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Has the climate in Lake Havasu City changed?

Lake Havasu City has cooled about 2.2°F since 1991.

About 0.6°F per decade, measured from Lake Havasu City's official daily weather records, 1991–2025. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Lake Havasu City's climate has warmed more slowly than most other cities in United States.

What has actually changed

Each card compares the 1970s (the first ten years of the record) with recent years (the last ten) — the same span the headline and the chart use.

Freezing nights
about the same
1970s
0 / yr
Recent
0 / yr
Winters about as cold as before
Average temperature
−1.9°F
1970s
77.2°F
Recent
75.3°F
A small downward drift
Hot days above 90°F
4 more days
1970s
172 / yr
Recent
176 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
5 more days
1970s
14 / yr
Recent
19 / yr
Wetter on average

Lake Havasu City's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1991 to 2025.

72°74°76°78°80°82°1991: 77.1°F1992: 75.9°F1993: 74.8°F1994: 76.7°F1995: 76.7°F1996: 78.1°F1997: 75.8°F1998: 76.7°F1999: 76.3°F2000: 81.7°F2001: 79.7°F2002: 76.1°F2003: 76.1°F2004: 74.4°F2005: 75.1°F2006: 75.7°F2007: 74.3°F2008: 74.5°F2009: 74.7°F2010: 74.1°F2011: 73.7°F2012: 75.9°F2013: 73.8°F2014: 75.7°F2015: 75.5°F2016: 75.5°F2017: 75.7°F2018: 76.2°F2019: 73.2°F2020: 75.0°F2021: 75.7°F2022: 75.2°F2023: 73.7°F2024: 75.9°F2025: 76.6°Flong-term trend19912000201020202025
a warmer-than-average year a cooler-than-average year

Each bar is one year. Most recent years sit above the older ones. Some recent years still came in cool — warming is a slope, not a straight climb.

In day-to-day terms, that long-term shift shows up as about 8 fewer days above 90°F compared with the 1970s.

When in the year the change shows up

How much warmer each month is now than in the 1970s. Useful if you garden or care about a particular season — otherwise the headline above already has the answer.

-4.5°-4.0°-3.5°-3.0°-2.5°-2.0°-1.5°-1.0°-0.5°0.0°+0.5°+1.0°January: -2.3°F-2.3JFebruary: -2.5°F-2.5FMarch: -2.5°F-2.5MApril: -2.9°F-2.9AMay: -3.5°F-3.5MJune: -2.0°F-2.0JJuly: -2.5°F-2.5JAugust: -4.1°F-4.1ASeptember: -2.9°F-2.9SOctober: -1.4°F-1.4ONovember: -1.5°F-1.5NDecember: -2.2°F-2.2D

August has cooled the most — about 4.1°F. The warming runs across the whole year, not just one season.

Methodology & sources

Temperature — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Lake Havasu City (NOAA GHCN station USC00024761), about 4 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →