Novato, CA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from SAN RAFAEL CIVIC CTR, CA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Novato has an annual average temperature of 59.5°F with about 34.5 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is August (average high 81.3°F), and the coldest is December (average low 42.1°F). December is typically the wettest month (7.81 in) and July the driest (0.00 in).
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Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →56 of 366 (15.3%) of Novato'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 | 7 | |
| 1900s | 7 | |
| 1940s | 9 | |
| 1950s | 61 | |
| 1960s | 63 | |
| 1970s | 56 | |
| 1980s | 35 | |
| 1990s | 26 | |
| 2000s | 23 | |
| 2010s | 38 | |
| 2020s | 41 |
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 | 56.9°F | 42.6°F | 49.8°F | 7.13 in | — | 13 |
| February | 61.1°F | 44.0°F | 52.5°F | 6.94 in | — | 11 |
| March | 64.8°F | 45.5°F | 55.2°F | 4.42 in | — | 10 |
| April | 67.8°F | 47.5°F | 57.7°F | 1.99 in | — | 6 |
| May | 72.0°F | 50.6°F | 61.3°F | 0.94 in | — | 3 |
| June | 77.9°F | 53.5°F | 65.7°F | 0.15 in | — | 1 |
| July | 80.9°F | 54.9°F | 67.9°F | 0.00 in | — | 0 |
| August | 81.3°F | 55.5°F | 68.4°F | 0.05 in | — | 0 |
| September | 80.7°F | 54.4°F | 67.6°F | 0.07 in | — | 1 |
| October | 74.9°F | 51.4°F | 63.2°F | 1.46 in | — | 4 |
| November | 64.6°F | 46.0°F | 55.3°F | 3.49 in | — | 7 |
| December | 57.1°F | 42.1°F | 49.6°F | 7.81 in | — | 12 |
Climate twins of Novato
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).