Scotts Valley, CA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BEN LOMOND #4, CA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Scotts Valley has an annual average temperature of 60.5°F with about 49.6 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is August (average high 89.5°F), and the coldest is December (average low 36.8°F). December is typically the wettest month (10.43 in) and July the driest (0.01 in).
Best time to visit Scotts Valley
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →154 of 366 (42.1%) of Scotts Valley'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.
| 1970s | 39 | |
| 1980s | 34 | |
| 1990s | 37 | |
| 2000s | 41 | |
| 2010s | 148 | |
| 2020s | 67 |
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 | 64.6°F | 37.4°F | 51.0°F | 10.42 in | — | 12 |
| February | 66.9°F | 38.9°F | 52.9°F | 9.68 in | 0.1 in | 12 |
| March | 70.6°F | 40.5°F | 55.6°F | 7.00 in | — | 10 |
| April | 75.0°F | 41.9°F | 58.5°F | 3.28 in | — | 7 |
| May | 79.6°F | 45.7°F | 62.6°F | 1.24 in | — | 4 |
| June | 85.5°F | 48.6°F | 67.1°F | 0.24 in | — | 2 |
| July | 87.9°F | 51.2°F | 69.6°F | 0.01 in | — | 0 |
| August | 89.5°F | 51.0°F | 70.2°F | 0.04 in | — | 1 |
| September | 88.6°F | 48.9°F | 68.7°F | 0.12 in | — | 1 |
| October | 83.0°F | 44.2°F | 63.6°F | 2.17 in | — | 4 |
| November | 71.3°F | 39.6°F | 55.4°F | 5.00 in | — | 8 |
| December | 63.7°F | 36.8°F | 50.2°F | 10.43 in | — | 12 |
Climate twins of Scotts Valley
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).