Susanville, CA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from SUSANVILLE 2SW, CA US.

Csb Warm-summer Mediterranean climate 7b USDA hardiness Zone 7b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Susanville has an annual average temperature of 50.2°F with about 13 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 88.0°F), and the coldest is January (average low 22.3°F). January is typically the wettest month (2.44 in) and August the driest (0.11 in).

Annual swing
38.2°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,628
Cooling need
297

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

28 of 366 (7.7%) of Susanville'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.

1890s
9
1900s
5
1910s
45
1920s
28
1930s
71
1940s
19
1950s
28
1960s
34
1970s
31
1980s
26
1990s
19
2000s
12
2010s
20
2020s
19

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 42.7°F 22.3°F 32.5°F 2.44 in 6
February 47.6°F 25.6°F 36.6°F 2.31 in 5
March 54.2°F 29.6°F 41.9°F 1.67 in 5
April 60.5°F 33.8°F 47.1°F 0.49 in 4
May 69.3°F 40.2°F 54.8°F 0.82 in 3
June 78.9°F 47.0°F 62.9°F 0.37 in 2
July 88.0°F 53.1°F 70.6°F 0.21 in 1
August 86.6°F 52.0°F 69.3°F 0.11 in 1
September 80.0°F 45.3°F 62.7°F 0.24 in 1
October 67.0°F 35.9°F 51.5°F 0.97 in 2
November 51.9°F 28.1°F 40.0°F 1.49 in 4
December 42.6°F 22.3°F 32.4°F 1.90 in 6

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