Imperial, CA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from IMPERIAL CO AP, CA US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Imperial has an annual average temperature of 73.7°F with about 2.4 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 107.8°F), and the coldest is December (average low 41.2°F). January is typically the wettest month (0.41 in) and June the driest (0.00 in).

Annual swing
38.7°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
792
Cooling need
3,909

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Climate change signal

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125 of 366 (34.2%) of Imperial'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.

1960s
94
1970s
39
1980s
14
2000s
63
2010s
82
2020s
74

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 70.5°F 41.5°F 56.0°F 0.41 in 2
February 73.7°F 45.2°F 59.4°F 0.38 in 2
March 80.1°F 50.6°F 65.3°F 0.29 in 1
April 86.3°F 55.5°F 70.9°F 0.08 in 1
May 94.3°F 62.1°F 78.2°F 0.07 in 0
June 103.5°F 70.2°F 86.8°F 0.00 in 0
July 107.8°F 78.4°F 93.1°F 0.11 in 1
August 107.7°F 79.4°F 93.6°F 0.15 in 1
September 102.2°F 72.2°F 87.2°F 0.18 in 1
October 90.4°F 60.0°F 75.2°F 0.19 in 1
November 78.3°F 48.4°F 63.3°F 0.18 in 1
December 68.7°F 41.2°F 54.9°F 0.34 in 2

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