Kingman sits on the eastern edge of the Mojave
Desert, but is located in a "cold semi-arid climate" instead of the
desert. The BSk climate type receives slightly more precipitation than
the BWh hot desert climate found to the south and west, and the
wintertime low temperatures are significantly colder. Kingman's higher elevation
and location between the Colorado Plateau and the Lower Colorado River Valley
keeps summer high temperatures away from the extremes (115 °F (46 °C)
or more) experienced by Phoenix and the Colorado River Valley
