Shafter, CA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from SHAFTER 6E, CA US.

BWk Desert (cold) climate 8b USDA hardiness Zone 8b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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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).

Annual swing
33°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
2,292
Cooling need
1,530

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Climate change signal

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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