Average Annual Snowfall in Arizona

The tables below give yearly averages for total snowfall at cities, towns and parks in Arizona. The numbers are for the total amount of snow and for how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres).

The snowfall totals are annual averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for each region of the state: Southern Arizona, Western Arizona, Phoenix Area, Central Arizona, and Northern Arizona.

Place name links take you to more detailed information on snowfall, snowstorms and snow accumulation for that location.

Southern Arizona

Average annual snowfall
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
1.7 Bisbee 3.3 8.4
1.8 Chiricahua National Monument 3.7 9.4
1.5 Coronado National Monument 3.2 8.1
0.2 Green Valley 0.1 0.3
0.1 Nogales 0.3 0.8
0.0 Organ Pipe Cactus Monument 0.0 0.0
0.3 Sierra Vista 0.4 1.0
0.5 Tombstone 1.2 3.0
0.2 Tucson 0.1 0.3

Western Arizona

Yearly snowfall averages
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
0.0 Lake Havasu City 0.0 0.0
0.0 Parker 0.0 0.0
0.0 Yuma 0.0 0.0

Phoenix Area

Average snow for a year
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
0.0 Apache Junction 0.0 0.0
0.0 Mesa 0.0 0.0
0.0 South Phoenix 0.0 0.0
0.0 Tempe 0.0 0.0

Central Arizona

Average annual snowfall totals
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
0.0 Casa Grande 0.0 0.0
3.1 Jerome 6.3 16.0
1.6 Painted Desert National Park 1.6 4.1
5.9 Payson 18.5 47.0
2.1 Petrified Forest National Park 3.5 8.9
5.2 Prescott 10.2 25.9
7.8 Show Low 19.4 49.3
0.0 Stewart Mountain 0.0 0.0
0.0 Wickenburg 0.1 0.3

Northern Arizona

Snowfall averages for a year
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
3.8 Canyon de Chelly 4.9 12.4
28.3 Flagstaff 90.1 228.9
17.0 Grand Canyon Village 43.0 109.2
1.8 Page 3.1 7.9
4.6 Pipe Springs Monument 5.8 14.7
17.5 Williams 65.1 165.4
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

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