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Has the climate in Yuma changed?

Yuma has warmed about 0.6°F since 1993.

About 0.2°F per decade, measured from Yuma's official daily weather records, 1993–2025. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Yuma'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
1 fewer night
1970s
2 / yr
Recent
1 / yr
Milder winters — fewer frosts
Average temperature
+0.5°F
1970s
74.1°F
Recent
74.6°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
30 fewer days
1970s
166 / yr
Recent
136 / yr
Slightly fewer hot days
Rainy days
5 more days
1970s
10 / yr
Recent
15 / yr
Wetter on average

Yuma's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1993 to 2025.

70°72°74°76°78°80°1993: 75.7°F1994: 74.5°F1995: 75.5°F1998: 72.6°F1999: 72.4°F2000: 72.6°F2001: 75.6°F2002: 74.2°F2003: 75.4°F2004: 74.4°F2005: 74.7°F2006: 74.6°F2007: 73.0°F2008: 75.4°F2009: 74.1°F2010: 73.0°F2016: 76.7°F2017: 78.6°F2018: 75.1°F2019: 74.0°F2020: 76.4°F2021: 76.1°F2022: 75.1°F2023: 71.7°F2024: 74.1°F2025: 74.3°Flong-term trend19932000201020202025
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 20 more 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.

-3.0°-2.5°-2.0°-1.5°-1.0°-0.5°0.0°+0.5°+1.0°+1.5°January: -0.7°F-0.7JFebruary: -0.8°F-0.8FMarch: +0.5°F+0.5MApril: +0.8°F+0.8AMay: +0.4°F+0.4MJune: -0.6°F-0.6JJuly: -0.5°F-0.5JAugust: -1.9°F-1.9ASeptember: -2.9°F-2.9SOctober: -0.7°F-0.7ONovember: +1.2°F+1.2NDecember: -0.5°F-0.5D

September has cooled the most — about 2.9°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 Yuma Quartermaster Depot (NOAA GHCN station USC00029656), inside the city.

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