Kingsburg, CA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from HANFORD 1 S, CA US.

BWk Desert (cold) climate 9a USDA hardiness Zone 9a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Kingsburg has an annual average temperature of 63.9°F with about 8.5 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 97.9°F), and the coldest is December (average low 36.0°F). January is typically the wettest month (1.79 in) and August the driest (0.01 in).

Annual swing
35.7°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
2,178
Cooling need
1,791

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

52 of 366 (14.2%) of Kingsburg'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
1
1900s
59
1910s
37
1920s
52
1930s
49
1940s
15
1950s
24
1960s
18
1970s
12
1980s
17
1990s
6
2000s
15
2010s
29
2020s
32

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 55.9°F 37.3°F 46.6°F 1.79 in 8
February 62.5°F 40.2°F 51.3°F 1.43 in 8
March 69.1°F 44.8°F 57.0°F 1.52 in 6
April 75.3°F 48.6°F 62.0°F 0.72 in 4
May 83.7°F 55.1°F 69.4°F 0.31 in 2
June 91.9°F 61.4°F 76.7°F 0.12 in 1
July 97.9°F 66.0°F 81.9°F 0.02 in 0
August 97.0°F 64.3°F 80.6°F 0.01 in 0
September 91.5°F 59.3°F 75.4°F 0.07 in 1
October 80.5°F 50.9°F 65.7°F 0.43 in 2
November 66.8°F 41.8°F 54.3°F 0.66 in 4
December 56.4°F 36.0°F 46.2°F 1.44 in 7

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