Hot desert
Queen Creek, Arizona
Maricopa County, Arizona · Population 66k · 1,404 ft elevation
Living in Queen Creek
Queen Creek has a hot desert climate: scorching summers (July highs around 106°F) and mild winters (January lows around 41°F).
Precipitation is very dry at about 11″ a year, and it essentially never sees snow.
Skies are exceptionally sunny (86% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 73, with about 38 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Queen Creek: about 24% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,100 ft around town.
Queen Creek at a glance
- Population
- 66k
- Elevation
- 1,404 ft
- Average daily high
- 87°F99th percentile
- Average daily low
- 58°F89th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 11″4th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 0″0th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,834 hrs98th percentile
- Median AQI
- 7397th percentile
- Median home value
- $577k86th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,176/mo90th percentile
- Median household income
- $135k90th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.48%7th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 2.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 98%93th percentile
- Walkability index
- 6.518th percentile
- Average commute
- 31 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 53%63th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 10093th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8685th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 4%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 24%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,067 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 68°F | 41°F | 1.4″ | — | 249 hrs |
| Feb | 71°F | 43°F | 1.5″ | — | 238 hrs |
| Mar | 78°F | 48°F | 1.3″ | — | 311 hrs |
| Apr | 86°F | 54°F | 0.4″ | — | 348 hrs |
| May | 95°F | 62°F | 0.2″ | — | 397 hrs |
| Jun | 105°F | 71°F | 0.1″ | — | 409 hrs |
| Jul | 106°F | 79°F | 1.2″ | — | 378 hrs |
| Aug | 105°F | 79°F | 1.3″ | — | 362 hrs |
| Sep | 101°F | 72°F | 1.1″ | — | 330 hrs |
| Oct | 90°F | 60°F | 0.6″ | — | 312 hrs |
| Nov | 77°F | 48°F | 0.8″ | — | 264 hrs |
| Dec | 67°F | 41°F | 1.1″ | — | 238 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