Geography and climate
Yeshurun Farms is located at 34°30′7″N 109°22′18″W (34.501921, -109.371543),[12] in the White Mountains in northeast Arizona.[13] According to the United States Census Bureau.
The climate is cold semi-arid (BSk) with cold, dry winters and hot summers with relatively greater precipitation via erratic thunderstorms. Large diurnal temperature variations are typical, so that warm days are often followed by freezing nights.
| Climate data for Yesherun Farms, Arizona | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 73 (23) | 90 (32) | 85 (29) | 95 (35) | 99 (37) | 103 (39) | 104 (40) | 104 (40) | 99 (37) | 92 (33) | 82 (28) | 78 (26) | 104 (40) |
| Average high °F (°C) | 48.7 (9.3) | 55.0 (12.8) | 61.3 (16.3) | 69.6 (20.9) | 78.2 (25.7) | 87.9 (31.1) | 89.5 (31.9) | 86.9 (30.5) | 81.7 (27.6) | 71.3 (21.8) | 58.4 (14.7) | 48.9 (9.4) | 69.8 (21.0) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 34.1 (1.2) | 39.1 (3.9) | 45.2 (7.3) | 51.8 (11.0) | 60.5 (15.8) | 69.6 (20.9) | 73.8 (23.2) | 71.7 (22.1) | 65.6 (18.7) | 54.5 (12.5) | 42.3 (5.7) | 34.0 (1.1) | 53.5 (11.9) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 19.5 (−6.9) | 23.1 (−4.9) | 29.0 (−1.7) | 33.9 (1.1) | 42.8 (6.0) | 51.2 (10.7) | 58.1 (14.5) | 56.4 (13.6) | 49.5 (9.7) | 37.6 (3.1) | 26.2 (−3.2) | 19.1 (−7.2) | 37.2 (2.9) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −29 (−34) | −13 (−25) | −7 (−22) | 7 (−14) | 21 (−6) | 25 (−4) | 38 (3) | 38 (3) | 23 (−5) | 13 (−11) | −21 (−29) | −25 (−32) | −29 (−34) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 0.75 (19) | 0.56 (14) | 0.76 (19) | 0.45 (11) | 0.46 (12) | 0.49 (12) | 1.72 (44) | 2.33 (59) | 1.42 (36) | 1.17 (30) | 0.66 (17) | 0.70 (18) | 11.47 (291) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 4.1 (10) | 1.9 (4.8) | 2.6 (6.6) | 1.1 (2.8) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0.3 (0.76) | 1.6 (4.1) | 3.4 (8.6) | 15 (37.66) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 7.7 | 8.8 | 5.4 | 4.1 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 51.1 |
| Average snowy days (≥ 0.1 in) | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 5.1 |
| Source: NOAA [15] |