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Caspar, California Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Ft Bragg 5 N, 16.9 km from Caspar

The warmest month is August, with an average high of 65°F; the coldest is December, with an average low of 40°F. A normal year brings 43.2 in of precipitation.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Little River (LLR), since 1895. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Caspar through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.020406080100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
64°F
Normal low
48°F
Record high
79°Fin 1964
Record low
38°Fin 1999
Chance of a wet day
14%
Daylight
12 h 04 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January52°F40°F77°F (2014)24°F (1937)7.66 in15.63.15910
February54°F41°F80°F (1896)24°F (1989)7.27 in13.82.55000
March55°F41°F82°F (1934)28°F (1964)6.43 in14.80.95270
April57°F42°F80°F (2016)30°F (1999)3.60 in11.00.54560
May60°F45°F81°F (1982)29°F (1965)1.57 in7.30.03850
June63°F47°F84°F (1987)36°F (2021)0.74 in3.20.02960
July65°F49°F83°F (1984)38°F (2000)0.07 in2.10.02480
August65°F50°F83°F (1993)30°F (1995)0.10 in2.70.02351
September65°F49°F87°F (1939)34°F (2015)0.25 in3.60.02512
October62°F46°F91°F (1987)25°F (1925)2.26 in6.70.03481
November56°F43°F85°F (1895)26°F (2004)4.55 in13.31.04730
December52°F40°F81°F (1944)18°F (1990)8.66 in16.73.66000
Year59°F44°F43.16 in111124,9084

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

43.2 in in a normal year, most in December.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Caspar, in percent.0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Ft Bragg 5 N. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around March 2 and the first fall freeze around December 1, a growing season of about 272 days.

Median at 36°F
last April 16, first November 6
Median at 32°F
last March 2, first December 1
Median at 28°F
last January 7, first December 21

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Caspar.

Days with a mean dew point of 65°F or more are rare here in every month.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January43°F84%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February44°F84%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March45°F84%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April46°F83%100%0%0%0%0%0%
May49°F81%98%2%0%0%0%0%
June49°F74%96%4%0%0%0%0%
July50°F66%97%3%0%0%0%0%
August50°F65%95%5%0%0%0%0%
September48°F64%94%6%0%0%0%0%
October46°F69%96%4%0%0%0%0%
November45°F80%99%1%0%0%0%0%
December43°F84%99%1%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is July, with the sky 27 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is January, at 63 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is February, averaging 7.6 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 17, with 14 h 57 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 15, with 9 h 24 min.

Hours of daylight at Caspar through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

How Mendocino County 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 Mendocino County: 70.5°F (+1.8 °F against 1991-2020), the 11th warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Mendocino County: 0.03 in (-0.08 in against 1991-2020), the 57th wettest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Mendocino County: 59.0°F (+2.8 °F against 1991-2020), the 2nd warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Mendocino County: 22.63 in (-9.95 in against 1991-2020), the 33rd driest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
72.6°F in 2020
Coolest August
64.3°F in 1899
Wettest August
0.98 in in 1968
Driest August
0.00 in in 1898

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Mendocino County against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-4-20+2+41900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

California climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Caspar in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1895. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00043161 (Ft Bragg 5 N), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00043161, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.