Alturas, CA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from ALTURAS, CA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Alturas has an annual average temperature of 48.4°F with about 11.7 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 89.7°F), and the coldest is January (average low 21.3°F). December is typically the wettest month (1.51 in) and July the driest (0.23 in).
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All-time records →12 of 366 (3.3%) of Alturas's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1900s | 13 | |
| 1910s | 52 | |
| 1930s | 40 | |
| 1940s | 13 | |
| 1950s | 51 | |
| 1960s | 93 | |
| 1970s | 8 | |
| 1980s | 25 | |
| 1990s | 24 | |
| 2000s | 32 | |
| 2010s | 11 | |
| 2020s | 4 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44.1°F | 21.3°F | 32.7°F | 1.49 in | — | 9 |
| February | 47.3°F | 23.1°F | 35.2°F | 0.98 in | — | 9 |
| March | 53.2°F | 27.2°F | 40.2°F | 1.22 in | — | 9 |
| April | 59.2°F | 30.9°F | 45.0°F | 1.21 in | — | 10 |
| May | 69.6°F | 37.4°F | 53.5°F | 1.39 in | — | 8 |
| June | 79.1°F | 42.2°F | 60.6°F | 0.71 in | — | 5 |
| July | 89.7°F | 46.3°F | 68.0°F | 0.23 in | — | 2 |
| August | 88.2°F | 44.4°F | 66.3°F | 0.30 in | — | 2 |
| September | 81.0°F | 38.1°F | 59.6°F | 0.37 in | — | 3 |
| October | 67.0°F | 30.7°F | 48.8°F | 0.94 in | — | 5 |
| November | 51.8°F | 25.1°F | 38.5°F | 1.39 in | — | 8 |
| December | 41.5°F | 22.5°F | 32.0°F | 1.51 in | — | 8 |
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