Hot desert
Avenue B and C, Arizona
Yuma County, Arizona · Population 3.8k · 138 ft elevation
Living in Avenue B and C
Avenue B and C has a hot desert climate: scorching summers (July highs around 109°F) and very mild winters (January lows around 45°F).
Precipitation is very dry at about 3″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (90% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (11 days a year).
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 48, with about 7 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Avenue B and C: about 32% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 900 ft around town.
Avenue B and C at a glance
- Population
- 3.8k
- Elevation
- 138 ft
- Average daily high
- 90°F100th percentile
- Average daily low
- 59°F90th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 3″0th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 4,009 hrs100th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4880th percentile
- Median rent
- $733/mo7th percentile
- Median household income
- $41k5th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 2.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 24.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 67%1th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.576th percentile
- Average commute
- 27 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 35%32th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 31%
- Violent crime rate
- 353 per 100k77th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,153 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9357th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8786th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 12%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 32%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 886 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 71°F | 45°F | 0.4″ | — | 271 hrs |
| Feb | 75°F | 47°F | 0.3″ | — | 260 hrs |
| Mar | 82°F | 52°F | 0.3″ | — | 328 hrs |
| Apr | 89°F | 56°F | 0.1″ | — | 360 hrs |
| May | 97°F | 62°F | 0.1″ | — | 406 hrs |
| Jun | 106°F | 70°F | 0.0″ | — | 408 hrs |
| Jul | 109°F | 76°F | 0.3″ | — | 398 hrs |
| Aug | 109°F | 77°F | 0.3″ | — | 382 hrs |
| Sep | 104°F | 69°F | 0.1″ | — | 342 hrs |
| Oct | 93°F | 59°F | 0.2″ | — | 322 hrs |
| Nov | 79°F | 50°F | 0.3″ | — | 275 hrs |
| Dec | 69°F | 44°F | 0.8″ | — | 258 hrs |
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology