Arizona

Ganado, Arizona Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Ganado, 1.1 km from Ganado

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 89°F; the coldest is December, with an average low of 18°F.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Window Rock (Was P34) (RQE), since 1998. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Ganado through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.-50050100150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
78°F
Normal low
45°F
Record high
87°Fin 2020
Record low
25°Fin 2006
Daylight
12 h 04 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January44°F18°F63°F (2000)-25°F (2011)30.21,0540
February49°F20°F70°F (2025)-23°F (2011)27.18460
March58°F27°F84°F (2026)-8°F (2002)26.77050
April65°F31°F83°F (2020)7°F (2025)17.95090
May74°F40°F92°F (2002)13°F (2008)4.22678
June85°F49°F101°F (2021)26°F (2020)0.443100
July89°F56°F99°F (2023)35°F (2026)0.02238
August87°F56°F97°F (2020)35°F (2002)0.05196
September80°F48°F96°F (2020)22°F (2000)0.97555
October69°F35°F86°F (2015)1°F (2019)9.74131
November55°F25°F81°F (2000)-5°F (2004)26.57530
December45°F18°F66°F (2003)-17°F (2010)30.11,0520
Year67°F35°F1745,723597

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

Chance of a wet day

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Ganado. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around May 15 and the first fall freeze around October 10, a growing season of about 147 days.

Median at 36°F
last May 29, first October 1
Median at 32°F
last May 15, first October 10
Median at 28°F
last May 2, first October 19

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Ganado.

Days with a mean dew point of 65°F or more are rare here in every month.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January18°F61%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February19°F57%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March21°F48%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April22°F40%100%0%0%0%0%0%
May26°F34%100%0%0%0%0%0%
June27°F25%100%0%0%0%0%0%
July43°F39%94%6%0%0%0%0%
August46°F46%95%5%0%0%0%0%
September38°F43%100%0%0%0%0%0%
October27°F44%100%0%0%0%0%0%
November21°F51%100%0%0%0%0%0%
December18°F60%100%0%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is June, with the sky 29 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is July, at 52 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is April, averaging 11.6 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 17, with 14 h 35 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 18, with 9 h 44 min.

Hours of daylight at Ganado through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

How Apache County is running

NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, from the nClimGrid analysis of every station, updated early each month. A rank of 1 is the highest or lowest of all years since 1895.

August 2026 in Apache County: 74.2°F (+4.1 °F against 1991-2020), the 2nd warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Apache County: 1.85 in (-0.11 in against 1991-2020), the 61st driest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Apache County: 57.0°F (+3.8 °F against 1991-2020), the warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Apache County: 6.55 in (-1.20 in against 1991-2020), the 25th driest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
74.4°F in 2020
Coolest August
64.7°F in 1968
Wettest August
4.20 in in 1947
Driest August
0.57 in in 2009

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Apache County against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-4-20+2+41900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

Arizona climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Ganado in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1998. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00023303 (Ganado), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00003029, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.