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Arizona Weather Records

6 official all-time records

The official all-time extremes for Arizona, as NOAA’s State Climate Extremes Committee lists them: from 128°F at Lake Havasu City to -40°F at Hawley Lake.

Maximum Temperature

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
128°FJune 29, 1994Lake Havasu City024761E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

Minimum Temperature

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
-40°FJanuary 7, 1971Hawley Lake023926E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

Greatest 24-Hour Precipitation

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
11.4 inchesSeptember 4, 1970 to September 5, 1970Workman Creek029534E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

Maximum 24-Hour Snowfall

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
38 inchesFebruary 25, 1987Alpine020170N1
38 inchesDecember 14, 1967Heber Ranger Stn023961N1

Maximum Snow Depth

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
91 inchesDecember 21, 1967Hawley Lake023926N: Value is changed from extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, State Climate Extremes Committee records.