Shasta Lake, CA

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

Csa Hot-summer Mediterranean climate 9b USDA hardiness Zone 9b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Shasta Lake has an annual average temperature of 63.5°F with about 63 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 97.0°F), and the coldest is January (average low 40.5°F). December is typically the wettest month (11.99 in) and July the driest (0.14 in).

Pleasant months
2 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
35.6°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
2,346
Cooling need
1,809

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

91 of 366 (24.9%) of Shasta Lake'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.

1940s
54
1950s
26
1960s
22
1970s
29
1980s
69
1990s
27
2000s
36
2010s
45
2020s
58

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 55.0°F 40.5°F 47.8°F 10.51 in 14
February 58.7°F 41.7°F 50.2°F 11.41 in 13
March 63.4°F 43.9°F 53.6°F 9.24 in 13
April 69.6°F 47.6°F 58.6°F 4.61 in 10
May 78.9°F 55.4°F 67.1°F 2.93 in 8
June 88.2°F 63.0°F 75.6°F 1.51 in 3
July 97.0°F 69.0°F 83.0°F 0.14 in 1
August 96.0°F 67.7°F 81.8°F 0.16 in 1
September 90.3°F 63.0°F 76.6°F 0.52 in 2
October 77.6°F 54.8°F 66.2°F 3.43 in 5
November 62.4°F 46.0°F 54.2°F 6.59 in 10
December 54.2°F 40.6°F 47.4°F 11.99 in 14

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