Colfax, CA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from COLFAX, CA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Colfax has an annual average temperature of 59.2°F with about 45.9 inches of precipitation per year and 7.2 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 92.1°F), and the coldest is December (average low 36.1°F). December is typically the wettest month (8.52 in) and July the driest (0.02 in). Snow typically falls from November through April.
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Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →42 of 366 (11.5%) of Colfax'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 | 31 | |
| 1910s | 30 | |
| 1920s | 25 | |
| 1930s | 38 | |
| 1940s | 24 | |
| 1950s | 28 | |
| 1960s | 35 | |
| 1970s | 28 | |
| 1980s | 19 | |
| 1990s | 10 | |
| 2000s | 24 | |
| 2010s | 65 | |
| 2020s | 9 |
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 | 54.9°F | 36.7°F | 45.8°F | 7.83 in | 0.9 in | 11 |
| February | 56.9°F | 37.4°F | 47.1°F | 8.02 in | 2.6 in | 12 |
| March | 60.3°F | 39.5°F | 49.9°F | 7.24 in | 1.2 in | 11 |
| April | 65.6°F | 42.6°F | 54.1°F | 3.58 in | 0.6 in | 8 |
| May | 74.2°F | 49.1°F | 61.6°F | 2.27 in | — | 6 |
| June | 83.4°F | 56.1°F | 69.7°F | 0.70 in | — | 2 |
| July | 92.1°F | 62.5°F | 77.3°F | 0.02 in | — | 0 |
| August | 91.4°F | 61.1°F | 76.2°F | 0.11 in | — | 1 |
| September | 86.4°F | 57.1°F | 71.7°F | 0.35 in | — | 1 |
| October | 75.0°F | 48.8°F | 61.9°F | 2.11 in | — | 4 |
| November | 61.1°F | 40.8°F | 50.9°F | 5.15 in | 0.4 in | 9 |
| December | 53.5°F | 36.1°F | 44.8°F | 8.52 in | 1.5 in | 11 |
Climate twins of Colfax
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