Sanders weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Sanders, Arizona: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Sanders, 2 km from Sanders; records cover 1949–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 8.2 in207 mm
- Snow a year
- 4 in9 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 14
- First fall freeze
- Oct 13
- Heating degree days
- 5,275
- Cooling degree days
- 641
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 4°−16° (heating, 99%) and 98°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Sanders in January
Highs average 48°9° and lows 19°−7°, with 0.89 in23 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 72°22° (1952)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 981
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sanders in February
Highs average 52°11° and lows 22°−5°, with 0.38 in9.7 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1986)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 774
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sanders in March
Highs average 60°16° and lows 26°−3°, with 0.7 in18 mm of precipitation and 0.7 in1.8 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2026)
- Record low
- −15°−26° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 680
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sanders in April
Highs average 68°20° and lows 31°−1°, with 0.41 in10 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1989)
- Record low
- 5°−15° (1956)
- Heating degree days
- 471
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sanders in May
Highs average 77°25° and lows 38°3°, with 0.32 in8.1 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2000)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 239
- Cooling degree days
- 8
Sanders in June
Highs average 88°31° and lows 46°8°, with 0.11 in2.8 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1970)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 40
- Cooling degree days
- 97
Sanders in July
Highs average 90°32° and lows 56°13°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1985)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1968)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 258
Sanders in August
Highs average 88°31° and lows 56°13°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1972)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1979)
- Heating degree days
- 2
- Cooling degree days
- 215
Sanders in September
Highs average 82°28° and lows 48°9°, with 0.53 in13 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1954)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (2004)
- Heating degree days
- 61
- Cooling degree days
- 62
Sanders in OctoberThis month
Highs average 70°21° and lows 37°3°, with 0.86 in22 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1979)
- Record low
- 7°−14° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 361
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Sanders in November
Highs average 58°15° and lows 26°−4°, with 0.7 in18 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1980)
- Record low
- −18°−28° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 692
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sanders in December
Highs average 48°9° and lows 19°−7°, with 0.71 in18 mm of precipitation and 1.1 in2.8 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 77°25° (2004)
- Record low
- −20°−29° (1968)
- Heating degree days
- 973
- Cooling degree days
- 0