El Cerrito, CA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BERKELEY, CA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
El Cerrito has an annual average temperature of 58.4°F with about 26.1 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is September (average high 76.3°F), and the coldest is December (average low 43.2°F). December is typically the wettest month (5.32 in) and July the driest (0.01 in).
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Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →52 of 366 (14.2%) of El Cerrito'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.
| 1890s | 16 | |
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 32 | |
| 1920s | 34 | |
| 1930s | 26 | |
| 1940s | 10 | |
| 1950s | 27 | |
| 1960s | 19 | |
| 1970s | 25 | |
| 1980s | 19 | |
| 1990s | 19 | |
| 2000s | 53 | |
| 2010s | 56 | |
| 2020s | 25 |
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 | 58.9°F | 43.3°F | 51.1°F | 4.84 in | — | 11 |
| February | 61.6°F | 44.5°F | 53.0°F | 5.12 in | — | 11 |
| March | 64.6°F | 45.9°F | 55.2°F | 3.84 in | — | 10 |
| April | 67.3°F | 46.7°F | 57.0°F | 1.83 in | — | 7 |
| May | 70.0°F | 49.4°F | 59.7°F | 0.80 in | — | 3 |
| June | 74.1°F | 51.7°F | 62.9°F | 0.26 in | — | 1 |
| July | 74.2°F | 53.2°F | 63.7°F | 0.01 in | — | 0 |
| August | 74.7°F | 54.2°F | 64.4°F | 0.05 in | — | 1 |
| September | 76.3°F | 53.6°F | 64.9°F | 0.12 in | — | 1 |
| October | 73.4°F | 51.6°F | 62.5°F | 1.19 in | — | 3 |
| November | 65.2°F | 46.9°F | 56.1°F | 2.74 in | — | 7 |
| December | 58.6°F | 43.2°F | 50.9°F | 5.32 in | — | 11 |
Climate twins of El Cerrito
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