Arizona

Oro Valley, Arizona Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Catalina SP, 4.5 km from Oro Valley

The warmest month is June, with an average high of 101°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 31°F. A normal year brings 13.2 in of precipitation.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Tucson - Marana (AVQ), since 1982. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Oro Valley through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.0255075100125JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Normals for Sep 25

Normal high
93°F
Normal low
58°F
Record high
104°Fin 2011
Record low
53°Fin 2017
Daylight
12 h 02 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
January67°F31°F87°F (2000)15°F (2013)1.35 in19.75020
February68°F32°F90°F (2016)19°F (2008)1.21 in14.84190
March75°F36°F102°F (2026)26°F (2006)0.70 in6.52943
April82°F43°F104°F (1989)27°F (1984)0.32 in1.612242
May91°F51°F108°F (1996)33°F (2014)0.20 in0.223198
June101°F60°F116°F (2017)40°F (2007)0.35 in0.00455
July100°F71°F114°F (2011)50°F (2007)2.60 in0.00626
August98°F69°F113°F (2025)48°F (2013)2.54 in0.00574
September96°F62°F109°F (2011)45°F (2016)1.17 in0.01410
October87°F48°F106°F (2010)35°F (2009)0.79 in0.853129
November76°F38°F95°F (2011)26°F (2004)0.80 in6.72609
December66°F31°F88°F (1999)21°F (2011)1.17 in17.15070
Year84°F47°F13.20 in672,1802,445

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.

13.2 in in a normal year, most in July.

Chance of a wet day

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Catalina SP. 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 April 2 and the first fall freeze around November 11, a growing season of about 222 days.

Median at 36°F
last April 18, first November 1
Median at 32°F
last April 2, first November 11
Median at 28°F
last March 12, first November 21

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

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

The muggiest month is August, when 16 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 65°F or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January29°F47%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February30°F46%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March31°F39%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April29°F30%100%0%0%0%0%0%
May31°F23%99%1%0%0%0%0%
June34°F18%96%3%1%0%0%0%
July54°F36%44%21%20%14%0%0%
August59°F43%24%25%34%16%0%0%
September51°F39%60%19%17%4%0%0%
October38°F34%96%3%1%0%0%0%
November30°F37%100%0%0%0%0%0%
December28°F46%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 23 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is July, at 55 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 8.5 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 15, with 14 h 17 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 19, with 10 h 01 min.

Hours of daylight at Oro Valley 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 Pima 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 Pima County: 89.8°F (+5.0 °F against 1991-2020), the warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Pima County: 2.49 in (+0.09 in against 1991-2020), the 60th wettest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Pima County: 74.2°F (+4.4 °F against 1991-2020), the warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Pima County: 6.53 in (-1.22 in against 1991-2020), the 31st driest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
89.8°F in 2026
Coolest August
79.8°F in 1968
Wettest August
5.25 in in 1971
Driest August
0.51 in in 1950

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Pima 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 Oro Valley 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 1982. 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 USC00021357 (Catalina SP), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00028795, 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.