California Climate: Rankings, Normals and Frost Dates by Town

How California is running

NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, from the nClimGrid analysis of every station, updated early each month. A rank of 1 is the highest or lowest of all years since 1895.

August 2026 in California: 79.0°F (+3.5 °F against 1991-2020), the warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in California: 0.09 in (-0.08 in against 1991-2020), the 30th driest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in California: 63.6°F (+3.4 °F against 1991-2020), the warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in California: 10.13 in (-4.53 in against 1991-2020), the 29th driest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August: 79.0°F in 2026
Coolest August: 68.9°F in 1899
Wettest August: 1.14 in in 1983
Driest August: 0.01 in in 1937

Every year since 1895

Main weather stations

Annual 1991-2020 normals at the first-order (airport and Weather Service) stations; freeze dates are the median for 32°F.

Station	Avg high	Avg low	Precipitation	Snowfall	Last freeze	First freeze
Alturas Muni AP	63.4°F	31.8°F	11.68 in		June 3	September 12
Arcata Eureka AP	60.1°F	44.8°F	46.12 in		March 8	November 30
Avalon Catalina AP	68.1°F	54.2°F	12.77 in		Rare	Rare
Bakersfield AP	78.2°F	54.3°F	6.36 in	0.1 in	January 17	December 15
Barstow Daggett AP	82.1°F	53.8°F	3.77 in	0.2 in	February 19	November 26
Bishop AP	76.4°F	38.2°F	4.84 in		April 29	October 15
Blue Canyon AP	59.1°F	45.2°F	62.44 in		May 4	November 4
Blythe AP	88.2°F	60.5°F	3.56 in		January 5	December 21
Bodega 6 Wsw	59.3°F	47.7°F	28.90 in		Rare	Rare
Burbank Glendale Pasadena AP	76.0°F	54.3°F	13.91 in		Rare	Rare
Camarillo AP	73.0°F	52.0°F	12.01 in		Rare	Rare
Campo Asos	74.8°F	41.9°F	12.57 in		April 29	November 1
Carlsbad Palomar AP	69.2°F	55.8°F	11.39 in		Rare	Rare
China Lake Naf	81.4°F	49.2°F	4.67 in		March 11	November 12
Chino AP	80.8°F	51.4°F	9.98 in		January 17	December 19
Concord Buchanan Fld	73.6°F	50.4°F	16.05 in		January 9	December 14
Crescent City Mcnamara AP	59.5°F	46.3°F	57.98 in		January 30	December 25
Desert Resorts Rgnl AP	88.7°F	56.3°F	2.96 in	0.0 in	February 7	December 2
El Centro Naf	88.8°F	58.5°F	5.11 in		January 6	December 21
Eureka WFO Woodley Island	59.2°F	46.0°F	40.40 in	0.0 in	February 22	December 7
Fallbrook 5 Ne	76.8°F	53.4°F	15.31 in		Rare	Rare
Fresno Yosemite Intl AP	76.3°F	53.7°F	10.99 in	0.0 in	January 14	December 14
Fullerton Muni AP	76.4°F	56.0°F	11.86 in		Rare	Rare
Hanford Muni AP	77.9°F	48.9°F	8.13 in		February 20	November 23
Hawthorne Muni AP	72.0°F	57.0°F	11.77 in		Rare	Rare
Hayward Air Terminal	68.5°F	50.8°F	16.00 in		Rare	Rare
Imperial Beach Ream Fld Nas	69.7°F	55.0°F	8.58 in		Rare	Rare
Imperial CO AP	88.6°F	58.7°F	2.38 in		January 14	December 24
Lancaster Wm J Fox Fld	77.0°F	47.1°F	6.81 in		April 3	November 1
Lemoore Reeves Nas	77.6°F	48.4°F	7.19 in		February 24	November 22
Livermore Muni AP	72.7°F	47.0°F	15.18 in		February 27	December 1
Long Beach Daugherty Fld	73.9°F	55.9°F	12.02 in		Rare	Rare
Los Angeles Dwtn Usc Campus	74.8°F	56.8°F	14.25 in		Rare	Rare
Los Angeles Intl AP	70.6°F	56.6°F	12.23 in		Rare	Rare
Madera Muni AP	77.3°F	49.2°F	10.79 in		February 12	November 30
March AFB	78.6°F	47.9°F	10.65 in
Marysville Yuba CO AP	75.5°F	48.6°F	20.07 in		February 11	November 30
Merced 23 Wsw	75.8°F	43.5°F	10.45 in		March 28	November 14
Merced Muni AP	76.4°F	48.2°F	11.80 in		February 26	November 25
Modesto City CO AP	75.9°F	50.3°F	12.27 in		January 31	December 5
Moffett Federal Airfield	69.3°F	50.6°F	13.45 in		January 6	December 23
Montague Siskiyou CO AP	68.1°F	37.5°F	11.99 in		May 12	October 8
Monterey Peninsul AP	65.8°F	48.9°F	16.24 in		January 2	December 23
Mt Shasta	62.8°F	37.9°F	37.62 in		May 6	October 12
Napa CO AP	69.9°F	45.6°F	20.23 in		March 5	November 21
Needles AP	88.1°F	64.2°F	4.32 in	0.0 in	Rare	Rare
North Island Nas	70.5°F	57.3°F	9.33 in	0.0 in	Rare	Rare
Oakland Metro Intl AP	66.4°F	49.7°F	18.68 in		January 7	December 23
Oceanside Muni AP	71.3°F	50.7°F	11.86 in		January 23	December 11
Ontario Intl AP	79.5°F	54.1°F	11.64 in		Rare	Rare
Oroville Muni AP	75.1°F	51.3°F	25.67 in		January 29	December 7
Oxnard Ventura CO AP	69.2°F	53.3°F	12.93 in		Rare	Rare
Palm Springs Rgnl AP	88.9°F	62.3°F	4.61 in		Rare	Rare
Palmdale AP	77.2°F	48.1°F	5.90 in		March 18	November 15
Paso Robles Muni AP	76.8°F	43.2°F	12.15 in	0.0 in	April 4	November 5
Point Mugu Nf	69.1°F	51.2°F	12.53 in		Rare	Rare
Ramona AP	76.3°F	46.1°F	14.65 in		March 19	November 23
Red Bluff Muni AP	76.0°F	50.6°F	23.12 in		February 22	November 29
Redding 12 Wnw	73.0°F	47.9°F	47.13 in		March 19	November 22
Redding Muni AP	76.6°F	50.2°F	33.52 in	2.6 in	March 3	November 21
Riverside Muni AP	79.5°F	53.0°F	9.37 in		January 9	December 30
Sacramento 5 Ese	75.7°F	51.1°F	19.20 in	0.0 in	January 12	December 16
Sacramento Executive AP	74.7°F	48.9°F	18.14 in		February 2	December 2
Sacramento Metro AP	74.6°F	47.8°F	17.97 in		February 22	November 24
Salinas Municipal AP	68.1°F	48.1°F	12.58 in		January 29	December 10
San Diego Brown Fld	72.5°F	52.7°F	10.23 in		Rare	Rare
San Diego Lindbergh Fld	70.9°F	58.5°F	9.79 in		Rare	Rare
San Diego Miramar Nas	73.4°F	55.1°F	11.48 in		Rare	Rare
San Diego Montgomery Fld	73.5°F	54.8°F	11.02 in		Rare	Rare
San Francisco Dwtn	64.1°F	51.3°F	22.89 in		Rare	Rare
San Francisco Intl AP	66.9°F	50.6°F	19.64 in		Rare	Rare
San Jose	71.2°F	50.2°F	13.48 in		January 12	December 22
San Luis Obispo AP	71.9°F	47.4°F	17.94 in		January 31	December 11
Sandberg	68.0°F	49.4°F	13.14 in		April 15	November 26
Santa Ana John Wayne AP	72.6°F	57.3°F	11.18 in		Rare	Rare
Santa Barbara 11 W	67.3°F	49.6°F	18.98 in		Rare	Rare
Santa Barbara Muni AP	69.2°F	49.4°F	17.25 in		January 11	December 16
Santa Maria Public AP	69.6°F	47.6°F	13.32 in		February 4	December 13
Santa Monica Muni AP	70.3°F	55.3°F	13.45 in		Rare	Rare
Santa Rosa Sonoma CO AP	71.8°F	44.5°F	33.78 in		March 2	November 20
South Lake Tahoe AP	59.2°F	29.1°F	20.46 in
Stockton Metro AP	76.7°F	49.4°F	13.45 in		February 6	December 1
Stovepipe Wells 1 Sw	89.0°F	65.0°F	1.95 in		January 4	December 22
Torrance AP	71.9°F	54.1°F	13.64 in	0.0 in	Rare	Rare
Ukiah Muni AP	74.4°F	45.2°F	34.84 in		March 5	November 21
Vacaville Nut Tree AP	76.2°F	47.9°F	24.84 in		February 18	November 28
Van Nuys AP	78.9°F	54.3°F	13.42 in		Rare	Rare
Watsonville Muni AP	68.1°F	46.3°F	22.35 in		January 31	December 9
Yosemite Village 12 W	56.3°F	42.7°F	40.44 in		May 12	November 1

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Sources

Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance. Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020. Both public domain.