South Lake Tahoe, CA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from SOUTH LAKE TAHOE AP, CA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
South Lake Tahoe has an annual average temperature of 44.2°F with about 20.5 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 80.4°F), and the coldest is December (average low 18.0°F). February is typically the wettest month (3.75 in) and September the driest (0.28 in).
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All-time records →110 of 366 (30.1%) of South Lake Tahoe'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.
| 1960s | 0 | |
| 1970s | 13 | |
| 1980s | 96 | |
| 1990s | 59 | |
| 2000s | 40 | |
| 2010s | 101 | |
| 2020s | 57 |
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 | 42.8°F | 18.4°F | 30.6°F | 2.81 in | — | 9 |
| February | 43.4°F | 19.3°F | 31.3°F | 3.75 in | — | 9 |
| March | 47.8°F | 23.7°F | 35.8°F | 2.87 in | — | 10 |
| April | 53.2°F | 27.6°F | 40.4°F | 1.27 in | — | 8 |
| May | 62.1°F | 33.2°F | 47.6°F | 1.32 in | — | 7 |
| June | 72.0°F | 38.1°F | 55.1°F | 0.55 in | — | 2 |
| July | 80.4°F | 42.5°F | 61.5°F | 0.39 in | — | 2 |
| August | 79.7°F | 41.0°F | 60.4°F | 0.36 in | — | 2 |
| September | 73.4°F | 35.4°F | 54.4°F | 0.28 in | — | 2 |
| October | 62.2°F | 29.2°F | 45.7°F | 1.43 in | — | 5 |
| November | 50.9°F | 23.3°F | 37.1°F | 1.94 in | — | 8 |
| December | 42.8°F | 18.0°F | 30.4°F | 3.49 in | — | 11 |
Climate twins of South Lake Tahoe
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).