Playability Score: 68/100 — Fair
Favorable weather window: 8 AM–10 AM (2–3 hours). Midday conditions: 104°F, wind 5 mph, 1% chance of rain.
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Yuma is statistically the sunniest place on earth, and its winter golf is as reliable as it gets — snowbird season runs November through March with near-zero rain risk. Spring afternoons turn breezy, and summer is extreme, with triple-digit heat making dawn the only sensible tee time.
Thunderstorms, snow, ice, dense fog and dangerous heat override the four factors above and cap the score outright, when forecast conditions are unsuitable. Course restrictions must be confirmed with the course.
In Yuma, the tee-time decision is almost entirely about temperature management. From November through March, you can tee off whenever you like — highs run 69–78°F and rain shows up maybe two or three days a month at most. But from late spring through early fall, the clock becomes your most important piece of equipment.
April is the hinge point: highs already hit 90°F, and by May the average high reaches 97°F with a 30-degree daily swing from the low. That swing is your window. June, July, and August deliver highs of 105–110°F, meaning a 10 a.m. tee time is already a gamble. Anyone playing Yuma in summer needs to be on the first hole before highs climb past 90°F by mid-morning — June through August lows never drop below 76°F, so even the coolest morning air is already warm.
March starts mild at 78°F but peaks winds average 13 mph — the windiest month of the year. By April, highs jump to 90°F and winds hold at 12.8 mph, pushing conditions past the comfortable range most of the day. Morning rounds before 9 a.m. are increasingly the right call by mid-April.
July tops out at 110°F average high and August sits at 109°F — both far beyond any comfortable playing window except the first hour or two after sunrise. The lows in July and August don't even drop below 84°F overnight, so there's no such thing as a truly cool morning. If you're in Yuma in summer, get out by 7 a.m. or skip it.
September's peak winds drop to 10 mph — the calmest month in the data — but the 104°F average high still demands morning tee times through most of the month. October pulls highs back to 93°F with winds at 10.2 mph, which makes late-morning rounds possible again.
Highs range from 69°F in January to 78°F in November, sitting squarely in the 60–80°F ideal band. Precip days top out at three per month in January and February, but Yuma's total rainfall is so low that those rarely mean a full washout. Winds run 10.4–12.5 mph in winter — not dead calm, but manageable for any tee time.
Highs in this stretch run 69–78°F, placing every afternoon in or near the ideal 60–80°F scoring range. Precip days max out at three in January and February, and the low of 47–54°F means mornings are cool but not cold. Wind averages 10.4–12.5 mph — the only real variable, but nothing that forces you to chase a narrow tee-time window.
With July highs averaging 110°F and August at 109°F, the only reasonable window is the first hour or two after first light — ideally starting by 6:30–7 a.m. Even the overnight lows in July and August stay at 84°F, so there's no cool reprieve late in the day. By 9 a.m. temperatures are already well above 90°F and climbing, so finishing before that mark is the practical target.
October is the transition month: the average high drops to 93°F and winds ease to 10.2 mph. Late-morning tee times become viable again, though 93°F is still above the comfortable range by midday. November is the cleaner entry point, with a 78°F average high that makes any tee time reasonable.
January, February, and August each average 3 precip days — the wettest months of the year, which tells you something about how dry Yuma is overall. March drops to 2 precip days, and April to just 1. Total rainfall is minimal enough that even on a 'precip day' the event is often brief; course closures due to rain are rare in winter.