Grand Canyon Temperatures: Averages by Month
The numbers here tell you how hot and cold the weather usually is in Grand Canyon, Arizona during each month of the year.
The average high and low temperatures, in both degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius, are listed below by month and annually for Grand Canyon Village on the South Rim in Grand Canyon National Park, .
Maximums and minimums are only part of the temperature picture. To fill in the rest, there's information on how many days a month get above or below a given temperature.
To find out how often it rises over 60, 70 or 80 °F each month in Grand Canyon, scroll down farther. There are also monthly and yearly counts of days with cold weather.
The first set of high and low temperatures are averages for 2010 to 2019. Everything else here is based on 1991 to 2020 weather.
| High °F | Low °F | High °C | Low °C | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44 | 19 | January | 7 | -7 |
| 46 | 21 | February | 8 | -6 |
| 54 | 25 | March | 12 | -4 |
| 61 | 29 | April | 16 | -2 |
| 70 | 36 | May | 21 | 2 |
| 82 | 43 | June | 28 | 6 |
| 85 | 50 | July | 29 | 10 |
| 82 | 50 | August | 28 | 10 |
| 76 | 44 | September | 24 | 7 |
| 65 | 33 | October | 18 | 1 |
| 53 | 25 | November | 12 | -4 |
| 43 | 18 | December | 6 | -8 |
| 63 | 33 | Year | 17 | 0 |
| High °F | Low °F | High °C | Low °C | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45 | 18 | January | 7 | -8 |
| 47 | 21 | February | 8 | -6 |
| 53 | 25 | March | 12 | -4 |
| 61 | 29 | April | 16 | -2 |
| 72 | 36 | May | 22 | 2 |
| 82 | 43 | June | 28 | 6 |
| 86 | 51 | July | 30 | 10 |
| 82 | 50 | August | 28 | 10 |
| 76 | 43 | September | 25 | 6 |
| 65 | 33 | October | 18 | 1 |
| 53 | 24 | November | 12 | -4 |
| 45 | 18 | December | 7 | -8 |
| 64 | 33 | Year | 18 | 0 |
Days of Hot Weather in Grand Canyon
At Grand Canyon Village, temperatures over 100 °F have happened only rarely, just once a decade on average. Summer daytime highs are typically in the 80s and on about 19 days annually, it gets over 89. Most days in winter don't make it to 50 degrees.
| 60 °F 16 °C |
70 °F 21 °C |
80 °F 27 °C | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| April | 19 | 7 | 0 |
| May | 29 | 21 | 6 |
| June | 30 | 29 | 22 |
| July | 31 | 31 | 28 |
| August | 31 | 31 | 24 |
| September | 30 | 27 | 12 |
| October | 24 | 12 | 1 |
| November | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| December | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Year | 215 | 158 | 93 |
Days of Cold Temperatures
Even on the warmest days, Grand Canyon's night-time temperature almost always goes below 60 °F. Freezing weather commonly occurs in any season but summer.
Really cold temperatures, of 0 °F or lower, happen on two days in an average winter, and the thermometer never crawls above freezing on six days.
| 10 °F -12 °C |
20 °F -8 °C |
32 °F 0 °C | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5 | 17 | 30 |
| February | 3 | 12 | 27 |
| March | 1 | 7 | 28 |
| April | 0 | 2 | 22 |
| May | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| June | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| July | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| October | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| November | 2 | 8 | 26 |
| December | 6 | 17 | 31 |
| Year | 16 | 65 | 189 |
References
Jay Lawrimore, Ron Ray, Scott Applequist, Bryant Korzeniewski, Matthew Menne. 2016. Global Summary of the Month and Year, Version 1.0. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information.
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.