Santa Clarita, CA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from NEWHALL 5NW, CA US.

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

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Santa Clarita has an annual average temperature of 65.5°F with about 16.8 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is August (average high 95.8°F), and the coldest is December (average low 44.3°F). February is typically the wettest month (4.41 in) and July the driest (0.00 in).

Annual swing
26.5°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
1,401
Cooling need
1,590

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

0 of 366 (0%) of Santa Clarita'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.

1990s
18
2000s
192
2010s
156

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 63.2°F 46.6°F 54.9°F 4.23 in 0.1 in 5
February 64.7°F 44.7°F 54.7°F 4.41 in 6
March 70.4°F 47.1°F 58.7°F 2.90 in 4
April 74.2°F 48.7°F 61.4°F 0.83 in 3
May 80.8°F 53.5°F 67.1°F 0.30 in 1
June 87.4°F 56.7°F 72.0°F 0.02 in 0
July 94.2°F 63.2°F 78.7°F 0.00 in 0
August 95.8°F 64.1°F 79.9°F 0.00 in 0
September 90.9°F 62.4°F 76.6°F 0.11 in 1
October 81.1°F 56.3°F 68.7°F 0.52 in 2
November 71.3°F 49.2°F 60.2°F 0.82 in 3
December 62.4°F 44.3°F 53.4°F 2.62 in 5

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