Lemon Grove, CA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from CHULA VISTA, CA US.

BWk Desert (cold) climate 10a USDA hardiness Zone 10a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Lemon Grove has an annual average temperature of 63.3°F with about 9.2 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is September (average high 77.1°F), and the coldest is December (average low 46.0°F). February is typically the wettest month (2.33 in) and August the driest (0.01 in).

Pleasant months
9 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
15.1°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
1,191
Cooling need
582

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

66 of 366 (18%) of Lemon Grove'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.

1910s
3
1920s
10
1930s
18
1940s
8
1950s
14
1960s
15
1970s
12
1980s
81
1990s
57
2000s
52
2010s
64
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 67.5°F 46.5°F 57.0°F 1.82 in 5
February 66.8°F 48.3°F 57.5°F 2.33 in 7
March 67.0°F 51.4°F 59.2°F 1.39 in 5
April 68.4°F 53.5°F 61.0°F 0.67 in 3
May 68.9°F 58.0°F 63.4°F 0.27 in 1
June 71.0°F 61.2°F 66.1°F 0.05 in 0
July 74.6°F 64.7°F 69.7°F 0.06 in 0
August 76.9°F 65.8°F 71.3°F 0.01 in 0
September 77.1°F 64.0°F 70.6°F 0.09 in 1
October 74.9°F 58.5°F 66.7°F 0.36 in 1
November 71.1°F 50.9°F 61.0°F 0.57 in 3
December 66.5°F 46.0°F 56.2°F 1.58 in 5

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