Editing Parker, Arizona (section)

==Climate==

Parker has an [[arid climate]] classification, which is characterized by extremely hot summers and warm winters.

Wintertime highs in Parker are generally in the upper 60s to lower 70s. Lows during the winter are between {{convert|40|and|50|F|C|1}} with an occasional morning dipping below {{convert|32|F|C}}. The all-time lowest recorded temperature in Parker occurred on December 31, 1911, when temperatures bottomed out at {{convert|9|F|C|1}}; however, snow has been recorded only once when {{convert|3.0|in|m|2}} fell on one day in December 1932,<ref name="Precipitation">[http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliGCStP.pl?az6250 Parker, Arizona Period of Record General Climate Summary – Precipitation]</ref> and no maximum below {{convert|32|F|C}} has ever been observed.<ref>[http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliGCStT.pl?az6250 Parker, Arizona Period of Record General Climate Summary – Temperature]</ref>

Summers in Parker can be dangerously hot, with highs in June, July, August, and September remaining in the {{convert|100|to|110|F|C|1}} range, days over {{convert|115|F|C|1}} or even {{convert|120|F|C|1}} are not rare.

April and May both average {{convert|90|to|100|F|C|1}} daytime highs. Even the month of October has an average high of {{convert|90.0|F|C}}. The all-time highest recorded temperature in Parker was {{convert|127|F|C|1}}, which occurred on July 7, 1905. This was, at the time, the all-time record high temperature in Arizona history until [[Lake Havasu City]] reached {{convert|128|F|C|1}} on June 29, 1994.

Rainfall is uniformly scanty throughout the year in Parker, with no month averaging more than three days with measurable rainfall. The [[North American Monsoon|monsoon]] storms that provide much of the rain in southern and eastern parts of Arizona seldom effect Parker. The wettest month since records began in 1893 was September 1939, when a rare decaying [[hurricane]] produced a total of {{convert|8.85|in|mm|1}} including a record daily total of {{convert|3.41|in|mm|1}} on the fifth day of that month. The wettest calendar year has been 1992 with {{convert|13.59|in|mm|1}} – though from July 1992 to June 1993 the figure was slightly higher still at {{convert|13.74|in|mm|1}} – and the driest 1956 with {{convert|0.34|in|mm|1}}.<ref name="Precipitation"/>

{{Weather box
|location = Parker, Arizona, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1893–present
|single line = Yes
|collapsed = yes
|Jan record high F = 87
|Feb record high F = 96
|Mar record high F = 102
|Apr record high F = 113
|May record high F = 117
|Jun record high F = 126
|Jul record high F = 127
|Aug record high F = 126
|Sep record high F = 120
|Oct record high F = 113
|Nov record high F = 100
|Dec record high F = 92

|Jan avg record high F = 77.6
|Feb avg record high F = 82.8
|Mar avg record high F = 91.3
|Apr avg record high F = 100.8
|May avg record high F = 107.0
|Jun avg record high F = 114.3
|Jul avg record high F = 116.5
|Aug avg record high F = 115.7
|Sep avg record high F = 111.6
|Oct avg record high F = 102.2
|Nov avg record high F = 90.1
|Dec avg record high F = 76.4
|year avg record high F = 118.2

|Jan high F = 68.7
|Feb high F = 72.7
|Mar high F = 79.9
|Apr high F = 86.5
|May high F = 95.5
|Jun high F = 105.3
|Jul high F = 108.4
|Aug high F = 107.6
|Sep high F = 103.1
|Oct high F = 90.3
|Nov high F = 77.6
|Dec high F = 66.7
|year high F = 

|Jan mean F = 55.1
|Feb mean F = 58.8
|Mar mean F = 64.9
|Apr mean F = 71.5
|May mean F = 80.0
|Jun mean F = 89.5
|Jul mean F = 94.6
|Aug mean F = 94.4
|Sep mean F = 88.4
|Oct mean F = 75.6
|Nov mean F = 63.4
|Dec mean F = 53.5
|year mean F = 

|Jan low F = 41.5
|Feb low F = 45.0
|Mar low F = 49.9
|Apr low F = 56.4
|May low F = 64.4
|Jun low F = 73.7
|Jul low F = 80.7
|Aug low F = 81.2
|Sep low F = 73.8
|Oct low F = 60.9
|Nov low F = 49.2
|Dec low F = 40.4
|year low F = 

|Jan avg record low F = 32.3
|Feb avg record low F = 35.6
|Mar avg record low F = 40.7
|Apr avg record low F = 47.7
|May avg record low F = 55.7
|Jun avg record low F = 64.2
|Jul avg record low F = 73.2
|Aug avg record low F = 72.4
|Sep avg record low F = 62.8
|Oct avg record low F = 50.0
|Nov avg record low F = 38.6
|Dec avg record low F = 30.9
|year avg record low F = 29.7

|Jan record low F = 10
|Feb record low F = 11
|Mar record low F = 21
|Apr record low F = 23
|May record low F = 37
|Jun record low F = 42
|Jul record low F = 55
|Aug record low F = 53
|Sep record low F = 38
|Oct record low F = 27
|Nov record low F = 18
|Dec record low F = 9

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 0.85
|Feb precipitation inch = 0.73
|Mar precipitation inch = 0.55
|Apr precipitation inch = 0.16
|May precipitation inch = 0.07
|Jun precipitation inch = 0.03
|Jul precipitation inch = 0.18
|Aug precipitation inch = 0.43
|Sep precipitation inch = 0.41
|Oct precipitation inch = 0.42
|Nov precipitation inch = 0.23
|Dec precipitation inch = 0.51
|year precipitation inch = 

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 2.9
|Feb precipitation days = 2.7
|Mar precipitation days = 2.4
|Apr precipitation days = 0.8
|May precipitation days = 0.3
|Jun precipitation days = 0.2
|Jul precipitation days = 1.4
|Aug precipitation days = 1.1
|Sep precipitation days = 1.1
|Oct precipitation days = 1.3
|Nov precipitation days = 1.0
|Dec precipitation days = 1.9

|source 1 = NOAA<ref name = NOAA>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00026250&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Parker, AZ
|access-date = April 16, 2023
}}
</ref>
|source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=psr
|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Phoenix
|access-date = April 16, 2023
}}
</ref>
}}