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2025 Phoenix, Yuma, and El Centro Weather Review

The year 2025 ended up being the 2nd warmest year recorded in the history of Phoenix, Arizona. Extensive missing temperature data at Yuma and El Centro precludes a definitive ranking this year. Rainfall in Phoenix for the year was slightly above average, and ranked as the 44th wettest. Yuma 2025 annual rainfall ranked as the 35th wettest. Records for Phoenix began in 1896, first taken in downtown and since moved to Sky Harbor airport in the 1950s.

A La Nina pattern was prevalent early in 2025, though conditions gradually turned neutral during the spring. January 2025 was the only month of the year ranking as below average for the entire region with anomalously warm conditions quickly returning in February. Dry conditions experienced since the end of 2024 generally persisted through spring 2025 with the exception of a brief wet period in March.

The 2025 summer monsoon started quite slow with thunderstorms stuck over far southern Arizona. The moisture intrusions typical for the monsoon and supportive of thunderstorm development were frequently interrupted by dry air filtering back into the region. This caused the first 2/3rds of the monsoon to be abnormally dry across much of the region.

By the latter parts of the monsoon there were a few notable events including a large dust storm and flash flooding in the end of August. The most notable weather events occurred as transition events and those aided by remnant tropical moisture. This included flash flooding and severe storms at the end of September as well as early October.

An unsettled weather pattern continued into mid November with more flooding and severe storms. This prolonged bout of wet weather from the end of the monsoon through autumn completely eliminated precipitation deficits accumulated through the first 8 months of the year. All told, 2025 will go down as one of the warmer years on record for the entire Southwest region with precipitation not far from the annual average.

Phoenix Statistics

2025	Value	Rank
Avg High	89.7	3rd Warmest
Avg Low	66.4	2nd Warmest
Avg Temp	78.0	2nd Warmest
Rain	8.31	44th Wettest

Yuma Statistics

2025	Value	Rank
Avg High	Missing	Missing
Avg Low	Missing	Missing
Avg Temp	Missing	Missing
Rain	4.20	35th Wettest

El Centro Statistics

2025	Value	Rank
Avg High	Missing	Missing
Avg Low	Missing	Missing
Avg Temp	Missing	Missing

***Please note all climatic data are considered preliminary until validated by the National Centers for Environmental Information***

Phoenix Annual Temperature Rankings (Warmest Years)

Year	Avg Daily Temp
2024	78.6
2025	78.0
2017	77.3
2020	77.2
2014	77.1
2023	77.0
1989	76.9
2016	76.7
2015	76.7
2012	76.7

Year	Avg Max Temp
2024	90.4
1989	89.8
2025	89.7
2020	89.4
2017	89.1
2014	88.9
2023	88.8
2012	88.7
2016	88.5
1934	88.3

Year	Avg Min Temp
2024	66.7
2025	66.4
2017	65.4
2015	65.4
2014	65.4
2023	65.3
2016	65.0
2020	64.9
2003	64.9
2007	64.8

	Avg Max Temp	Highest Temp	Avg Min Temp	Lowest Temp	Avg Temp	Rank (1=Warmest, 130=Coldest)
Jan	67.8	81 on the 3rd	43.4	37 on the 14th & 23rd	55.6 /-1.2	39th
Feb	79.0	90 on the 25th	52.9	47 on the 1st	66.0 /+6.1	1st
Mar	79.5	99 on the 25th	56.1	46 on the 14th	67.8 /+1.5	13th
Apr	87.1	103 on the 11th	62.1	52 on the 3rd	74.6 /+1.4	18th
May	95.6	106 on the 22nd	71.2	59 on the 5th	83.4 /+1.4	16th
Jun	106.2	117 on the 19th	80.9	67 on the 2nd	93.6 /+2.2	11th
Jul	107.6	118 on the 9th	86.2	78 on the 2nd & 3rd	96.9 /+1.4	9th
Aug	109.3	118 on the 7th	87.1	76 on the 15th & 25th	98.2 /+3.8	5th
Sep	100.5	109 on the 2nd	79.8	67 on the 26th	90.2 /+1.0	15th
Oct	89.5	102 on the 3rd & 8th	67.1	61 on the 16th & 17th	78.3 /+0.9	22nd
Nov	79.9	91 on the 2nd & 4th	58.2	52 on the 29th & 30th	69.0/+3.9	5th
Dec	74.5	83 on the 22nd	51.9	45 on the 5th & 6th	63.2/+7.4	1st

(*** click on month for more comprehensive monthly summary ***)

Record Highs Set in 2025

Date	Record	Previous Record
Jan 3	81	79 in 1989
Feb 2	82 - tied	82 in 2021
Feb 3	86 - tied	86 in 1925
Feb 4	86	85 in 1963
Mar 24	96	94 in 1990
Mar 25	99	96 in 2022
Apr 10	100 - tied	100 in 2018
Apr 11	103	99 in 2023
Apr 12	99 - tied	99 in 1936
Jun 30	116	115 in 2013
Jul 9	118	116 in 2024
Aug 2	114	113 in 2011
Aug 6	116	114 in 2023
Aug 7	118	112 in 2012
Aug 21	114 - tied	114 in 2019
Nov 9	90	88 in 2005
Dec 14	82	78 in 2010
Dec 15	81	79 in 1942
Dec 21	81	79 in 2024
Dec 22	83	79 in 1917
Dec 23	80	79 in 1950

No Record Lows were set in 2025

Yuma Annual Temperature Rankings (Warmest Years)

Year	Avg Daily Temp
2017	77.5
2016	77.2
2008	77.1
1996	77.0
1995	76.8
1981	76.8
2012	76.6
2021	76.5
2018	76.5
1989	76.5

Year	Avg Max Temp
1981	91.0
1950	91.0
1958	90.6
1989	90.5
1954	90.5
1959	90.2
1962	90.1
1960	90.1
2008	90.1
2017	90.0

Year	Avg Min Temp
2017	64.9
2016	64.7
1996	64.4
2008	64.2
2005	64.2
2003	64.2
2018	64.1
2004	64.0
1997	63.9
1995	63.9

	Avg Max Temp	Highest Temp	Avg Min Temp	Lowest Temp	Avg Temp	Rank (1=Warmest, 148=Coldest)
Jan	68.9	75 on the 2nd & 3rd	43.3	34 on the 13th	56.1 /-2.7	70th
Feb	79.3	92 on the 26th	51.4	45 on the 15th	65.4 /+3.5	9th
Mar	79.2	98 on the 25th	53.4	42 on the 8th	66.3 /-1.3	48th
Apr	87.3	102 on the 11th	59.6	47 on the 4th	73.4 / +0.3	43rd
May	96.0	110 on the 10th	67.7	58 on the 5th	81.9 /+1.3	17th
Jun	105.4	114 on the 15th & 30th	75.6	70 on the 6th & 22nd	90.5 /+1.4	23rd
Jul	106.7	116 on the 9th	81.4	73 on the 23rd	94.0 /-0.6	46th
Aug	107.9	115 on the 6th	82.9	73 on the 25th	95.4 /+0.6	17th
Sep	98.6	106 on the 1st & 24th	78.1	71 on the 27th & 28th	88.4 / -1.1	45th
Oct	90.1	98 on the 2nd & 8th	65.4	57 on the 17th	77.7 /-0.3	36th
Nov	79.7	92 on the 2nd & 3rd	57.3	48 on the 20th	68.5 /+2.4	10th
Dec	Missing	Missing	Missing	Missing	M /M	Missing

(*** click on month for more comprehensive monthly summary ***)

Record Highs Set in 2025

Date	Record	Previous Record
Mar 24	97	96 in 2008
Apr 10	101	100 in 1960
Apr 11	102	101 in 1936
Aug 6	115 - tied	115 in 1995
Aug 7	114 - tied	114 in 2001
Nov 10	91 - tied	91 in 1956

No Record Lows were set in 2025

El Centro Annual Temperature Rankings (Warmest Years)

Year	Avg Daily Temp
2016	76.1
2017	75.8
2014	75.6
2018	75.5
2015	75.4
2020	74.9
1986	74.9
2021	74.8
2012	74.6
2006	74.4

Year	Avg Max Temp
1934	91.7
2016	91.0
2017	90.4
2014	90.3
2020	90.1
2018	90.0
2015	89.8
2021	89.6
2012	89.6
2009	89.6

Year	Avg Min Temp
2017	61.3
2016	61.2
2015	61.1
2018	61.0
2014	60.8
1983	60.8
1984	60.5
1986	60.4
1959	60.3
2021	60.0

	Avg Max Temp	Highest Temp	Avg Min Temp	Lowest Temp	Avg Temp	Rank (1=Warmest, 100=Coldest)
Jan	70.1	75 on the 3rd & 6th	39.3	31 on the 21st	54.7 /-1.3	58th
Feb	79.4	93 on the 26th	49.5	44 on the 10th & 16th	64.4 /+5.0	3rd
Mar	79.7	99 on the 25th	51.7	42 on the 9th	65.7 /+0.4	29th
Apr	86.6	103 on the 11th	56.5	48 on the 3rd & 4th	71.5 / +0.6	37th
May	Missing	Missing	Missing	Missing	M /M	Missing
Jun	Missing	Missing	Missing	Missing	M /M	Missing
Jul	108.0	117 on the 9th	77.6	70 on the 29th & 30th	92.8/-0.3	36th
Aug	109.3	118 on the 7th	79.6	73 on the 3rd & 26th	94.5 / +0.9	14th
Sep	99.2	109 on the 1st	75.9	68 on the 11th & 13th	87.5 / +0.3	31st
Oct	91.2	98 on the 2nd	61.4	54 on the 16th & 26th	76.3 / +1.1	30th
Nov	80.2	92 on the 3rd & 11th	54.6	46 on the 29th	67.4 /+4.1	6th
Dec	75.0	83 on the 11th & 16th	48.1	42 on the 6th & 29th	61.5 /+6.6	1st

(*** click on month for more comprehensive monthly summary ***)

Record Highs Set in 2025

Date	Record	Previous Record
Mar 24	96	93 in 1988
Mar 25	99	94 in 2022
Apr 10	100	98 in 2018
Apr 11	103	100 in 2018
Jul 9	117 - tied	117 in 1958
Aug 6	115	114 in 2018
Aug 7	118	117 in 1970
Nov 10	91	90 in 1934
Nov 11	92 - tied	92 in 1934
Dec 15	82	81 in 1950
Dec 16	83	82 in 1929

No Record Lows were set in 2025

Arizona Statewide Temperature Maps (Data courtesy of Western Region Climate Center)

Arizona 2025 Average Maximum Temperature	Arizona 2025 Maximum Temp Departure from normal
Arizona 2025 Average Minimum Temperature	Arizona 2025 Minimum Temp Departure from normal
Arizona 2025 Average Temperature	Arizona 2025 Average Temp Departure from normal

California Statewide Temperature Maps (Data courtesy of Western Region Climate Center)

California 2025 Average Maximum Temperature	California 2025 Maximum Temp Departure from normal
California 2025 Average Minimum Temperature	California 2025 Minimum Temp Departure from normal
California 2025 Average Temperature	California 2025 Average Temp Departure from normal

2025 Phoenix Precipitation Statistics

	Precip Total	Departure	Rank (1=Wettest, 130=Driest)
Jan	0.01	-0.86	119th
Feb	0.02	-0.85	110th
Mar	0.84	+0.01	49th
Apr	0.15	-0.07	57th
May	Trace	-0.13	130th
Jun	0.45	+0.43	7th
Jul	0.16	-0.75	111th
Aug	0.34	-0.59	96th
Sep	2.26	+1.69	10th
Oct	3.26	+2.70	3rd
Nov	0.79	+0.22	35th
Dec	0.03	-0.71	106th

(*** click on month for more comprehensive monthly summary ***)

Phoenix Record Daily Rainfall for 2025

Date	Record	Previous Record
Jun 1	0.24	0.02 in 1914
Oct 11	0.70	0.31 in 1928
Oct 12	1.97	0.32 in 1957

2025 Yuma Precipitation Statistics

	Precip Total	Departure	Rank (1=Wettest, 148=Driest)
Jan	0.00	-0.39	148th
Feb	0.00	-0.38	148th
Mar	0.07	-0.32	88th
Apr	0.00	-0.14	148th
May	Trace	-0.06	148th
Jun	0.10	+0.09	5th
Jul	0.00	-0.24	148th
Aug	1.16	+0.96	19th
Sep	1.02	+0.34	20th
Oct	0.27	+0.14	35th
Nov	1.44	+1.21	8th
Dec	0.13	-0.30	75th

(*** click on month for more comprehensive monthly summary ***)

Yuma Record Daily Rainfall for 2025

Date	Record	Previous Record
Jun 1	0.10	Trace in 1956
Aug 25	1.12	0.59 in 1982
Nov 21	0.96	0.33 in 2013

Arizona Statewide Precipitation Maps (Data courtesy of Western Region Climate Center)

Arizona 2025

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Arizona 2025 Precip Departure from normal

Arizona 2025 Precip Percent Normal

California Statewide Precipitation Maps (Data courtesy of Western Region Climate Center)

California 2025

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California 2025 Precip Departure from normal

California 2025 Precip Percent Normal

               
CLIMATE REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ
343 AM MST FRI JAN 02 2026

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...THE PHOENIX AZ CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR OF 2025...

CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1991 TO 2020
CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1895 TO 2026

WEATHER         OBSERVED          NORMAL  DEPART   LAST YEAR'S         
                VALUE   DATE(S)   VALUE   FROM     VALUE               
                                          NORMAL                       
..............................................................
TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
 HIGH            122   06/26/1990                                      
 LOW              16   01/07/1913                                      
HIGHEST          118   07/09        114       4                        
                       08/07                                           
LOWEST            37   01/13         35       2                        
                       01/14                                           
                       01/23                                           
AVG. MAXIMUM    89.7               87.1     2.6                        
AVG. MINIMUM    66.4               64.1     2.3                        
MEAN            78.0               75.6     2.4                        
DAYS MAX >= 90   181              173.4     7.6                        
DAYS MAX <= 32     0                0.0     0.0                        
DAYS MAX >= 100  122                                                   
DAYS MAX >= 110   37                                                   
DAYS MIN <= 32     0                0.6    -0.6                        
DAYS MIN <= 0      0                0.0     0.0                        
DAYS MIN >= 90    23                                                   

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
 MAXIMUM       19.73   1905                                            
 MINIMUM        2.82   2002                                            
TOTALS          8.31               7.22    1.09                        
DAYS >= .01       34               33.4     0.6                        
DAYS >= .10       19               17.2     1.8                        
DAYS >= .50        3                4.1    -1.1                        
DAYS >= 1.00       2                0.9     1.1                        
GREATEST
 24 HR. TOTAL   1.97   10/12 TO 10/12                                  


DEGREE DAYS
HEATING TOTAL    475                874    -399                        
 SINCE 7/1       102                378    -276                        
COOLING TOTAL   5354               4765     589                        
 SINCE 1/1      5354               4764     590                        
..............................................................

WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED              6.5                                    
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION    63/170    DATE  10/13                  

AVERAGE RH (PERCENT)     32                                            

WEATHER CONDITIONS. NUMBER OF DAYS WITH 
THUNDERSTORM             32     HEAVY RAIN                 7           
RAIN                     18     LIGHT RAIN                52           
FOG W/VIS <= 1/4 MILE     1                                            

-  INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS.
R  INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED.
MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING.
T  INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT.