Sebastopol, CA

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

Csb Warm-summer Mediterranean climate 9a USDA hardiness Zone 9a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Sebastopol has an annual average temperature of 57.9°F with about 39.9 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is August (average high 83.8°F), and the coldest is December (average low 36.8°F). December is typically the wettest month (8.34 in) and July the driest (0.01 in).

Annual swing
19.9°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
2,706
Cooling need
135

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

62 of 366 (16.9%) of Sebastopol'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.

1920s
17
1930s
53
1940s
5
1950s
16
1960s
19
1970s
38
1980s
49
1990s
25
2000s
44
2010s
64
2020s
36

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 58.0°F 37.3°F 47.7°F 7.88 in 13
February 62.3°F 39.0°F 50.7°F 7.48 in 12
March 65.9°F 40.7°F 53.3°F 5.18 in 11
April 70.2°F 42.2°F 56.2°F 2.58 in 7
May 75.2°F 45.5°F 60.4°F 1.41 in 4
June 81.3°F 48.3°F 64.8°F 0.41 in 2
July 82.6°F 50.5°F 66.5°F 0.01 in 0
August 83.8°F 50.3°F 67.1°F 0.06 in 1
September 83.7°F 48.0°F 65.9°F 0.18 in 2
October 78.2°F 44.2°F 61.2°F 1.98 in 4
November 66.8°F 39.7°F 53.3°F 4.43 in 9
December 57.7°F 36.8°F 47.2°F 8.34 in 13

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