Turlock, CA

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

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 9b USDA hardiness Zone 9b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Turlock has an annual average temperature of 64°F with about 12.4 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 93.0°F), and the coldest is December (average low 41.9°F). January is typically the wettest month (2.63 in) and July the driest (0.00 in).

Pleasant months
2 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
31°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
1,938
Cooling need
1,578

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

59 of 366 (16.1%) of Turlock'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
104
1900s
0
1910s
12
1920s
55
1930s
0
1940s
0
1950s
0
1960s
0
1970s
0
1980s
22
1990s
46
2000s
64
2010s
31
2020s
32

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 54.9°F 42.2°F 48.5°F 2.63 in 10
February 61.1°F 45.4°F 53.2°F 2.29 in 10
March 66.9°F 48.5°F 57.7°F 1.85 in 9
April 72.1°F 52.0°F 62.0°F 0.93 in 5
May 80.1°F 57.3°F 68.7°F 0.59 in 3
June 87.8°F 62.4°F 75.1°F 0.12 in 1
July 93.0°F 65.8°F 79.4°F 0.00 in 0
August 91.8°F 64.8°F 78.3°F 0.01 in 0
September 87.5°F 62.1°F 74.8°F 0.03 in 1
October 77.2°F 55.4°F 66.3°F 0.61 in 3
November 64.2°F 46.9°F 55.6°F 1.07 in 6
December 55.0°F 41.9°F 48.4°F 2.26 in 10

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