United States · 1991–2020

Best time to visit
Shonto.

September leads for comfortable weather in Shonto: typically 24.8°C by day, 10.9°C at night, with 32 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.

Best comfortSeptember
Typical high24.8°C
Typical low10.9°C
Rain in September32 mm
Comfort

September

September · June · August

90climate match
Beach

July

July · August · June

80climate match
Outdoors

May

May · October · September

89climate match

The weakest month is January, scoring 5 against September’s 90days reach only 4.8°C, 19° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal.

Month by month

The whole year,
without the guesswork.

The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.

Jan
54.8° / -5.6°
Feb
76.9° / -4.3°
Mar
3011.6° / -1.1°
Apr
5016.2° / 1.6°
May
7821.7° / 6.7°
Jun
8228.1° / 12.5°
Jul
7929.9° / 15.2°
Aug
8228.6° / 14.5°
Sep
9024.8° / 10.9°
Oct
6218° / 5.1°
Nov
2710.7° / -1.1°
Dec
55° / -5.4°
Monthly climate evidence for Shonto — daylight is calculated from latitude, everything else is measured
MonthDayNightRainWet daysDaylightComfortCoverage
January4.8°C-5.6°C34 mm4.29 h 555Strong coverage
February6.9°C-4.3°C27 mm4.510 h 477Strong coverage
March11.6°C-1.1°C19 mm3.511 h 5130Strong coverage
April16.2°C1.6°C17 mm2.513 h 0450Strong coverage
May21.7°C6.7°C15 mm2.214 h 0678Strong coverage
June28.1°C12.5°C5 mm0.914 h 3982Strong coverage
July29.9°C15.2°C30 mm4.614 h 2679Strong coverage
August28.6°C14.5°C37 mm5.113 h 3382Strong coverage
September24.8°C10.9°C32 mm3.712 h 2290Strong coverage
October18°C5.1°C24 mm2.711 h 1162Strong coverage
November10.7°C-1.1°C13 mm2.410 h 1027Strong coverage
December5°C-5.4°C24 mm3.49 h 405Strong coverage

What has changed

Shonto runs +1.4°C
on the 1961–1990 baseline.

Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.

Jan
+0.6
Feb
+1.1
Mar
+2.0
Apr
+1.9
May
+0.3
Jun
+2.0
Jul
+0.8
Aug
+1.0
Sep
+1.8
Oct
+1.6
Nov
+2.1
Dec
+1.8
September daytime highs, 20112025. Last recorded: 25.6°C.
Records at BETATAKIN, 1939–2026
MonthRecord highRecord lowWettest dayWettest / driest monthYears
January16.1°C29 Jan 1986-23.9°C31 Jan 198564 mm20 Jan 2004122 mm2004 · driest 0 mm in 202183
February20.6°C25 Feb 1986-25.6°C1 Feb 198552 mm22 Feb 201990 mm2019 · driest 0 mm in 200283
March27.8°C21 Mar 2026-16.7°C4 Mar 196628 mm1 Mar 1993103 mm2023 · driest 0 mm in 195583
April32.2°C9 Apr 2000-17.8°C9 Apr 200241 mm28 Apr 194682 mm1946 · driest 0 mm in 200285
May34.4°C31 May 2002-7.2°C1 May 196751 mm16 May 198184 mm2015 · driest 0 mm in 200386
June38.3°C22 Jun 1954-2.2°C5 Jun 194448 mm26 Jun 195453 mm1954 · driest 0 mm in 200088
July37.8°C16 Jul 1948-1.1°C22 Jul 200241 mm24 Jul 1945110 mm1976 · driest 0 mm in 199387
August36.7°C1 Aug 19520.6°C8 Aug 200549 mm26 Aug 1988125 mm1982 · driest 0 mm in 202087
September35.6°C1 Sep 1948-5.0°C15 Sep 201553 mm14 Sep 199797 mm2013 · driest 0 mm in 200187
October33.9°C29 Oct 1996-13.9°C30 Oct 197182 mm15 Oct 1947229 mm1972 · driest 0 mm in 199985
November25.0°C13 Nov 2025-18.9°C19 Nov 198566 mm23 Nov 202591 mm1978 · driest 0 mm in 200285
December25.6°C31 Dec 2009-25.6°C23 Dec 199056 mm26 Dec 1942100 mm1942 · driest 0 mm in 195982
Typical days per month at BETATAKIN, 1991–2020
MonthDays 25°C+Days 30°C+Frost nightsHeavy rain (10 mm+)Snow days
January002714
February0025<13
March0018<12
April<1012<11
May8<13<1<1
June2411<1<10
July2817<110
August2611010
September152<110
October2<15<1<1
November0016<12
December0026<13
How often, not how much — every day in BETATAKIN’s record sorted by what it was actually like, rather than averaged
MonthWarm & dry daysWet daysWashoutsWeek with 3+ wet daysDaytime mean has ranged
January0%13%2%11%2.4–6.8°C
February0%15%3%13%3.3–9.6°C
March3%14%2%11%6.9–14.0°C
April24%10%2%5%12.8–18.6°C
May68%7%<1%3%19.3–24.2°C
June93%5%<1%3%25.6–30.0°C
July83%17%3%17%28.6–31.8°C
August81%19%4%18%26.8–30.4°C
September80%13%3%8%22.5–26.6°C
October40%10%3%8%15.1–20.3°C
November1%10%2%5%6.6–13.1°C
December0%13%3%10%2.0–7.8°C

A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.

1940Each stripe is one year’s mean temperature against the 68-year average. Warmest: 2017. Coolest: 1982.2024

The evidence behind this page

Nearby, measured,
and named.

Place identity
GeoNames 5314201
NOAA station
USC00020750 · BETATAKIN
Station distance
12.9 km from the place centre
Climate period
1991–2020
Minimum month coverage
28 usable years
Daylight
Calculated from latitude 36.59°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
Important limit
Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.

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