Nevada City, CA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from NEVADA CITY, CA US.

Csa Hot-summer Mediterranean climate 8b USDA hardiness Zone 8b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Nevada City has an annual average temperature of 56.2°F with about 62.3 inches of precipitation per year and 14.5 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 87.2°F), and the coldest is December (average low 34.6°F). December is typically the wettest month (12.22 in) and July the driest (0.03 in). Snow typically falls from November through April.

Pleasant months
1 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
32°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
3,810
Cooling need
645

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

15 of 366 (4.1%) of Nevada City'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.

1890s
3
1900s
41
1910s
78
1920s
45
1930s
89
1940s
37
1950s
13
1960s
12
1970s
5
1980s
15
1990s
4
2000s
5
2010s
4
2020s
15

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 50.6°F 35.4°F 43.0°F 10.87 in 2.3 in 14
February 52.8°F 35.2°F 44.0°F 10.49 in 4.6 in 12
March 57.0°F 37.2°F 47.1°F 9.86 in 3.2 in 12
April 62.5°F 39.9°F 51.2°F 5.24 in 0.9 in 9
May 70.6°F 47.1°F 58.9°F 2.88 in 6
June 79.4°F 53.7°F 66.6°F 0.94 in 3
July 87.2°F 59.7°F 73.5°F 0.03 in 0
August 86.7°F 59.0°F 72.9°F 0.14 in 1
September 81.8°F 55.2°F 68.5°F 0.53 in 2
October 70.6°F 47.3°F 59.0°F 2.87 in 4
November 57.0°F 39.6°F 48.3°F 6.19 in 0.8 in 9
December 48.3°F 34.6°F 41.5°F 12.22 in 2.7 in 12

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