) and the coldest -5.8 °C (on 4 January 1949).
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
MaricopaArizona
- coords
- 33.06°, -112.05°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
22.3°C
Average daily high
29.3°C
Average daily low
15.4°C
Annual rainfall
211mm
Sunshine / day
11.3h
Mean relative humidity
35%
Average peak wind
14.1km/h
Seasonal range
22.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
4 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
182 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
32 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
27.7 °C
Average feels-like low
13.3 °C
Average peak gust
30.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
123 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 = 0.75 · 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
48.2 °C
26 June 1990
Coldest day
-5.8 °C
4 January 1949
Wettest day
61 mm
2 September 1967
Windiest day
42.5 km/h
10 December 1949
Strongest gust
100.1 km/h
21 January 2010
Hottest feels-like
48.4 °C
24 July 2018
Coldest feels-like
-11.0 °C
13 January 1963
Snowiest day
0.4 cm
26 December 1941
Sunniest day
14.0 h
25 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 18.1 °C | 0.0 °C | 2 mm | -22 mm |
| Feb | 24.9 °C | +4.3 °C | 0 mm | -22 mm |
| Mar | 25.2 °C | +1.2 °C | 21 mm | +1 mm |
| Apr | 29.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 1 mm | -5 mm |
| May | 33.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 9 mm | +7 mm |
| Jun | 40.3 °C | +1.2 °C | 11 mm | +9 mm |
| Jul | 40.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 20 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 41.7 °C | +2.8 °C | 13 mm | -21 mm |
| Sep | 36.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 34 mm | +9 mm |
| Oct | 30.8 °C | +0.4 °C | 24 mm | +8 mm |
| Nov | 25.4 °C | +2.3 °C | 32 mm | +17 mm |
| Dec | 22.7 °C | +4.6 °C | 4 mm | -21 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Maricopa?
Maricopa has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.3 °C and it receives 211 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Maricopa?
The hottest day measured in Maricopa between 1940 and 2025 was 26 June 1990, reaching 48.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Maricopa?
The coldest day measured in Maricopa between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1949, at -5.8 °C.
Does it snow in Maricopa?
Almost never: Maricopa sees virtually no snow, with about 4 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Maricopa warmed?
Yes: Maricopa warmed by +2.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Maricopa?
The wettest day measured in Maricopa between 1940 and 2025 was 2 September 1967, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Maricopa?
The windiest day measured in Maricopa between 1940 and 2025 was 10 December 1949, with winds reaching 42.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Maricopa?
The warmest month in Maricopa is July (33.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (11.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Maricopa?
Maricopa receives on average 211 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 32 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Maricopa?
Maricopa 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 Maricopa?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Maricopa between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1941, with 0.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Maricopa?
Yes: Maricopa has on average 123 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Maricopa?
In Maricopa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.4 °C on 24 July 2018, and the lowest was -11.0 °C on 13 January 1963.
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