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Casa Grande Ruins National Monument visitation by month and year

March is the busiest month at Casa Grande Ruins, when the average temperature nearby is 62 degrees. August is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 91 degrees. March runs about 4.7 times the visits of August. The peak sits well away from the warmest month, which is July. Annual visits rose 28.3 percent from 68,379 in 2019 to 87,748 in 2025.

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Visits by month, with temperature and precipitation

Visits by month with average temperature, precipitation, Casa Grande Ruins04.0k8.0k12k16kJanuary: 10,486 visits on average, 52.3°FJanFebruary: 12,440 visits on average, 55.5°FFebMarch: 14,397 visits on average, 61.7°FMarApril: 8,529 visits on average, 68.6°FAprMay: 5,459 visits on average, 77.2°FMayJune: 4,314 visits on average, 86.6°FJunJuly: 3,661 visits on average, 91.8°FJulAugust: 3,036 visits on average, 90.8°FAugSeptember: 3,935 visits on average, 85.2°FSepOctober: 4,835 visits on average, 73.4°FOctNovember: 7,380 visits on average, 60.8°FNovDecember: 7,805 visits on average, 51.6°FDecJanuary: 52.3°F averageFebruary: 55.5°F averageMarch: 61.7°F averageApril: 68.6°F averageMay: 77.2°F averageJune: 86.6°F averageJuly: 91.8°F averageAugust: 90.8°F averageSeptember: 85.2°F averageOctober: 73.4°F averageNovember: 60.8°F averageDecember: 51.6°F average50°F60°F70°F80°F90°F100°FVisitsRain, inches0.0 in0.5 in1.0 in1.5 inJanuary: 0.98 in precipitationFebruary: 1.02 in precipitationMarch: 0.94 in precipitationApril: 0.25 in precipitationMay: 0.20 in precipitationJune: 0.06 in precipitationJuly: 1.12 in precipitationAugust: 1.24 in precipitationSeptember: 0.70 in precipitationOctober: 0.48 in precipitationNovember: 0.49 in precipitationDecember: 0.77 in precipitation
Bars are the average recreation visits in each month over 2021 to 2025. The line is the average temperature at Casa Grande NM, under a mile from the park's reference point at 1,419 feet, station USC00021314 in the NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals. The lower panel is monthly rain from the same station, which records under an inch of snow a year.

Annual visits, 1979 to 2025

Annual recreation visits, Casa Grande Ruins050k100k150k198019902000201020201979: 112,4821980: 109,2021981: 102,7681982: 105,1901983: 119,2291984: 133,6801985: 142,2521986: 160,9361987: 179,9151988: 166,7821989: 164,0111990: 175,0251991: 176,9101992: 172,3451993: 161,8861994: 170,5721995: 164,7531996: 155,9411997: 157,4471998: 150,7151999: 151,1852000: 124,1302001: 132,6302002: 85,3752003: 87,6872004: 93,9332005: 97,2142006: 88,2952007: 76,8542008: 73,7632009: 76,3502010: 77,3472011: 72,3082012: 68,6312013: 65,1062014: 63,6982015: 72,6062016: 75,7522017: 75,5832018: 62,9952019: 68,3792020: 44,2692021: 49,2612022: 78,5572023: 111,3922024: 104,4292025: 87,7482025: 88k
Recreation visits per calendar year. A year with a missing month is left blank rather than estimated.

The last ten years

YearRecreation visitsChange on prior year
202587,748-16.0%
2024104,429-6.3%
2023111,392+41.8%
202278,557+59.5%
202149,261+11.3%
202044,269-35.3%
201968,379+8.5%
201862,995-16.7%
201775,583-0.2%
201675,752+4.3%

Visitation at other parks

Source: NPS Visitor Use Statistics, monthly recreation visits, as compiled for Publicopia Labs. A year is shown only when all twelve months were reported. Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals are the 1991 to 2020 monthly averages published by NOAA NCEI for station USC00021314, 1,419 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.