Shafter, CA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from SHAFTER 6E, CA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Shafter has an annual average temperature of 62.9°F with about 7.7 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is August (average high 97.2°F), and the coldest is December (average low 33.8°F). February is typically the wettest month (1.45 in) and August the driest (0.00 in).
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All-time records →245 of 366 (66.9%) of Shafter'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.
| 2000s | 6 | |
| 2010s | 253 | |
| 2020s | 107 |
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 | 57.9°F | 36.5°F | 47.2°F | 1.31 in | — | 6 |
| February | 64.4°F | 38.7°F | 51.6°F | 1.45 in | — | 5 |
| March | 70.0°F | 42.9°F | 56.5°F | 1.43 in | — | 5 |
| April | 75.4°F | 45.8°F | 60.6°F | 0.66 in | — | 4 |
| May | 82.9°F | 52.1°F | 67.5°F | 0.32 in | — | 3 |
| June | 91.7°F | 57.6°F | 74.7°F | 0.06 in | — | 0 |
| July | 96.1°F | 63.2°F | 79.6°F | 0.01 in | — | 0 |
| August | 97.2°F | 62.5°F | 79.8°F | 0.00 in | — | 0 |
| September | 91.4°F | 57.3°F | 74.4°F | 0.08 in | — | 0 |
| October | 79.7°F | 46.8°F | 63.2°F | 0.28 in | — | 2 |
| November | 66.6°F | 38.8°F | 52.7°F | 0.74 in | — | 4 |
| December | 59.8°F | 33.8°F | 46.8°F | 1.35 in | — | 6 |
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