Needles, CA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from NEEDLES AP, CA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Needles has an annual average temperature of 76.2°F with about 4.3 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 110.5°F), and the coldest is December (average low 45.0°F). February is typically the wettest month (0.79 in) and June the driest (0.04 in).
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All-time records →126 of 366 (34.4%) of Needles'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.
| 1940s | 27 | |
| 1950s | 27 | |
| 1960s | 29 | |
| 1970s | 27 | |
| 1980s | 35 | |
| 1990s | 26 | |
| 2000s | 44 | |
| 2010s | 72 | |
| 2020s | 79 |
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 | 66.4°F | 46.0°F | 56.2°F | 0.73 in | — | 3 |
| February | 71.0°F | 48.8°F | 59.9°F | 0.79 in | — | 4 |
| March | 79.1°F | 54.1°F | 66.6°F | 0.51 in | — | 3 |
| April | 86.6°F | 60.8°F | 73.7°F | 0.18 in | — | 1 |
| May | 96.2°F | 70.0°F | 83.1°F | 0.07 in | — | 1 |
| June | 106.4°F | 79.6°F | 93.0°F | 0.04 in | — | 0 |
| July | 110.5°F | 86.6°F | 98.5°F | 0.27 in | — | 2 |
| August | 109.3°F | 85.4°F | 97.4°F | 0.39 in | — | 2 |
| September | 102.6°F | 77.3°F | 90.0°F | 0.34 in | — | 2 |
| October | 89.5°F | 64.6°F | 77.0°F | 0.22 in | — | 2 |
| November | 75.1°F | 52.5°F | 63.8°F | 0.34 in | — | 2 |
| December | 64.5°F | 45.0°F | 54.7°F | 0.44 in | — | 2 |
Climate twins of Needles
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).