Los Angeles, CA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from CULVER CITY, CA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Los Angeles has an annual average temperature of 63.8°F with about 14.1 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is August (average high 79.1°F), and the coldest is December (average low 47.3°F). February is typically the wettest month (3.46 in) and August the driest (0.00 in).
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All-time records →32 of 366 (8.7%) of Los Angeles'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.
| 1930s | 23 | |
| 1940s | 37 | |
| 1950s | 65 | |
| 1960s | 50 | |
| 1970s | 51 | |
| 1980s | 55 | |
| 1990s | 29 | |
| 2000s | 18 | |
| 2010s | 24 | |
| 2020s | 14 |
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 | 66.6°F | 48.0°F | 57.3°F | 3.25 in | — | 6 |
| February | 66.5°F | 48.5°F | 57.5°F | 3.46 in | — | 6 |
| March | 68.2°F | 50.8°F | 59.5°F | 2.16 in | — | 4 |
| April | 70.8°F | 53.1°F | 61.9°F | 0.60 in | — | 2 |
| May | 72.0°F | 56.6°F | 64.3°F | 0.38 in | — | 1 |
| June | 74.7°F | 60.3°F | 67.5°F | 0.06 in | — | 0 |
| July | 78.0°F | 63.1°F | 70.6°F | 0.02 in | — | 1 |
| August | 79.1°F | 63.6°F | 71.3°F | 0.00 in | — | 0 |
| September | 78.4°F | 62.2°F | 70.3°F | 0.13 in | — | 0 |
| October | 75.8°F | 57.9°F | 66.9°F | 0.56 in | — | 1 |
| November | 70.6°F | 51.9°F | 61.3°F | 0.94 in | — | 3 |
| December | 65.9°F | 47.3°F | 56.6°F | 2.49 in | — | 5 |
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