Coalinga, CA

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

BWh Desert (hot) climate 9a USDA hardiness Zone 9a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Coalinga has an annual average temperature of 65.9°F with about 8.2 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 100.8°F), and the coldest is December (average low 37.3°F). January is typically the wettest month (1.95 in) and August the driest (0.01 in).

Annual swing
36°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
1,872
Cooling need
2,205

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

59 of 366 (16.1%) of Coalinga'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.

1940s
17
1950s
26
1960s
34
1970s
22
1980s
44
1990s
62
2000s
70
2010s
74
2020s
17

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 59.7°F 38.2°F 49.0°F 1.95 in 7
February 65.2°F 40.5°F 52.8°F 1.76 in 8
March 71.5°F 44.6°F 58.0°F 1.53 in 5
April 77.5°F 48.7°F 63.1°F 0.37 in 3
May 86.5°F 55.7°F 71.1°F 0.32 in 2
June 94.8°F 62.5°F 78.6°F 0.11 in 0
July 100.8°F 68.8°F 84.8°F 0.02 in 0
August 100.3°F 66.8°F 83.5°F 0.01 in 0
September 94.7°F 61.1°F 77.9°F 0.06 in 0
October 83.3°F 52.0°F 67.6°F 0.33 in 2
November 69.6°F 42.2°F 55.9°F 0.50 in 3
December 60.2°F 37.3°F 48.8°F 1.22 in 6

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