Palmdale, CA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from PALMDALE, CA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
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).
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Full guide →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 |
Climate twins of Palmdale
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