California City, CA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from MOJAVE, CA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
California City has an annual average temperature of 62.5°F with about 5.8 inches of precipitation per year and 1.2 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 97.2°F), and the coldest is December (average low 31.8°F). February is typically the wettest month (1.49 in) and June the driest (0.03 in). Snow typically falls from December through March.
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All-time records →29 of 366 (7.9%) of California City'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 | 98 | |
| 1910s | 71 | |
| 1940s | 0 | |
| 1950s | 0 | |
| 1960s | 22 | |
| 1970s | 32 | |
| 1980s | 46 | |
| 1990s | 30 | |
| 2000s | 26 | |
| 2010s | 39 | |
| 2020s | 2 |
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 | 57.9°F | 32.8°F | 45.3°F | 1.08 in | 0.5 in | 4 |
| February | 60.4°F | 34.9°F | 47.6°F | 1.49 in | 0.1 in | 4 |
| March | 66.5°F | 40.3°F | 53.4°F | 0.80 in | 0.2 in | 3 |
| April | 71.6°F | 45.3°F | 58.4°F | 0.21 in | — | 2 |
| May | 80.8°F | 53.2°F | 67.0°F | 0.13 in | — | 1 |
| June | 90.8°F | 63.6°F | 77.2°F | 0.03 in | — | 0 |
| July | 97.2°F | 69.1°F | 83.1°F | 0.18 in | — | 0 |
| August | 97.2°F | 67.2°F | 82.2°F | 0.17 in | — | 0 |
| September | 89.5°F | 60.6°F | 75.0°F | 0.10 in | — | 0 |
| October | 78.4°F | 49.4°F | 63.9°F | 0.42 in | — | 1 |
| November | 66.2°F | 38.6°F | 52.4°F | 0.34 in | — | 2 |
| December | 56.5°F | 31.8°F | 44.2°F | 0.81 in | 0.4 in | 3 |
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