Blue Ridge weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Blue Ridge, Arizona: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Blue Ridge Ranger Station, 8 km from Blue Ridge; records cover 1965–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 21.5 in547 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 1
- First fall freeze
- Sep 29
- Heating degree days
- 6,183
- Cooling degree days
- 291
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −1°−18° (heating, 99%) and 91°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Blue Ridge in January
Highs average 45°7° and lows 17°−9°, with 2.3 in58 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 67°19° (1969)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 1062
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Blue Ridge in February
Highs average 49°9° and lows 20°−7°, with 2.2 in57 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 71°22° (1981)
- Record low
- −16°−27° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 858
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Blue Ridge in March
Highs average 55°13° and lows 25°−4°, with 1.9 in48 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2026)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 780
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Blue Ridge in April
Highs average 62°16° and lows 30°−1°, with 0.87 in22 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 84°29° (2020)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 576
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Blue Ridge in May
Highs average 70°21° and lows 38°3°, with 0.78 in20 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1984)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 346
- Cooling degree days
- 5
Blue Ridge in June
Highs average 80°27° and lows 47°8°, with 0.29 in7.4 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 98°37° (2016)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 103
- Cooling degree days
- 55
Blue Ridge in July
Highs average 83°28° and lows 55°13°, with 2.8 in70 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 99°37° (2021)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1987)
- Heating degree days
- 12
- Cooling degree days
- 132
Blue Ridge in August
Highs average 81°27° and lows 53°12°, with 3.3 in85 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2020)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 25
- Cooling degree days
- 84
Blue Ridge in September
Highs average 76°24° and lows 46°8°, with 1.9 in49 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2020)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1978)
- Heating degree days
- 147
- Cooling degree days
- 15
Blue Ridge in OctoberThis month
Highs average 67°19° and lows 34°1°, with 1.4 in37 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2024)
- Record low
- −1°−18° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 459
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Blue Ridge in November
Highs average 55°13° and lows 24°−4°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1997)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 760
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Blue Ridge in December
Highs average 45°7° and lows 17°−8°, with 2.3 in59 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 71°22° (1980)
- Record low
- −21°−29° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 1055
- Cooling degree days
- 0