Los Banos, CA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from LOS BANOS, CA US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Los Banos has an annual average temperature of 63.4°F with about 9.5 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 94.6°F), and the coldest is December (average low 38.4°F). January is typically the wettest month (2.07 in) and August the driest (0.01 in).

Pleasant months
1 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
32.1°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
2,106
Cooling need
1,536

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

42 of 366 (11.5%) of Los Banos'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.

1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
0
1930s
76
1940s
57
1950s
68
1960s
33
1970s
9
1980s
19
1990s
18
2000s
32
2010s
25
2020s
29

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 55.6°F 39.3°F 47.5°F 2.07 in 9
February 61.7°F 42.5°F 52.1°F 1.83 in 8
March 67.7°F 46.1°F 56.9°F 1.34 in 7
April 73.3°F 49.4°F 61.3°F 0.65 in 4
May 81.2°F 55.2°F 68.2°F 0.46 in 2
June 88.9°F 60.4°F 74.6°F 0.08 in 1
July 94.6°F 63.8°F 79.2°F 0.02 in 0
August 93.9°F 62.8°F 78.3°F 0.01 in 0
September 89.6°F 60.1°F 74.9°F 0.05 in 0
October 79.2°F 52.7°F 66.0°F 0.46 in 2
November 65.5°F 44.3°F 54.9°F 0.85 in 5
December 55.8°F 38.4°F 47.1°F 1.66 in 8

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