Colusa, CA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from COLUSA 2 SSW, CA US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Colusa has an annual average temperature of 61.5°F with about 17.2 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 92.4°F), and the coldest is December (average low 37.7°F). January is typically the wettest month (3.58 in) and July the driest (0.01 in).

Annual swing
30.1°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
2,415
Cooling need
1,158

Best time to visit Colusa

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

73 of 366 (19.9%) of Colusa'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
11
1950s
75
1960s
43
1970s
37
1980s
24
1990s
31
2000s
52
2010s
40
2020s
53

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 54.6°F 38.2°F 46.4°F 3.58 in 11
February 60.2°F 41.1°F 50.7°F 2.97 in 9
March 66.5°F 43.8°F 55.1°F 2.19 in 8
April 73.4°F 46.1°F 59.7°F 1.00 in 5
May 81.1°F 53.4°F 67.3°F 0.84 in 3
June 88.2°F 58.7°F 73.4°F 0.51 in 1
July 92.4°F 59.9°F 76.2°F 0.01 in 0
August 91.7°F 58.1°F 74.9°F 0.03 in 0
September 89.1°F 54.4°F 71.8°F 0.11 in 1
October 79.0°F 47.9°F 63.5°F 0.87 in 3
November 64.1°F 41.8°F 53.0°F 1.91 in 6
December 54.5°F 37.7°F 46.1°F 3.17 in 9

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