Ceres, CA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from MODESTO CITY CO AP, CA US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Ceres has an annual average temperature of 63.1°F with about 12.3 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 95.0°F), and the coldest is December (average low 38.6°F). January is typically the wettest month (2.57 in) and July the driest (0.00 in).

Pleasant months
1 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
31.4°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
2,124
Cooling need
1,440

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

65 of 366 (17.8%) of Ceres'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
0
1910s
0
1920s
9
1930s
36
1940s
10
1950s
39
1960s
31
1970s
30
1980s
41
1990s
46
2000s
48
2010s
39
2020s
37

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 56.1°F 38.8°F 47.5°F 2.57 in 10
February 62.2°F 41.8°F 52.0°F 2.22 in 9
March 68.1°F 45.2°F 56.7°F 1.78 in 8
April 73.8°F 48.4°F 61.1°F 1.00 in 5
May 82.0°F 53.7°F 67.8°F 0.65 in 3
June 89.7°F 59.2°F 74.5°F 0.15 in 1
July 95.0°F 62.7°F 78.8°F 0.00 in 0
August 93.5°F 62.0°F 77.8°F 0.01 in 0
September 89.1°F 58.6°F 73.9°F 0.06 in 0
October 79.0°F 51.5°F 65.2°F 0.55 in 2
November 65.7°F 43.2°F 54.5°F 1.07 in 6
December 56.2°F 38.6°F 47.4°F 2.21 in 9

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