Ojai, CA

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

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Ojai has an annual average temperature of 60.2°F with about 20.7 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is August (average high 91.2°F), and the coldest is December (average low 33.2°F). February is typically the wettest month (5.24 in) and August the driest (0.00 in).

Annual swing
23.1°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
2,331
Cooling need
585

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

46 of 366 (12.6%) of Ojai'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
15
1910s
53
1920s
45
1930s
54
1940s
21
1950s
29
1960s
21
1970s
22
1980s
14
1990s
19
2000s
19
2010s
28
2020s
26

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 66.0°F 34.5°F 50.2°F 5.09 in 7
February 66.9°F 35.8°F 51.3°F 5.24 in 8
March 69.8°F 38.7°F 54.3°F 3.41 in 0.1 in 7
April 74.0°F 41.2°F 57.6°F 1.08 in 4
May 77.4°F 46.0°F 61.7°F 0.54 in 3
June 82.1°F 49.7°F 65.9°F 0.11 in 1
July 88.8°F 54.1°F 71.5°F 0.07 in 1
August 91.2°F 53.5°F 72.4°F 0.00 in 0
September 88.2°F 51.1°F 69.7°F 0.10 in 1
October 80.9°F 44.9°F 62.9°F 0.84 in 3
November 72.7°F 37.4°F 55.0°F 1.32 in 4
December 65.3°F 33.2°F 49.3°F 2.88 in 7

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