Atwater, CA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from MERCED, CA US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 9a USDA hardiness Zone 9a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Atwater has an annual average temperature of 61.6°F with about 12.5 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 94.8°F), and the coldest is December (average low 36.2°F). January is typically the wettest month (2.67 in) and July the driest (0.01 in).

Annual swing
32.8°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
2,529
Cooling need
1,290

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

20 of 366 (5.5%) of Atwater'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.

1890s
3
1900s
87
1910s
19
1920s
39
1930s
36
1940s
13
1950s
28
1960s
26
1970s
18
1980s
26
1990s
16
2000s
31
2010s
9
2020s
15

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 54.1°F 36.9°F 45.5°F 2.67 in 10
February 60.6°F 39.2°F 49.9°F 2.24 in 9
March 66.5°F 42.4°F 54.4°F 1.89 in 8
April 73.0°F 45.5°F 59.2°F 1.01 in 4
May 81.9°F 51.7°F 66.8°F 0.59 in 3
June 89.3°F 57.2°F 73.2°F 0.13 in 1
July 94.8°F 61.8°F 78.3°F 0.01 in 0
August 93.8°F 60.1°F 77.0°F 0.01 in 0
September 89.3°F 56.1°F 72.7°F 0.07 in 1
October 78.6°F 48.7°F 63.6°F 0.73 in 3
November 64.5°F 40.8°F 52.6°F 1.18 in 5
December 54.7°F 36.2°F 45.5°F 1.98 in 9

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