Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Quartzsite (USC00026865), Arizona, United States, with 115 years of record.
Key Facts for Quartzsite
Quartzsite (USC00026865) is a weather station in Arizona, United States at 33.67 latitude and -114.23 longitude, 267 m (875 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1908 to 2022, 115 years of record.
1,464 records set at Quartzsite still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Quartzsite set a daily record high maximum temperature of 36.7 C (98.1 F) on 26 March 2022.
About the Station
Location: Arizona, United States, 33.67 latitude, -114.23 longitude.
Elevation: 267 m (875 ft).
Period of record: 1908 to 2022, 115 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd.
Daily Record Envelope and 2026
0 days at or beyond a record
Record highRecord low2026 daily maximum2026 daily minimum
The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Quartzsite. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.
Daily record high and record low at Quartzsite, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
30.6 C (87.1 F)
-12.8 C (9.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
32.2 C (90.0 F)
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
37.8 C (100.0 F)
-4.4 C (24.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
43.9 C (111.0 F)
-2.8 C (27.0 F)
n/a
n/a
May
49.4 C (120.9 F)
4.4 C (39.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
50.6 C (123.1 F)
6.1 C (43.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
51.1 C (124.0 F)
11.1 C (52.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
51.1 C (124.0 F)
12.2 C (54.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
48.9 C (120.0 F)
5.6 C (42.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
42.2 C (108.0 F)
-1.1 C (30.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
36.1 C (97.0 F)
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
28.9 C (84.0 F)
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Quartzsite still stand. 1913 holds the most, with 53.
Standing records at Quartzsite by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1908
19
1909
36
1910
25
1911
24
1912
32
1913
53
1914
4
1921
14
1922
28
1923
36
1924
21
1925
17
1926
11
1927
15
1928
22
1929
29
1930
23
1931
21
1932
22
1933
40
1934
41
1935
23
1936
29
1937
35
1938
29
1939
19
1940
20
1941
17
1959
2
1960
16
1961
10
1962
24
1963
16
1964
24
1965
15
1966
9
1967
15
1968
4
1969
5
1970
6
1971
17
1972
16
1973
19
1974
9
1975
7
1987
11
1988
11
1989
17
1990
17
1991
15
1992
7
1993
9
1994
11
1995
30
1996
32
1997
12
1998
19
1999
14
2000
12
2001
18
2002
16
2003
31
2004
12
2005
9
2006
14
2007
13
2008
16
2009
10
2010
10
2011
22
2012
11
2013
12
2014
7
2015
13
2016
27
2017
20
2018
9
2019
17
2020
28
2021
11
2022
2
All-Time Record Progression
3 new records
3 all-time records were set at Quartzsite between 11 July 1973 and 9 August 2012. Each dot is a new record.
When Quartzsite set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
1973-07-11
Record high minimum temperature
Record high minimum temperature 34.4 C (93.9 F)
2001-01-27
Record daily snowfall
Record daily snowfall 15.2 cm (6.0 in)
2012-08-09
Record high minimum temperature
Record high minimum temperature 35.6 C (96.1 F)
Wettest Day of Each Month
Sep: 76.2 mm (3.0 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Quartzsite. The most was 76.2 mm (3.0 in) on 5 September 1939.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Quartzsite
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
51.3 mm (2.0 in)
21 January 2010
Feb
48.3 mm (1.9 in)
21 February 1920
Mar
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
7 March 1994
Apr
29.2 mm (1.1 in)
27 April 1931
May
19.6 mm (0.8 in)
24 May 2008
Jun
35.6 mm (1.4 in)
28 June 1938
Jul
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
13 July 1912
Aug
68.6 mm (2.7 in)
11 August 1929
Sep
76.2 mm (3.0 in)
5 September 1939
Oct
44.5 mm (1.8 in)
9 October 1932
Nov
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
10 November 1969
Dec
35.1 mm (1.4 in)
22 December 1997
Period of Record Coverage
1908 to 2022
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
82 years of record at Quartzsite, 1908 to 2022. 14 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1908, 1914, 1921, 1941, 1942, 1959, 1969, 1970 and others.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 60 complete years at Quartzsite, 1909 to 2021. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 22.5 C (72.5 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1912, at 20.0 C (68.0 F), and the warmest was 1996, at 24.2 C (75.6 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 2.6 C (4.7 F).
Annual mean temperature at Quartzsite as warming stripes, 1909 to 2021
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1909
21.5 C
-1.04 C
1910
22.1 C
-0.40 C
1911
20.7 C
-1.78 C
1912
20.0 C
-2.51 C
1913
20.3 C
-2.27 C
1922
21.0 C
-1.51 C
1924
21.5 C
-1.03 C
1925
21.5 C
-1.05 C
1927
22.0 C
-0.53 C
1928
22.3 C
-0.22 C
1929
21.8 C
-0.77 C
1930
21.5 C
-1.06 C
1931
22.0 C
-0.52 C
1932
21.8 C
-0.74 C
1934
23.4 C
+0.90 C
1936
23.0 C
+0.49 C
1937
22.7 C
+0.15 C
1938
22.2 C
-0.31 C
1939
22.0 C
-0.48 C
1960
22.5 C
-0.04 C
1961
22.4 C
-0.15 C
1962
22.7 C
+0.16 C
1963
22.5 C
-0.01 C
1964
21.7 C
-0.81 C
1965
21.9 C
-0.64 C
1966
22.4 C
-0.13 C
1967
22.3 C
-0.27 C
1968
22.3 C
-0.25 C
1974
22.6 C
+0.04 C
1987
22.6 C
+0.10 C
1988
22.7 C
+0.18 C
1989
23.3 C
+0.77 C
1990
22.6 C
+0.03 C
1991
22.5 C
-0.06 C
1992
22.7 C
+0.20 C
1993
22.5 C
-0.05 C
1994
22.9 C
+0.41 C
1995
23.7 C
+1.13 C
1996
24.2 C
+1.69 C
1998
22.0 C
-0.51 C
1999
22.8 C
+0.27 C
2000
23.4 C
+0.89 C
2001
23.5 C
+1.01 C
2002
23.0 C
+0.46 C
2003
24.1 C
+1.62 C
2004
22.9 C
+0.38 C
2005
22.6 C
+0.07 C
2006
22.8 C
+0.23 C
2007
23.3 C
+0.80 C
2008
23.2 C
+0.67 C
2009
23.0 C
+0.52 C
2010
22.7 C
+0.14 C
2011
22.6 C
+0.03 C
2013
22.7 C
+0.13 C
2014
23.9 C
+1.34 C
2015
23.6 C
+1.11 C
2018
23.5 C
+0.97 C
2019
22.3 C
-0.19 C
2020
23.7 C
+1.21 C
2021
23.5 C
+0.94 C
The annual mean temperature here has risen by 0.2 C (0.1 to 0.2) per decade over 1909 to 2021. In Fahrenheit: 0.3 F (0.2 to 0.4) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 60 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.
Fitted temperature trends per decade at Quartzsite
Measure
Per decade (C)
Per decade (F)
Period
Complete years
Reading
Annual mean temperature
0.2 C (0.1 to 0.2) per decade
0.3 F (0.2 to 0.4) per decade
1909 to 2021
60
Rise
Mean daily maximum
0.00 C (-0.06 to 0.06) per decade
-0.01 F (-0.11 to 0.10) per decade
1909 to 2021
60
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily minimum
0.4 C (0.3 to 0.4) per decade
0.6 F (0.6 to 0.7) per decade
1909 to 2021
60
Rise
A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.
Extremes by Year
1908 to 2022
Yearly extremes at Quartzsite: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
51.1 C (124.0 F)
1933
47.8 C (118.0 F)
82
Coldest night (TNn)
-12.8 C (9.0 F)
1913
-5.0 C (23.0 F)
82
Wettest day (Rx1day)
76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1939
25.5 mm (1.0 in)
82
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
108.0 mm (4.3 in)
1939
32.8 mm (1.3 in)
82
Longest dry spell (CDD)
225 days
1974
100 days
82
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Quartzsite, 1908 to 2022. The record is 51.1 C (124.0 F) in 1933, marked on the chart; the median year is 47.8 C (118.0 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Quartzsite by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1908
47.2 C (117.0 F)
1909
48.3 C (118.9 F)
1910
49.4 C (120.9 F)
1911
46.1 C (115.0 F)
1912
46.1 C (115.0 F)
1913
47.8 C (118.0 F)
1914
47.2 C (117.0 F)
1920
n/a
1921
44.4 C (111.9 F)
1922
46.7 C (116.1 F)
1923
46.7 C (116.1 F)
1924
48.3 C (118.9 F)
1925
47.8 C (118.0 F)
1926
48.3 C (118.9 F)
1927
47.8 C (118.0 F)
1928
48.3 C (118.9 F)
1929
50.0 C (122.0 F)
1930
47.8 C (118.0 F)
1931
48.3 C (118.9 F)
1932
48.3 C (118.9 F)
1933
51.1 C (124.0 F)
1934
51.1 C (124.0 F)
1935
47.8 C (118.0 F)
1936
49.4 C (120.9 F)
1937
49.4 C (120.9 F)
1938
48.3 C (118.9 F)
1939
48.3 C (118.9 F)
1940
47.8 C (118.0 F)
1941
46.1 C (115.0 F)
1942
41.7 C (107.1 F)
1959
38.3 C (100.9 F)
1960
47.8 C (118.0 F)
1961
46.7 C (116.1 F)
1962
47.2 C (117.0 F)
1963
45.6 C (114.1 F)
1964
47.2 C (117.0 F)
1965
45.6 C (114.1 F)
1966
46.7 C (116.1 F)
1967
47.2 C (117.0 F)
1968
46.1 C (115.0 F)
1969
47.2 C (117.0 F)
1970
48.3 C (118.9 F)
1971
46.1 C (115.0 F)
1972
46.7 C (116.1 F)
1973
48.9 C (120.0 F)
1974
46.7 C (116.1 F)
1975
43.3 C (109.9 F)
1987
46.1 C (115.0 F)
1988
45.6 C (114.1 F)
1989
47.8 C (118.0 F)
1990
47.8 C (118.0 F)
1991
45.0 C (113.0 F)
1992
45.6 C (114.1 F)
1993
48.3 C (118.9 F)
1994
49.4 C (120.9 F)
1995
50.0 C (122.0 F)
1996
47.8 C (118.0 F)
1997
46.1 C (115.0 F)
1998
49.4 C (120.9 F)
1999
45.6 C (114.1 F)
2000
46.7 C (116.1 F)
2001
48.3 C (118.9 F)
2002
45.6 C (114.1 F)
2003
48.3 C (118.9 F)
2004
46.1 C (115.0 F)
2005
48.9 C (120.0 F)
2006
48.9 C (120.0 F)
2007
48.3 C (118.9 F)
2008
46.7 C (116.1 F)
2009
47.2 C (117.0 F)
2010
46.1 C (115.0 F)
2011
47.2 C (117.0 F)
2012
47.2 C (117.0 F)
2013
48.9 C (120.0 F)
2014
47.2 C (117.0 F)
2015
46.7 C (116.1 F)
2016
50.6 C (123.1 F)
2017
50.6 C (123.1 F)
2018
49.4 C (120.9 F)
2019
47.8 C (118.0 F)
2020
48.9 C (120.0 F)
2021
48.9 C (120.0 F)
2022
36.7 C (98.1 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Quartzsite, 1908 to 2022. The record is -12.8 C (9.0 F) in 1913, marked on the chart; the median year is -5.0 C (23.0 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Quartzsite by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1908
-3.3 C (26.1 F)
1909
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1910
-6.7 C (19.9 F)
1911
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
1912
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1913
-12.8 C (9.0 F)
1914
-3.3 C (26.1 F)
1920
n/a
1921
-2.8 C (27.0 F)
1922
-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1923
-5.6 C (21.9 F)
1924
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1925
-6.1 C (21.0 F)
1926
-6.1 C (21.0 F)
1927
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1928
-6.7 C (19.9 F)
1929
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1930
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
1931
-6.7 C (19.9 F)
1932
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1933
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
1934
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1935
-6.7 C (19.9 F)
1936
-3.9 C (25.0 F)
1937
-8.9 C (16.0 F)
1938
-5.6 C (21.9 F)
1939
-3.9 C (25.0 F)
1940
-4.4 C (24.1 F)
1941
0.6 C (33.1 F)
1942
18.9 C (66.0 F)
1959
-1.7 C (28.9 F)
1960
-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1961
-4.4 C (24.1 F)
1962
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1963
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
1964
-6.1 C (21.0 F)
1965
-5.6 C (21.9 F)
1966
-5.6 C (21.9 F)
1967
-5.6 C (21.9 F)
1968
-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1969
-4.4 C (24.1 F)
1970
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1971
-9.4 C (15.1 F)
1972
-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1973
-5.6 C (21.9 F)
1974
-7.8 C (18.0 F)
1975
-3.9 C (25.0 F)
1987
-5.0 C (23.0 F)
1988
-5.6 C (21.9 F)
1989
-4.4 C (24.1 F)
1990
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1991
-4.4 C (24.1 F)
1992
-2.2 C (28.0 F)
1993
-2.8 C (27.0 F)
1994
-2.8 C (27.0 F)
1995
-1.7 C (28.9 F)
1996
-2.8 C (27.0 F)
1997
-2.2 C (28.0 F)
1998
-3.9 C (25.0 F)
1999
-3.3 C (26.1 F)
2000
-2.8 C (27.0 F)
2001
-1.7 C (28.9 F)
2002
-4.4 C (24.1 F)
2003
-6.7 C (19.9 F)
2004
-2.2 C (28.0 F)
2005
-3.9 C (25.0 F)
2006
-3.3 C (26.1 F)
2007
-7.2 C (19.0 F)
2008
-2.2 C (28.0 F)
2009
-2.2 C (28.0 F)
2010
-3.3 C (26.1 F)
2011
-5.0 C (23.0 F)
2012
-1.7 C (28.9 F)
2013
-6.1 C (21.0 F)
2014
-3.9 C (25.0 F)
2015
-5.0 C (23.0 F)
2016
-3.9 C (25.0 F)
2017
-2.2 C (28.0 F)
2018
-5.0 C (23.0 F)
2019
-4.4 C (24.1 F)
2020
-1.7 C (28.9 F)
2021
-2.2 C (28.0 F)
2022
-3.3 C (26.1 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Quartzsite, 1908 to 2022. The record is 76.2 mm (3.0 in) in 1939, marked on the chart; the median year is 25.5 mm (1.0 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Quartzsite by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1908
24.9 mm (1.0 in)
1909
53.8 mm (2.1 in)
1910
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1911
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1912
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1913
20.8 mm (0.8 in)
1914
14.2 mm (0.6 in)
1920
48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1921
34.3 mm (1.4 in)
1922
31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1923
26.9 mm (1.1 in)
1924
9.7 mm (0.38 in)
1925
43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1926
34.8 mm (1.4 in)
1927
20.6 mm (0.8 in)
1928
7.1 mm (0.28 in)
1929
68.6 mm (2.7 in)
1930
25.7 mm (1.0 in)
1931
29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1932
44.5 mm (1.8 in)
1933
17.0 mm (0.7 in)
1934
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1935
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1936
17.3 mm (0.7 in)
1937
22.4 mm (0.9 in)
1938
35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1939
76.2 mm (3.0 in)
1940
25.7 mm (1.0 in)
1941
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1942
n/a
1959
16.5 mm (0.6 in)
1960
31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1961
14.2 mm (0.6 in)
1962
20.8 mm (0.8 in)
1963
42.4 mm (1.7 in)
1964
12.2 mm (0.5 in)
1965
26.7 mm (1.1 in)
1966
31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1967
17.3 mm (0.7 in)
1968
14.0 mm (0.6 in)
1969
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1970
19.1 mm (0.8 in)
1971
24.4 mm (1.0 in)
1972
39.9 mm (1.6 in)
1973
16.5 mm (0.6 in)
1974
29.0 mm (1.1 in)
1975
3.0 mm (0.12 in)
1987
23.1 mm (0.9 in)
1988
29.7 mm (1.2 in)
1989
21.6 mm (0.9 in)
1990
22.4 mm (0.9 in)
1991
13.5 mm (0.5 in)
1992
18.3 mm (0.7 in)
1993
29.2 mm (1.1 in)
1994
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1995
22.9 mm (0.9 in)
1996
34.8 mm (1.4 in)
1997
35.1 mm (1.4 in)
1998
17.5 mm (0.7 in)
1999
17.5 mm (0.7 in)
2000
7.6 mm (0.30 in)
2001
24.4 mm (1.0 in)
2002
11.2 mm (0.4 in)
2003
18.3 mm (0.7 in)
2004
38.9 mm (1.5 in)
2005
48.0 mm (1.9 in)
2006
30.2 mm (1.2 in)
2007
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
2008
19.6 mm (0.8 in)
2009
23.1 mm (0.9 in)
2010
51.3 mm (2.0 in)
2011
20.8 mm (0.8 in)
2012
26.2 mm (1.0 in)
2013
23.6 mm (0.9 in)
2014
26.2 mm (1.0 in)
2015
31.0 mm (1.2 in)
2016
25.9 mm (1.0 in)
2017
41.1 mm (1.6 in)
2018
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
2019
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
2020
17.0 mm (0.7 in)
2021
16.5 mm (0.6 in)
2022
2.0 mm (0.08 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Quartzsite, 1908 to 2022. The record is 108.0 mm (4.3 in) in 1939, marked on the chart; the median year is 32.8 mm (1.3 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Quartzsite by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1908
45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1909
64.3 mm (2.5 in)
1910
62.5 mm (2.5 in)
1911
45.4 mm (1.8 in)
1912
40.9 mm (1.6 in)
1913
26.9 mm (1.1 in)
1914
20.6 mm (0.8 in)
1920
86.4 mm (3.4 in)
1921
71.9 mm (2.8 in)
1922
32.8 mm (1.3 in)
1923
26.9 mm (1.1 in)
1924
7.1 mm (0.28 in)
1925
45.2 mm (1.8 in)
1926
82.3 mm (3.2 in)
1927
44.2 mm (1.7 in)
1928
7.1 mm (0.28 in)
1929
19.6 mm (0.8 in)
1930
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1931
65.7 mm (2.6 in)
1932
46.1 mm (1.8 in)
1933
31.4 mm (1.2 in)
1934
36.3 mm (1.4 in)
1935
43.9 mm (1.7 in)
1936
30.0 mm (1.2 in)
1937
32.0 mm (1.3 in)
1938
40.2 mm (1.6 in)
1939
108.0 mm (4.3 in)
1940
27.0 mm (1.1 in)
1941
78.0 mm (3.1 in)
1942
n/a
1959
17.1 mm (0.7 in)
1960
31.0 mm (1.2 in)
1961
17.2 mm (0.7 in)
1962
27.4 mm (1.1 in)
1963
42.4 mm (1.7 in)
1964
17.0 mm (0.7 in)
1965
35.6 mm (1.4 in)
1966
32.8 mm (1.3 in)
1967
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
1968
25.7 mm (1.0 in)
1969
38.1 mm (1.5 in)
1970
26.8 mm (1.1 in)
1971
25.4 mm (1.0 in)
1972
39.9 mm (1.6 in)
1973
17.8 mm (0.7 in)
1974
31.5 mm (1.2 in)
1975
5.5 mm (0.22 in)
1987
39.7 mm (1.6 in)
1988
51.8 mm (2.0 in)
1989
21.9 mm (0.9 in)
1990
22.4 mm (0.9 in)
1991
23.7 mm (0.9 in)
1992
28.7 mm (1.1 in)
1993
35.5 mm (1.4 in)
1994
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
1995
27.7 mm (1.1 in)
1996
34.8 mm (1.4 in)
1997
41.2 mm (1.6 in)
1998
20.8 mm (0.8 in)
1999
17.5 mm (0.7 in)
2000
10.7 mm (0.4 in)
2001
24.4 mm (1.0 in)
2002
11.2 mm (0.4 in)
2003
28.5 mm (1.1 in)
2004
40.7 mm (1.6 in)
2005
48.0 mm (1.9 in)
2006
41.4 mm (1.6 in)
2007
33.8 mm (1.3 in)
2008
30.5 mm (1.2 in)
2009
26.4 mm (1.0 in)
2010
60.1 mm (2.4 in)
2011
22.3 mm (0.9 in)
2012
33.6 mm (1.3 in)
2013
25.9 mm (1.0 in)
2014
37.6 mm (1.5 in)
2015
31.0 mm (1.2 in)
2016
37.1 mm (1.5 in)
2017
41.1 mm (1.6 in)
2018
37.3 mm (1.5 in)
2019
33.0 mm (1.3 in)
2020
47.3 mm (1.9 in)
2021
28.6 mm (1.1 in)
2022
2.0 mm (0.08 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Quartzsite, 1908 to 2022. The record is 225 days in 1974, marked on the chart; the median year is 100 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Quartzsite by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1908
82 days
1909
114 days
1910
101 days
1911
114 days
1912
68 days
1913
85 days
1914
74 days
1920
88 days
1921
64 days
1922
82 days
1923
86 days
1924
87 days
1925
70 days
1926
87 days
1927
44 days
1928
204 days
1929
179 days
1930
74 days
1931
74 days
1932
105 days
1933
91 days
1934
53 days
1935
49 days
1936
103 days
1937
101 days
1938
93 days
1939
110 days
1940
88 days
1941
93 days
1942
n/a
1959
63 days
1960
118 days
1961
122 days
1962
98 days
1963
141 days
1964
123 days
1965
96 days
1966
114 days
1967
88 days
1968
84 days
1969
162 days
1970
120 days
1971
164 days
1972
155 days
1973
137 days
1974
225 days
1975
81 days
1987
61 days
1988
100 days
1989
164 days
1990
91 days
1991
100 days
1992
80 days
1993
155 days
1994
59 days
1995
120 days
1996
167 days
1997
108 days
1998
111 days
1999
99 days
2000
83 days
2001
120 days
2002
173 days
2003
130 days
2004
101 days
2005
90 days
2006
106 days
2007
91 days
2008
90 days
2009
156 days
2010
162 days
2011
60 days
2012
68 days
2013
135 days
2014
125 days
2015
75 days
2016
80 days
2017
113 days
2018
121 days
2019
136 days
2020
141 days
2021
148 days
2022
53 days
Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.
Frost Dates and Growing Season
58 years with a frost
Across 58 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Quartzsite falls on 24 February and the median first autumn frost on 30 November, which leaves a median of 289 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by +5.6 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Quartzsite
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1974 to 2021)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
24 February
n/a
7 February
n/a
-4.2 days per decade
First autumn frost
30 November
n/a
3 December
n/a
+1.3 days per decade
Growing days
289 days
n/a
296 days
n/a
+5.6 days per decade
A frost day is a day with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F). The last spring frost and the first autumn frost are the last and first such days of the cold season, and growing days are the days between them. A negative trend for the last spring frost means it comes earlier.
Rainfall Return Levels
72 years, 1909 to 2021
A day with at least 26.1 mm (1.0 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 67.9 mm (2.7 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Quartzsite: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
26.1 mm (1.0 in)
5 years
37.1 mm (1.5 in)
10 years
44.5 mm (1.8 in)
25 years
53.9 mm (2.1 in)
50 years
60.9 mm (2.4 in)
100 years
67.9 mm (2.7 in)
Longer than the 72 years of record
The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 72 years of values from 1909 to 2021.
A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.
The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 76.2 mm (3.0 in) in 1939; 68.6 mm (2.7 in) in 1929; 53.8 mm (2.1 in) in 1909.
Station Changes
1 suspected
One change was suspected in the annual mean temperature of Quartzsite, at 1998. Each is measured against neighbouring stations.
Relative to 5 neighbouring stations, the station's annual mean temperature from 1998 ran 0.2 C (0.4 F) lower than in the years before (possible change).
Suspected changes in the annual mean temperature at Quartzsite, against neighbouring stations
Year
Shift (C)
Shift (F)
Strength
Neighbours
1998
-0.2
-0.4
possible
5
Possible change at the station (a move, a new instrument or a new site); the record is kept as measured. A "likely" change has a larger test statistic than a "possible" one. Neither says why the station differs from its neighbours. How changes are found, and the largest ones.
Download the Data
Data for Quartzsite standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Quartzsite threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
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 2026-10-14 (14 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.