Climate and average weather in Deer Valley

In Deer Valley, the summers are sweltering, fairly dry, and mostly clear and the winters are mild and mostly clear.

Best: mid January to late April

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Deer Valley typically varies from 43°F to 103°F, and is rarely below 35°F or above 109°F. July is the hottest month of the year, while December is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Deer Valley for warm-weather activities are from mid January to late April and late October to mid December.

Hottest
Jul
103°
Coldest
Dec
43°
Wettest
Feb
1.6 in
Driest
Jun
0.1 in
Rain / yr
9.7 in
31 wet days
Daylight
9.8–14.2 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
1,375 ft
33.7°N
Clearest
Jun
13% cloud

Deer Valley weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around mid January to late April.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Deer Valley, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.2 months, from May 25 to September 28, with daily high temperatures above 93°F. The hottest month of the year in Deer Valley is July, with an average high of 103°F and low of 82°F.

The cool season lasts 3.3 months, from November 23 to March 2, with daily high temperatures below 70°F. The coldest month of the year in Deer Valley is December, with an average low of 43°F and high of 64°F.

Days typically run about 23°F warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 26°F) in June.

40°60°80°100°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
Jan6543
Feb6846
Mar7451
Apr8257
May9166
Jun10075
Jul10382
Aug10181
Sep9674
Oct8662
Nov7351
Dec6443

How hot and cold Deer Valley really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Deer Valley feels like about 104°F (around June 28). About 149 days a year carry some heat stress, and 52 of them tip into dangerous heat (feels-like above 102°F), peaking in June.

40°60°80°100°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdangerous heat
Feels-like high (°F)Air high (°F)Feels-like low (°F)Air low (°F)
Jan65654043
Feb68684346
Mar74745051
Apr82825757
May91916666
Jun1001007575
Jul1031038182
Aug1021018181
Sep96967474
Oct86866262
Nov73735051
Dec63644043

Average hourly temperature in Deer Valley

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 103°F, and coldest before dawn in December, near 43°F.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Deer Valley weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan65° / 43°1.43.6107.2
Feb68° / 46°1.64.410.77.4
Mar74° / 51°1.13.111.78.3
Apr82° / 57°0.31.312.87.8
May91° / 66°0.10.713.74.8
Jun100° / 75°0.10.314.21.4
Jul103° / 82°0.73140.3
Aug101° / 81°0.93.913.30.8
Sep96° / 74°0.83.112.22.7
Oct86° / 62°0.72.111.26.6
Nov73° / 51°0.82.210.38.5
Dec64° / 43°1.23.49.86.9

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Deer Valley gets about 9.7 in of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is mostly dry, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 4.0 months, from around Nov 27 to Mar 27, peaking in February at about 17% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jun 7.

February is the wettest month by volume, with 1.6 in over about 4 wet days; June is the driest, with 0.1 in.

0%10%20%30%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainFeb 22 · 17%Jun 7 · 1%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan124
Feb154
Mar113
Apr41
May21
Jun10
Jul93
Aug134
Sep103
Oct62
Nov72
Dec113

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Deer Valley collects about 9.7 in of rain across 31 wet days — roughly 0.8 in in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. February is the wettest month with 1.6 in, while June is the driest at just 0.1 in. The three wettest months alone bring about 43% of the year’s total.

00.511.52JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec1.41.61.10.30.10.10.70.90.80.70.81.2
Rainfall (in)Rain days
Jan1.44
Feb1.64
Mar1.13
Apr0.31
May0.11
Jun0.10
Jul0.73
Aug0.94
Sep0.83
Oct0.72
Nov0.82
Dec1.23

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Deer Valley, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around April 8 and lasts for 3.4 months, ending around July 20. The clearest month is June, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 92% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around November 17 and lasts for 4.7 months, ending around April 7. The cloudiest month is February, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 35% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJun 15 · 94%Feb 19 · 62%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan6931
Feb6535
Mar7129
Apr8317
May8515
Jun928
Jul8218
Aug8317
Sep9010
Oct8713
Nov7921
Dec7030

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 8, brings about 14 h 12 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 48 min — a swing of roughly 4 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan10.07:385:38
Feb10.77:216:06
Mar11.76:466:30
Apr12.86:046:54
May13.75:337:17
Jun14.25:227:35
Jul14.05:337:35
Aug13.35:557:10
Sep12.26:176:29
Oct11.26:395:48
Nov10.37:075:20
Dec9.87:315:18

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Deer Valley averages about 21 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 15 and 27 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 2.9 months, from around Apr 14 to Jul 9. The sunniest month is June, with roughly 26 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is February, down near 16 sunny days — about 38% fewer than the June peak.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJun 1527 daysFeb 2115 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan18Bright
Feb15Bright
Mar18Bright
Apr21Bright
May24Brilliant
Jun26Brilliant
Jul20Bright
Aug22Bright
Sep24Brilliant
Oct24Brilliant
Nov20Bright
Dec18Bright

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Deer Valley, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.0 months, from around June 29 to September 28. The muggiest month is August, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 36% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around September 29 to June 28, and May is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMay 12 · 100%Aug 23 · 63%muggyhumiddrycomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
Jan1000000
Feb1000000
Mar1000000
Apr1000000
May991000
Jun953100
Jul55191593
Aug372722113
Sep65161260
Oct944100
Nov1000000
Dec1000000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Deer Valley is steady company: average speeds sit near 6 mphcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmlight breezeApr 26 · 7 mphAug 12 · 5 mph
Wind speed (mph)Feels
Jan6calm
Feb6calm
Mar6calm
Apr6calm
May6calm
Jun6calm
Jul6calm
Aug5calm
Sep5calm
Oct6calm
Nov5calm
Dec5calm

Best time to visit Deer Valley

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Deer Valley throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late January, Deer Valley is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 64°F and 82°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Deer Valley for general outdoor tourist activities run from mid January to late April and again from late October to mid December, with a peak score in the second week of November.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationNov 10 · 8.8

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan7.2good
Feb7.4good
Mar8.3ideal
Apr7.8ideal
May4.8fair
Jun1.4poor
Jul0.3poor
Aug0.9poor
Sep2.7poor
Oct6.5good
Nov8.4ideal
Dec6.9good

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 75°F and 93°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Deer Valley for hot-weather activities run from mid March to late May and again from late September to mid November, with a peak score in the last week of April.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationApr 23 · 8.9

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Deer Valley, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 103°F), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around December (highs near 64°F), pack a warm layer.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Deer Valley sees daytime highs around 103°F and nights near 82°F. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Deer Valley by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Deer Valley peaks around July 14 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highExtremeVery highHighModerateJul 14UV 11Dec 20UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan3Moderate
Feb5Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr7High
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep9Very high
Oct6High
Nov4Moderate
Dec3Moderate

Average hourly UV index in Deer Valley

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan2.50
Feb4.50
Mar4.50
Apr73
May85
Jun8.56
Jul8.56
Aug86
Sep74.5
Oct5.51
Nov40
Dec0.50

Air quality in Deer Valley by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Deer Valley is worst in June — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodGoodJun 1917 µg/m³Dec 149 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb11Good
Mar11Good
Apr12Moderate
May12Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep11Good
Oct13Moderate
Nov10Good
Dec9Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Deer Valley is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan990
Feb990
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec980

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 50°F)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 50°F: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Deer Valley banks about 8,131 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

02,0004,0006,0008,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°F·days)
Jan124
Feb190
Mar387
Apr583
May878
Jun1,124
Jul1,311
Aug1,277
Sep1,055
Oct740
Nov356
Dec105

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Deer Valley receives about 5.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 3.1 and 8.5 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.3 months, from around Mar 16 to Sep 24. The brightest month is June, averaging about 8.4 kWh/m² (intense).

The dimmest month is December, down near 3.1 kWh/m² — roughly 63% less than the June peak.

012345678910JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJun 128.5 kWhDec 183.1 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan3.4Moderate
Feb4.3Bright
Mar5.9Bright
Apr7.3Intense
May8.2Intense
Jun8.5Intense
Jul7.6Intense
Aug6.8Intense
Sep6.1Intense
Oct5.0Bright
Nov3.8Moderate
Dec3.1Moderate

Where is Deer Valley?

Deer Valley sits at 33.7°N, 112.1°W, 1,375 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Peoria, 9.3 mi away.

Topography around Deer Valley

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Deer Valley.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Deer Valley has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 568 ft around an average of 1,391 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,299 ft; within 50 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 7,133 ft.

The land around Deer Valley is covered by artificial surfaces (53%) and shrubs (22%) within 2 miles, artificial surfaces (49%) and shrubs (30%) within 10 miles, and shrubs (55%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
568 ft
10 miles
1,299 ft
50 miles
7,133 ft
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
Nearby: Peoria 9.3 mi · Sun City 9.9 mi · Glendale 11 mi · El Mirage 12 mi · Sun City West 12 mi · Surprise 12 mi · Anthem 12 mi · Maryvale 13 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 100% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$90,027
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Deer Valley (33.6839°, -112.1349°, elevation 1,375 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).