Ridgecrest, CA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from CHINA LAKE NAF, CA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Ridgecrest has an annual average temperature of 65.3°F with about 4.7 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 104.6°F), and the coldest is December (average low 30.3°F). February is typically the wettest month (1.11 in) and June the driest (0.07 in).
Best time to visit Ridgecrest
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →93 of 366 (25.4%) of Ridgecrest'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.
| 1940s | 16 | |
| 1950s | 14 | |
| 1960s | 9 | |
| 1980s | 106 | |
| 1990s | 98 | |
| 2000s | 17 | |
| 2010s | 49 | |
| 2020s | 57 |
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 | 60.1°F | 30.8°F | 45.5°F | 0.94 in | — | — |
| February | 64.6°F | 35.4°F | 50.0°F | 1.11 in | — | — |
| March | 71.9°F | 41.8°F | 56.9°F | 0.55 in | — | — |
| April | 78.7°F | 47.4°F | 63.1°F | 0.24 in | — | — |
| May | 88.2°F | 55.5°F | 71.8°F | 0.10 in | — | — |
| June | 98.5°F | 63.7°F | 81.1°F | 0.07 in | — | — |
| July | 104.6°F | 70.4°F | 87.5°F | 0.12 in | — | — |
| August | 103.3°F | 68.6°F | 85.9°F | 0.11 in | — | — |
| September | 95.2°F | 60.5°F | 77.8°F | 0.24 in | — | — |
| October | 82.7°F | 48.5°F | 65.6°F | 0.27 in | — | — |
| November | 69.4°F | 36.8°F | 53.1°F | 0.38 in | — | — |
| December | 59.5°F | 30.3°F | 44.9°F | 0.54 in | — | — |
Climate twins of Ridgecrest
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).