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Days at or above 30 C (86 F) in Phoenix

Phoenix has had days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 85 years, most in 1950 with 223. Days per year, season span, streaks and every date.

Key Facts for Phoenix

  • Phoenix has had days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 85 years, 16,386 days in all.
  • The most in one year was 223 days in 1950.
  • In 2026, the latest year on file, there were 213 such days.
  • The earliest first date in a year was 19 January 1971.
  • The latest last date in a year was 16 December 1980.
  • The longest run inside a single year was 187 days in 2020.
  • 9 years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of these rankings.

Days per Year

85 years, 16,386 days
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year in Phoenix Days per year in Phoenix with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F). The line is the decade average. The most was 223 in 1950. Grey bars are years with under 90 percent of days observed, left out of rankings. 01002003001934: 2181938: 1771941: 1591942: 1801943: 1961944: 1801948: 1891949: 1921950: 2231951: 1771952: 1971953: 1701954: 1921955: 1771956: 1771957: 1531958: 1791959: 1871960: 1781961: 1801962: 1951963: 1941964: 1771965: 1791966: 1961967: 1841968: 1871969: 1771970: 1691971: 1791972: 2051973: 1931974: 1971975: 1731976: 1901977: 1981978: 1941979: 1921980: 1851981: 2001982: 1811983: 1751984: 1801985: 1901986: 2011987: 2021988: 2101989: 2221990: 2101991: 1871992: 2001993: 1851994: 1781995: 1851996: 1911997: 1991998: 1731999: 1992000: 1842001: 2112002: 1952003: 1892004: 2052005: 1902006: 1912007: 2172008: 2012009: 1972010: 1872011: 2002012: 2072013: 2082014: 2112015: 2062016: 2202017: 2232018: 1882019: 1962020: 2052021: 2082022: 2052023: 2052024: 1972025: 2142026: 213193419521962197219821992200220122022
Days per year in Phoenix with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F). The line is the decade average. The most was 223 in 1950. Grey bars are years with under 90 percent of days observed, left out of rankings.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year in Phoenix
YearDaysDecade average
1934218197.5
1938177197.5
1941159182.7
1942180182.7
1943196182.7
1944180182.7
1948189182.7
1949192182.7
1950223183.2
1951177183.2
1952197183.2
1953170183.2
1954192183.2
1955177183.2
1956177183.2
1957153183.2
1958179183.2
1959187183.2
1960178184.7
1961180184.7
1962195184.7
1963194184.7
1964177184.7
1965179184.7
1966196184.7
1967184184.7
1968187184.7
1969177184.7
1970169189
1971179189
1972205189
1973193189
1974197189
1975173189
1976190189
1977198189
1978194189
1979192189
1980185194.6
1981200194.6
1982181194.6
1983175194.6
1984180194.6
1985190194.6
1986201194.6
1987202194.6
1988210194.6
1989222194.6
1990210190.7
1991187190.7
1992200190.7
1993185190.7
1994178190.7
1995185190.7
1996191190.7
1997199190.7
1998173190.7
1999199190.7
2000184198
2001211198
2002195198
2003189198
2004205198
2005190198
2006191198
2007217198
2008201198
2009197198
2010187204.6
2011200204.6
2012207204.6
2013208204.6
2014211204.6
2015206204.6
2016220204.6
2017223204.6
2018188204.6
2019196204.6
2020205206.7
2021208206.7
2022205206.7
2023205206.7
2024197206.7
2025214206.7
2026213206.7

Season Span

earliest 19 January, latest 16 December
First to last qualifying date each year in Phoenix For each year, a bar from the first to the last day in Phoenix meeting 30 C (86 F). Long bars mean a long season. 1934: 3 March 1934 to 15 November 19341938: 4 April 1938 to 30 October 19381941: 24 April 1941 to 8 November 19411942: 22 March 1942 to 13 November 19421943: 20 February 1943 to 27 October 19431944: 4 April 1944 to 4 November 19441948: 8 April 1948 to 27 October 19481949: 18 March 1949 to 18 November 19491950: 20 March 1950 to 10 December 19501951: 10 February 1951 to 24 October 19511952: 2 April 1952 to 6 November 19521953: 24 March 1953 to 13 November 19531954: 7 April 1954 to 11 November 19541955: 25 March 1955 to 3 November 19551956: 23 March 1956 to 10 November 19561957: 13 February 1957 to 10 October 19571958: 15 April 1958 to 24 October 19581959: 1 April 1959 to 28 October 19591960: 19 March 1960 to 3 November 19601961: 2 April 1961 to 26 October 19611962: 26 March 1962 to 12 November 19621963: 5 February 1963 to 12 November 19631964: 29 March 1964 to 29 October 19641965: 17 April 1965 to 7 November 19651966: 29 March 1966 to 1 November 19661967: 16 March 1967 to 15 November 19671968: 28 March 1968 to 29 October 19681969: 21 March 1969 to 26 October 19691970: 8 February 1970 to 1 November 19701971: 19 January 1971 to 11 November 19711972: 27 February 1972 to 16 October 19721973: 10 April 1973 to 12 November 19731974: 15 March 1974 to 25 October 19741975: 21 April 1975 to 6 November 19751976: 22 March 1976 to 9 November 19761977: 17 February 1977 to 14 November 19771978: 17 March 1978 to 8 November 19781979: 5 April 1979 to 28 October 19791980: 8 April 1980 to 16 December 19801981: 19 February 1981 to 16 November 19811982: 21 February 1982 to 25 October 19821983: 31 March 1983 to 29 October 19831984: 13 March 1984 to 5 November 19841985: 24 March 1985 to 4 November 19851986: 24 February 1986 to 31 October 19861987: 5 March 1987 to 4 November 19871988: 20 March 1988 to 7 November 19881989: 23 February 1989 to 19 November 19891990: 18 March 1990 to 17 November 19901991: 3 April 1991 to 8 November 19911992: 7 April 1992 to 15 November 19921993: 22 March 1993 to 26 October 19931994: 16 March 1994 to 29 October 19941995: 15 March 1995 to 24 November 19951996: 9 March 1996 to 13 November 19961997: 9 March 1997 to 6 November 19971998: 23 March 1998 to 24 October 19981999: 20 March 1999 to 16 November 19992000: 4 April 2000 to 20 October 20002001: 20 March 2001 to 10 November 20012002: 12 March 2002 to 22 November 20022003: 31 January 2003 to 30 October 20032004: 7 March 2004 to 6 November 20042005: 11 March 2005 to 9 November 20052006: 25 March 2006 to 21 November 20062007: 7 March 2007 to 19 November 20072008: 21 March 2008 to 19 November 20082009: 1 March 2009 to 11 November 20092010: 30 March 2010 to 6 November 20102011: 10 March 2011 to 1 November 20112012: 6 March 2012 to 8 November 20122013: 13 March 2013 to 12 November 20132014: 15 February 2014 to 27 November 20142015: 10 March 2015 to 2 November 20152016: 9 February 2016 to 15 November 20162017: 9 March 2017 to 26 November 20172018: 22 March 2018 to 29 October 20182019: 25 March 2019 to 11 November 20192020: 6 March 2020 to 20 November 20202021: 3 March 2021 to 15 November 20212022: 2 March 2022 to 22 October 20222023: 9 April 2023 to 15 November 20232024: 22 March 2024 to 28 October 20242025: 3 February 2025 to 14 November 20252026: 8 February 2026 to 11 October 202619341953196419751986199720082019JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day in Phoenix meeting 30 C (86 F). Long bars mean a long season.
First to last qualifying date each year in Phoenix
YearFirst dateLast date
19341934-03-031934-11-15
19381938-04-041938-10-30
19411941-04-241941-11-08
19421942-03-221942-11-13
19431943-02-201943-10-27
19441944-04-041944-11-04
19481948-04-081948-10-27
19491949-03-181949-11-18
19501950-03-201950-12-10
19511951-02-101951-10-24
19521952-04-021952-11-06
19531953-03-241953-11-13
19541954-04-071954-11-11
19551955-03-251955-11-03
19561956-03-231956-11-10
19571957-02-131957-10-10
19581958-04-151958-10-24
19591959-04-011959-10-28
19601960-03-191960-11-03
19611961-04-021961-10-26
19621962-03-261962-11-12
19631963-02-051963-11-12
19641964-03-291964-10-29
19651965-04-171965-11-07
19661966-03-291966-11-01
19671967-03-161967-11-15
19681968-03-281968-10-29
19691969-03-211969-10-26
19701970-02-081970-11-01
19711971-01-191971-11-11
19721972-02-271972-10-16
19731973-04-101973-11-12
19741974-03-151974-10-25
19751975-04-211975-11-06
19761976-03-221976-11-09
19771977-02-171977-11-14
19781978-03-171978-11-08
19791979-04-051979-10-28
19801980-04-081980-12-16
19811981-02-191981-11-16
19821982-02-211982-10-25
19831983-03-311983-10-29
19841984-03-131984-11-05
19851985-03-241985-11-04
19861986-02-241986-10-31
19871987-03-051987-11-04
19881988-03-201988-11-07
19891989-02-231989-11-19
19901990-03-181990-11-17
19911991-04-031991-11-08
19921992-04-071992-11-15
19931993-03-221993-10-26
19941994-03-161994-10-29
19951995-03-151995-11-24
19961996-03-091996-11-13
19971997-03-091997-11-06
19981998-03-231998-10-24
19991999-03-201999-11-16
20002000-04-042000-10-20
20012001-03-202001-11-10
20022002-03-122002-11-22
20032003-01-312003-10-30
20042004-03-072004-11-06
20052005-03-112005-11-09
20062006-03-252006-11-21
20072007-03-072007-11-19
20082008-03-212008-11-19
20092009-03-012009-11-11
20102010-03-302010-11-06
20112011-03-102011-11-01
20122012-03-062012-11-08
20132013-03-132013-11-12
20142014-02-152014-11-27
20152015-03-102015-11-02
20162016-02-092016-11-15
20172017-03-092017-11-26
20182018-03-222018-10-29
20192019-03-252019-11-11
20202020-03-062020-11-20
20212021-03-032021-11-15
20222022-03-022022-10-22
20232023-04-092023-11-15
20242024-03-222024-10-28
20252025-02-032025-11-14
20262026-02-082026-10-11

Every Year

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year in Phoenix
YearDaysFirst dateLast dateLongest streak in yearCoverage
20262138 February 202611 October 2026145 daysIncomplete, not ranked
20252143 February 202514 November 2025149 daysComplete
202419722 March 202428 October 2024165 daysComplete
20232059 April 202315 November 2023167 daysComplete
20222052 March 202222 October 2022174 daysComplete
20212083 March 202115 November 202162 daysComplete
20202056 March 202020 November 2020187 daysComplete
201919625 March 201911 November 2019142 daysComplete
201818822 March 201829 October 2018106 daysComplete
20172239 March 201726 November 2017157 daysComplete
20162209 February 201615 November 2016130 daysComplete
201520610 March 20152 November 2015134 daysComplete
201421115 February 201427 November 2014149 daysComplete
201320813 March 201312 November 2013123 daysComplete
20122076 March 20128 November 2012103 daysComplete
201120010 March 20111 November 2011127 daysComplete
201018730 March 20106 November 2010148 daysComplete
20091971 March 200911 November 2009135 daysComplete
200820121 March 200819 November 2008130 daysComplete
20072177 March 200719 November 2007152 daysComplete
200619125 March 200621 November 2006139 daysComplete
200519011 March 20059 November 2005151 daysComplete
20042057 March 20046 November 2004169 daysComplete
200318931 January 200330 October 2003136 daysComplete
200219512 March 200222 November 2002108 daysComplete
200121120 March 200110 November 2001157 daysComplete
20001844 April 200020 October 2000103 daysComplete
199919920 March 199916 November 1999133 daysComplete
199817323 March 199824 October 199888 daysComplete
19971999 March 19976 November 1997163 daysComplete
19961919 March 199613 November 1996120 daysComplete
199518515 March 199524 November 1995126 daysComplete
199417816 March 199429 October 1994118 daysComplete
199318522 March 199326 October 199378 daysComplete
19922007 April 199215 November 199293 daysComplete
19911873 April 19918 November 1991143 daysComplete
199021018 March 199017 November 199076 daysComplete
198922223 February 198919 November 1989140 daysComplete
198821020 March 19887 November 1988136 daysComplete
19872025 March 19874 November 1987138 daysComplete
198620124 February 198631 October 1986136 daysComplete
198519024 March 19854 November 1985130 daysComplete
198418013 March 19845 November 1984147 daysComplete
198317531 March 198329 October 198397 daysComplete
198218121 February 198225 October 1982121 daysComplete
198120019 February 198116 November 1981135 daysComplete
19801858 April 198016 December 1980142 daysComplete
19791925 April 197928 October 197983 daysComplete
197819417 March 19788 November 1978165 daysComplete
197719817 February 197714 November 1977108 daysComplete
197619022 March 19769 November 1976138 daysComplete
197517321 April 19756 November 1975138 daysComplete
197419715 March 197425 October 1974138 daysComplete
197319310 April 197312 November 1973155 daysComplete
197220527 February 197216 October 1972134 daysComplete
197117919 January 197111 November 1971117 daysComplete
19701698 February 19701 November 1970119 daysComplete
196917721 March 196926 October 1969128 daysComplete
196818728 March 196829 October 1968116 daysComplete
196718416 March 196715 November 1967106 daysComplete
196619629 March 19661 November 1966124 daysComplete
196517917 April 19657 November 1965107 daysComplete
196417729 March 196429 October 196482 daysComplete
19631945 February 196312 November 1963172 daysComplete
196219526 March 196212 November 196299 daysComplete
19611802 April 196126 October 196193 daysComplete
196017819 March 19603 November 1960137 daysComplete
19591871 April 195928 October 1959127 daysComplete
195817915 April 195824 October 1958134 daysComplete
195715313 February 195710 October 1957118 daysComplete
195617723 March 195610 November 1956151 daysComplete
195517725 March 19553 November 195588 daysComplete
19541927 April 195411 November 195473 daysComplete
195317024 March 195313 November 1953140 daysComplete
19521972 April 19526 November 1952168 daysComplete
195117710 February 195124 October 195178 daysComplete
195022320 March 195010 December 195083 daysComplete
194919218 March 194918 November 1949115 daysComplete
19481898 April 194827 October 1948151 daysComplete
19441804 April 19444 November 1944137 daysComplete
194319620 February 194327 October 194377 daysComplete
194218022 March 194213 November 1942148 daysComplete
194115924 April 19418 November 194185 daysComplete
19381774 April 193830 October 1938100 daysComplete
19342183 March 193415 November 193483 daysComplete
Decade averages for Days at or above 30 C (86 F) in Phoenix
DecadeAverage days per yearYears counted
1930s197.52
1940s182.76
1950s183.210
1960s184.710
1970s189.010
1980s194.610
1990s190.710
2000s198.010
2010s204.610
2020s205.76

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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site from the threaded city record.

Data as of . Last revised (2026-10-17).