Editing Prescott Valley, Arizona (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Heliograph signaling.tif|left|thumb|Heliograph signaling]]
Prescott Valley (locally, '''PV''') is located  in central Arizona approximately {{convert|85|mi|km}} north of [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] at {{convert|5100|ft|m}}. elevation. PV has  good access to [[Arizona State Route 89]], [[Arizona State Route 89A|SR-89A]] and [[Arizona State Route 69|SR-69]], connecting to  Interstates [[Interstate 17|17]] and [[Interstate 40 in Arizona|40]].  Air service is available at [[Ernest A. Love Field]], approximately {{convert|8|mi|km}} northwest.

One of PV's landmarks, Glassford Hill (elevation {{convert|6177|ft|m}}) was an active [[volcano]] between 10 and 14 million years ago.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pvaz.net/279/History | title=About Prescott Valley | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706003443/http://www.pvaz.net/279/History |access-date=January 4, 2018 | archive-date=July 6, 2015 |url-status=live |publisher=Town of Prescott Valley}}</ref> Colonel William A. Glassford traveled the area in the 1880s and helped build a system of 27 [[heliograph]] stations to monitor the movements of [[Apache]] Indians, U.S. military troops and civilians. Glassford Hill was a part of that early communications system.<ref>{{cite web |title=Prescott Valley Historical Society |url=https://www.prescottvalley-az.gov/1170/Prescott-Valley-Historical-Society}}</ref>

===Climate===
According to the [[Köppen climate classification]], Prescott Valley has a [[Semi-arid climate#Cold semi-arid climates|cold semi arid climate]] (abbreviated ''BSk'').

{{Weather box
|location = Prescott Valley, 1991–2020 simulated normals (5118 ft elevation)
|collapsed = Y
|single line = y
|precipitation colour  =green
|Jan precipitation mm  =35.31
|Feb precipitation mm  =39.95
|Mar precipitation mm  =33.30
|Apr precipitation mm  =12.98
|May precipitation mm  =10.37
|Jun precipitation mm  =9.12
|Jul precipitation mm  =60.80
|Aug precipitation mm  =62.59
|Sep precipitation mm  =41.99
|Oct precipitation mm  =23.64
|Nov precipitation mm  =19.57
|Dec precipitation mm  =32.16
|Jan high C = 11.5
|Feb high C = 13.0
|Mar high C = 16.2
|Apr high C = 19.6
|May high C = 24.3
|Jun high C = 30.2
|Jul high C = 31.8
|Aug high C = 30.5
|Sep high C = 27.9
|Oct high C = 22.6
|Nov high C = 16.4
|Dec high C = 10.9
|Jan mean C  =4.0
|Feb mean C  =5.4
|Mar mean C  =8.2
|Apr mean C  =11.3
|May mean C  =15.8
|Jun mean C  =21.1
|Jul mean C  =24.0
|Aug mean C  =23.1
|Sep mean C  =19.8
|Oct mean C  =13.9
|Nov mean C  =8.0
|Dec mean C  =3.5
|Jan low C = -3.5
|Feb low C = -2.2
|Mar low C = 0.2
|Apr low C = 3.1
|May low C = 7.3
|Jun low C = 12.1
|Jul low C = 16.3
|Aug low C = 15.7
|Sep low C = 11.6
|Oct low C = 5.2
|Nov low C = -0.4
|Dec low C = -3.9
|Jan dew point C =-5.8
|Feb dew point C =-5.3
|Mar dew point C =-4.2
|Apr dew point C =-4.2
|May dew point C =-1.8
|Jun dew point C =-0.3
|Jul dew point C =8.7
|Aug dew point C =11.0
|Sep dew point C =6.5
|Oct dew point C =-0.1
|Nov dew point C =-4.3
|Dec dew point C =-6.4
|source 1 = Prism Climate Group<ref>{{cite web
  | url=https://prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/
  | title=PRISM Climate Group at Oregon State University
  | publisher=Northwest Alliance for Computational Science & Engineering (NACSE), based at Oregon State University
  | access-date=March 14, 2023}}</ref>
  | date=March 14, 2023}}