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Palermo, California Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Oroville Muni AP, 9.2 km from Palermo

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 96°F; the coldest is December, with an average low of 40°F. A normal year brings 25.7 in of precipitation and 0.1 in of snow.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Oroville (OVE), since 1998. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Palermo through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.20406080100120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
87°F
Normal low
58°F
Record high
98°Fin 2024
Record low
49°Fin 2000
Chance of a wet day
6%
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 daysSnowfallFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January55°F40°F83°F (2009)22°F (2013)5.20 in12.20.0 in4.15440
February61°F42°F86°F (2022)26°F (2018)4.79 in10.40.1 in1.83790
March66°F45°F87°F (2026)31°F (2002)3.33 in10.00.0 in0.12932
April72°F49°F96°F (2009)32°F (2022)1.80 in6.60.0 in0.016628
May81°F55°F104°F (2020)39°F (2000)1.05 in4.50.0 in0.047140
June90°F61°F111°F (2021)47°F (1999)0.32 in1.50.0 in0.06318
July96°F65°F114°F (2024)54°F (2000)0.04 in0.20.0 in0.00480
August94°F64°F109°F (2020)53°F (2001)0.04 in0.50.0 in0.00428
September89°F59°F111°F (2022)43°F (2007)0.16 in1.10.0 in0.05275
October78°F52°F101°F (2001)34°F (2019)1.44 in4.40.0 in0.07475
November64°F44°F85°F (2018)27°F (2015)2.87 in9.50.0 in0.83341
December55°F40°F84°F (2019)22°F (2009)4.63 in11.80.0 in4.25460
Year75°F51°F25.67 in730.1 in112,3941,747

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.

25.7 in in a normal year, most in January.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Palermo, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day
  • Chance of snowfall

Snow

NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normals for Paradise, 36.2 km away; Oroville Muni AP keeps no snowfall normals.

0.1 in of snow in a normal year.

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Oroville Muni AP. 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 January 29 and the first fall freeze around December 7, a growing season of about 317 days.

Median at 36°F
last March 6, first November 24
Median at 32°F
last January 29, first December 7
Median at 28°F
last January 9, first December 27

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

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

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

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January34°F77%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February36°F78%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March39°F78%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April42°F73%100%0%0%0%0%0%
May45°F64%97%3%0%0%0%0%
June44°F48%93%6%1%0%0%0%
July41°F32%97%3%0%0%0%0%
August37°F28%99%1%0%0%0%0%
September35°F32%99%1%0%0%0%0%
October33°F43%100%0%0%0%0%0%
November33°F61%100%0%0%0%0%0%
December33°F74%100%0%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 12 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is December, at 61 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 January, averaging 6.5 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 20, with 14 h 58 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 17, with 9 h 23 min.

Hours of daylight at Palermo 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 Butte 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 Butte County: 79.2°F (+3.5 °F against 1991-2020), the 5th warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Butte County: 0.00 in (-0.10 in against 1991-2020), the driest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Butte County: 65.0°F (+3.8 °F against 1991-2020), the warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Butte County: 23.71 in (-5.05 in against 1991-2020), the 53rd driest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
80.5°F in 1967
Coolest August
69.2°F in 1899
Wettest August
0.80 in in 1965
Driest August
0.00 in in 1909

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Butte 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 Palermo 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 1998. 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 USW00093210 (Oroville Muni AP), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00093210, 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.