Palmdale, CA

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

BWk Desert (cold) climate 8b USDA hardiness Zone 8b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Palmdale has an annual average temperature of 63.6°F with about 7.3 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 97.6°F), and the coldest is December (average low 34.2°F). February is typically the wettest month (1.84 in) and June the driest (0.02 in).

Annual swing
36.4°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
2,307
Cooling need
1,818

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

58 of 366 (15.8%) of Palmdale'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
1920s
0
1930s
20
1940s
25
1950s
72
1960s
23
1970s
26
1980s
24
1990s
56
2000s
42
2010s
35
2020s
43

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 59.5°F 34.7°F 47.1°F 1.43 in 5
February 62.9°F 37.4°F 50.2°F 1.84 in 5
March 69.2°F 41.6°F 55.4°F 1.08 in 4
April 75.4°F 45.8°F 60.6°F 0.39 in 2
May 82.7°F 53.3°F 68.0°F 0.11 in 1
June 91.6°F 60.6°F 76.1°F 0.02 in 0
July 97.6°F 67.5°F 82.6°F 0.17 in 1
August 97.6°F 66.3°F 82.0°F 0.04 in 0
September 92.5°F 60.4°F 76.4°F 0.14 in 1
October 80.8°F 50.1°F 65.5°F 0.40 in 1
November 67.7°F 39.5°F 53.6°F 0.40 in 3
December 58.1°F 34.2°F 46.2°F 1.30 in 4

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