Porterville, CA

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

BSh Semi-arid (hot) climate 9a USDA hardiness Zone 9a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Porterville has an annual average temperature of 65.7°F with about 11 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 98.4°F), and the coldest is December (average low 38.8°F). January is typically the wettest month (2.08 in) and August the driest (0.00 in).

Annual swing
34.4°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
1,800
Cooling need
2,043

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

0 of 366 (0%) of Porterville'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
29
1910s
67
1920s
59
1930s
44
1940s
13
1950s
34
1960s
29
1970s
24
1980s
24
1990s
29
2000s
14

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 59.1°F 39.7°F 49.4°F 2.08 in 9
February 64.6°F 43.1°F 53.9°F 1.92 in 9
March 70.5°F 46.6°F 58.5°F 2.04 in 7
April 76.0°F 49.7°F 62.9°F 0.95 in 5
May 84.1°F 56.3°F 70.2°F 0.34 in 2
June 92.7°F 62.5°F 77.6°F 0.10 in 1
July 98.4°F 68.4°F 83.4°F 0.05 in 0
August 97.1°F 66.7°F 81.9°F 0.00 in 0
September 92.3°F 62.3°F 77.3°F 0.06 in 1
October 82.0°F 53.4°F 67.7°F 0.55 in 2
November 68.4°F 44.3°F 56.3°F 0.95 in 5
December 59.2°F 38.8°F 49.0°F 1.93 in 8

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