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Towns with the mildest winters in Arizona

Ranked by the typical overnight low in January, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s gridded climate normals for each town. Neighboring towns on the same 5 km grid square have the same numbers, so each square is listed once, under its largest town. 138 towns with 2,500+ residents.

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Apache Junction
Arizona · Mildest winters

Where Apache Junction lands: #24 of 138

41.5° · Visit Apache Junction →

1 Fort Mohave 45.1° January high 65° Map of Mohave Valley 2 Mohave Valley 45.1° January high 66° Somerton 3 Somerton 44.9° January high 70°
#TownJanuary lowJanuary highSnow a year
1 Fort Mohave15,715 people 45.1° 65° 0 in
2 Map of Mohave Valley Mohave Valley2,555 people 45.1° 66° 0 in
3 Somerton Somerton14,574 people 44.9° 70° 0 in
4 Map of Avenue B and C Avenue B and C4,001 people 44.9° 70° 0 in
5 Bullhead City Bullhead City42,496 people 44.4° 65° 0 in
6 San Luis San Luis37,337 people 44.3° 70° 0 in
7 Scottsdale Scottsdale243,821 people 44.1° 65° 0 in
8 Map of Avondale Avondale92,477 people 44.1° 66° 0.2 in
9 Map of Fortuna Foothills Fortuna Foothills28,896 people 43.7° 69° 0 in
10 Yuma Yuma100,139 people 43.6° 70° 0 in
11 Map of Lake Havasu City Lake Havasu City58,359 people 43.4° 66° 0 in
12 Map of Desert Hills Desert Hills2,944 people 43.4° 66° 0 in
13 Ajo Ajo3,107 people 43.3° 67° 0.1 in
14 Map of Fountain Hills Fountain Hills23,789 people 43.1° 67° 0 in
15 Peoria Peoria196,906 people 42.7° 65° 0 in
16 Paradise Valley Paradise Valley12,611 people 42.3° 67° 0 in
17 Carefree Carefree3,683 people 42.3° 64° 0 in
18 Phoenix Phoenix1,642,323 people 41.9° 67° 0.2 in
19 Sun City Sun City37,486 people 41.9° 67° 0 in
20 El Mirage El Mirage36,088 people 41.9° 67° 0 in
21 New River New River18,240 people 41.9° 65° 0 in
22 Parker Parker3,388 people 41.9° 67° 0 in
23 Glendale Glendale252,833 people 41.6° 67° 0.2 in
24 Apache Junction Apache Junction41,058 people 41.5° 66° 0 in
25 Gold Canyon Gold Canyon13,107 people 41.5° 66° 0 in
26 Goodyear Goodyear107,645 people 41.3° 67° 0 in
27 Sun City West Sun City West27,425 people 41.3° 67° 0 in
28 Anthem Anthem22,584 people 41.3° 66° 0 in
29 Litchfield Park Litchfield Park6,916 people 41.3° 67° 0 in
30 Wellton Wellton2,527 people 41.2° 70° 0 in
31 Map of Tolleson Tolleson7,668 people 41.1° 67° 0.2 in
32 Surprise Surprise154,948 people 41.0° 67° 0 in
33 Guadalupe Guadalupe5,272 people 40.9° 67° 0 in
34 Map of Citrus Park Citrus Park5,115 people 40.8° 67° 0 in
35 Cave Creek Cave Creek5,091 people 40.6° 65° 0 in
36 Tempe Tempe188,065 people 40.5° 68° 0 in
37 Queen Creek Queen Creek71,867 people 40.5° 67° 0 in
38 Mesa Mesa511,764 people 40.4° 68° 0 in
39 Gilbert Gilbert280,262 people 40.2° 67° 0 in
40 Map of San Tan Valley San Tan Valley109,189 people 40.2° 67° 0 in
41 Buckeye Buckeye104,923 people 40.2° 67° 0 in
42 Chandler Chandler280,136 people 39.9° 68° 0 in
43 Map of Sun Lakes Sun Lakes13,924 people 39.7° 68° 0 in
44 Florence Florence25,570 people 39.6° 67° 0 in
45 Sacaton Sacaton3,429 people 39.4° 67° 0 in
46 Coolidge Coolidge16,636 people 39.3° 67° 0 in
47 Eloy Eloy17,433 people 39.2° 68° 0 in
48 Red Rock3,277 people 39.2° 67° 0 in
49 Superior Superior2,535 people 39.2° 63° 0.3 in
50 Tucson Mountains11,353 people 39.1° 67° 0 in
51 Arizona City Arizona City9,543 people 39.1° 68° 0 in
52 Maricopa Maricopa67,163 people 39.0° 68° 0 in
53 Map of Catalina Foothills Catalina Foothills52,593 people 38.9° 66° 0 in
54 Map of Avra Valley Avra Valley6,277 people 38.9° 68° 0 in
55 Casa Grande Casa Grande60,905 people 38.8° 68° 0 in
56 Marana Marana56,938 people 38.8° 66° 0 in
57 Map of Drexel Heights Drexel Heights27,675 people 38.8° 67° 0.1 in
58 Map of Tucson Estates Tucson Estates12,136 people 38.8° 67° 0 in
59 Map of Picture Rocks Picture Rocks9,448 people 38.7° 68° 0 in
60 Map of Flowing Wells Flowing Wells16,559 people 38.4° 67° 0 in
61 Map of Valencia West Valencia West14,728 people 38.4° 67° 0.1 in
62 South Tucson South Tucson4,550 people 38.4° 67° 0 in
63 Tucson Tucson547,073 people 38.2° 67° 0.1 in
64 Casas Adobes Casas Adobes72,059 people 38.2° 67° 0 in
65 Summit Summit4,896 people 38.1° 67° 0.1 in
66 Oro Valley Oro Valley48,162 people 37.9° 65° 0 in
67 Golden Valley Golden Valley8,567 people 37.6° 59° 0 in
68 Sahuarita Sahuarita35,862 people 37.1° 67° 0.1 in
69 Three Points5,254 people 36.8° 67° 0.1 in
70 Corona de Tucson Corona de Tucson9,566 people 36.4° 64° 0.1 in
71 San Manuel San Manuel3,491 people 36.3° 61° 0.7 in
72 Map of Green Valley Green Valley22,114 people 36.2° 66° 0.1 in
73 Map of Rincon Valley Rincon Valley6,512 people 36.0° 66° 0.1 in
74 Vail Vail16,315 people 35.8° 65° 0.1 in
75 Wickenburg Wickenburg8,059 people 35.8° 65° 0.1 in
76 Map of Oracle Oracle3,146 people 35.7° 56° 11 in
77 Map of Tanque Verde Tanque Verde15,866 people 35.5° 66° 0.1 in
78 Map of Catalina Catalina6,489 people 35.3° 63° 0 in
79 Saddlebrooke Saddlebrooke13,085 people 35.2° 60° 11 in
80 Bagdad Bagdad2,814 people 34.8° 59° 1 in
81 Kingman Kingman34,375 people 34.2° 57° —
82 Bisbee Bisbee4,977 people 34.2° 60° 3 in
83 Cordes Lakes Cordes Lakes3,808 people 34.1° 59° 1 in
84 Map of New Kingman-Butler New Kingman-Butler13,993 people 34.0° 57° —
85 Benson Benson5,417 people 33.7° 63° 1 in
86 Map of Central Heights-Midland City Central Heights-Midland City2,909 people 33.4° 60° 0 in
87 Globe Globe7,195 people 33.0° 60° 0 in
88 Map of Whetstone Whetstone2,971 people 32.5° 62° 0.4 in
89 Map of Sierra Vista Sierra Vista45,155 people 32.3° 61° 0.4 in
90 Map of Sierra Vista Southeast Sierra Vista Southeast14,330 people 32.3° 61° 0.7 in
91 Clifton Clifton3,822 people 32.3° 59° 0 in
92 Map of San Carlos San Carlos4,973 people 31.9° 61° 0 in
93 Pima Pima2,995 people 31.9° 62° 0.2 in
94 Safford Safford10,239 people 31.5° 62° 0.2 in
95 Map of Swift Trail Junction Swift Trail Junction2,859 people 31.5° 61° 0.2 in
96 Thatcher Thatcher5,439 people 31.2° 62° 0.2 in
97 Clarkdale Clarkdale4,758 people 31.0° 58° 1 in
98 Douglas Douglas15,981 people 30.8° 63° 0.5 in
99 Rio Rico Rio Rico22,017 people 30.7° 66° 0.1 in
100 Cottonwood Cottonwood12,580 people 30.5° 59° 1 in
101 Village of Oak Creek (Big Park) Village of Oak Creek (Big Park)6,356 people 30.5° 58° 1 in
102 Sedona Sedona9,777 people 30.4° 57° 1 in
103 Cornville Cornville3,618 people 30.4° 60° 1 in
104 Verde Village Verde Village11,930 people 30.1° 60° 1 in
105 Nogales Nogales19,841 people 30.0° 65° 0.3 in
106 Payson Payson16,622 people 29.6° 55° 19 in
107 Camp Verde Camp Verde12,521 people 29.6° 62° 0 in
108 Map of Lake Montezuma Lake Montezuma4,929 people 29.4° 61° 0 in
109 Willcox Willcox3,222 people 28.3° 60° 2 in
110 Dewey-Humboldt Dewey-Humboldt4,501 people 28.2° 55° —
111 Page Page7,345 people 28.1° 46° 0.6 in
112 Map of Star Valley Star Valley2,525 people 27.1° 55° 19 in
113 Chino Valley Chino Valley13,602 people 26.5° 54° 10 in
114 Map of Paulden Paulden4,795 people 26.5° 56° 6 in
115 Prescott Valley Prescott Valley49,179 people 26.3° 54° 10 in
116 Map of Williamson Williamson6,310 people 25.7° 53° 10 in
117 Prescott Prescott47,400 people 25.5° 53° 10 in
118 Colorado City Colorado City2,702 people 24.7° 49° 12 in
119 Whiteriver Whiteriver4,545 people 23.8° 52° —
120 Tuba City Tuba City7,960 people 23.6° 46° —
121 Williams Williams3,369 people 21.7° 45° 65 in
122 Winslow Winslow8,773 people 21.2° 51° —
123 Holbrook Holbrook4,858 people 21.1° 50° 3 in
124 Map of Snowflake Snowflake6,444 people 20.2° 49° 13 in
125 Map of Kayenta Kayenta4,927 people 20.0° 42° —
126 Pinetop-Lakeside Pinetop-Lakeside4,101 people 19.7° 46° 70 in
127 Map of Linden Linden2,502 people 19.7° 47° 19 in
128 Taylor Taylor4,183 people 19.6° 49° 13 in
129 St. Johns3,395 people 19.5° 50° 6 in
130 Heber-Overgaard Heber-Overgaard3,621 people 19.3° 46° —
131 Show Low Show Low12,102 people 18.9° 47° 19 in
132 Map of Chinle Chinle4,147 people 18.9° 45° 5 in
133 Map of White Mountain Lake White Mountain Lake2,910 people 18.8° 48° 13 in
134 Map of Kachina Village Kachina Village3,212 people 17.7° 46° 90 in
135 Doney Park Doney Park6,253 people 17.2° 45° 52 in
136 Flagstaff Flagstaff76,445 people 15.8° 45° 90 in
137 Fort Defiance Fort Defiance3,351 people 15.4° 43° 34 in
138 Eagar Eagar4,416 people 15.3° 48° 45 in

How this ranking works

We rank every town by the typical overnight low in January, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s gridded climate normals for each town. The town with the highest figure ranks #1. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast, and each town’s Climate page shows its whole year month by month.

Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals, about 5 km (3 miles) square, read at each town’s center, so hills and coastlines are built in. Towns whose centers fall in the same square have the same numbers, so only the largest of them is listed.

Only towns with at least 2,500 residents are ranked; Census estimates for smaller places are too uncertain. Population and income: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020. Town photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each town’s page.

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