El Centro, CA

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

El Centro has an annual average temperature of 74.3°F with about 2.5 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 106.9°F), and the coldest is December (average low 42.8°F). February is typically the wettest month (0.43 in) and June the driest (0.00 in).

Pleasant months
1 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
36.8°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
642
Cooling need
3,978

Best time to visit El Centro

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

49 of 366 (13.4%) of El Centro'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.

1930s
69
1940s
79
1950s
58
1960s
21
1970s
28
1980s
21
1990s
11
2000s
18
2010s
17
2020s
44

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 71.0°F 43.4°F 57.2°F 0.39 in 2
February 74.0°F 46.7°F 60.3°F 0.43 in 3
March 80.3°F 51.6°F 65.9°F 0.29 in 2
April 86.4°F 56.7°F 71.5°F 0.07 in 1
May 93.8°F 63.3°F 78.6°F 0.04 in 0
June 102.9°F 70.7°F 86.8°F 0.00 in 0
July 106.9°F 78.0°F 92.5°F 0.08 in 1
August 106.7°F 79.3°F 93.0°F 0.23 in 1
September 102.2°F 73.0°F 87.6°F 0.25 in 1
October 91.7°F 61.7°F 76.7°F 0.21 in 1
November 79.2°F 50.7°F 64.9°F 0.17 in 1
December 69.6°F 42.8°F 56.2°F 0.37 in 2

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