Shonto weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Shonto, Arizona: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Betatakin, 15 km from Shonto; records cover 1939–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 11.1 in282 mm
- Snow a year
- 36 in90 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 12
- First fall freeze
- Oct 12
- Heating degree days
- 5,734
- Cooling degree days
- 654
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 8°−13° (heating, 99%) and 93°34° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Shonto in January
Highs average 40°4° and lows 22°−6°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation and 8 in21 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 61°16° (1986)
- Record low
- −11°−24° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 1056
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Shonto in February
Highs average 44°7° and lows 25°−4°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 69°21° (1986)
- Record low
- −14°−26° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 864
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Shonto in March
Highs average 53°11° and lows 30°−1°, with 0.79 in20 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 82°28° (2026)
- Record low
- 2°−17° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 733
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Shonto in April
Highs average 61°16° and lows 35°2°, with 0.64 in16 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2000)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 513
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Shonto in May
Highs average 71°22° and lows 44°7°, with 0.58 in15 mm of precipitation and 0.4 in1 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2002)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1967)
- Heating degree days
- 252
- Cooling degree days
- 22
Shonto in June
Highs average 82°28° and lows 55°13°, with 0.18 in4.6 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1954)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1944)
- Heating degree days
- 41
- Cooling degree days
- 142
Shonto in July
Highs average 86°30° and lows 60°16°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1948)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (2002)
- Heating degree days
- 6
- Cooling degree days
- 251
Shonto in August
Highs average 83°28° and lows 58°15°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1952)
- Record low
- 33°1° (2005)
- Heating degree days
- 10
- Cooling degree days
- 182
Shonto in September
Highs average 76°25° and lows 52°11°, with 1.2 in31 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1948)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (2015)
- Heating degree days
- 87
- Cooling degree days
- 55
Shonto in OctoberThis month
Highs average 64°18° and lows 41°5°, with 0.96 in24 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1996)
- Record low
- 7°−14° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 388
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Shonto in November
Highs average 51°10° and lows 30°−1°, with 0.69 in18 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 77°25° (2025)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 736
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Shonto in December
Highs average 40°5° and lows 22°−5°, with 1.2 in29 mm of precipitation and 7 in18 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 78°26° (2009)
- Record low
- −14°−26° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 1048
- Cooling degree days
- 0