Los Altos Hills, CA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from SKYLINE RIDGE PRESERVE, CA US.

Csb Warm-summer Mediterranean climate 9b USDA hardiness Zone 9b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Los Altos Hills has an annual average temperature of 57.1°F with about 42.2 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is August (average high 80.9°F), and the coldest is December (average low 40.1°F). December is typically the wettest month (8.41 in) and July the driest (0.04 in).

Pleasant months
3 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
22.7°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
3,186
Cooling need
357

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Climate change signal

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201 of 366 (54.9%) of Los Altos Hills'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.

1990s
18
2000s
92
2010s
152
2020s
104

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 54.7°F 40.9°F 47.8°F 7.77 in 14
February 55.1°F 40.3°F 47.7°F 7.97 in 14
March 58.4°F 41.3°F 49.8°F 6.32 in 13
April 61.6°F 42.6°F 52.1°F 3.37 in 10
May 66.9°F 47.2°F 57.0°F 1.29 in 7
June 75.2°F 52.0°F 63.6°F 0.42 in 3
July 80.6°F 57.7°F 69.2°F 0.04 in 1
August 80.9°F 58.5°F 69.7°F 0.11 in 2
September 78.9°F 57.1°F 68.0°F 0.18 in 2
October 71.0°F 51.7°F 61.4°F 1.73 in 5
November 60.4°F 44.4°F 52.4°F 4.60 in 11
December 53.8°F 40.1°F 47.0°F 8.41 in 15

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