All-time weather records — Avenal, CA

Record high
116.1°F
June 15, 1961
Record low
0.0°F
May 30, 2006
Wettest day
2.27 in
February 25, 2023

Climate change signal in Avenal

27.3%

of Avenal's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (100 of 366 records since 2015).

19.1%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (70 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1950s
61
24
1960s
89
88
1970s
48
96
2000s
42
46
2010s
73
73
2020s
53
39

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1955, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1955-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 16, 1974 15.1°F — Jan 14, 2007 1.67 in — Jan 20, 1969
February 84.0°F — Feb 23, 2002 21.9°F — Feb 25, 2022 2.27 in — Feb 25, 2023
March 95.0°F — Mar 2, 2006 26.1°F — Mar 5, 1971 0.95 in — Mar 21, 2011
April 99.0°F — Apr 22, 2009 28.0°F — Apr 5, 2026 0.80 in — Apr 14, 1971
May 106.0°F — May 18, 2009 0.0°F — May 30, 2006 1.02 in — May 6, 2005
June 116.1°F — Jun 15, 1961 39.0°F — Jun 1, 1971 0.63 in — Jun 5, 1967
July 115.0°F — Jul 21, 1960 37.0°F — Jul 28, 2024 0.53 in — Jul 9, 2015
August 114.1°F — Aug 4, 1955 50.0°F — Aug 24, 1973 0.38 in — Aug 9, 1963
September 114.1°F — Sep 3, 1955 23.0°F — Sep 15, 2010 0.69 in — Sep 19, 2025
October 102.9°F — Oct 4, 2024 25.0°F — Oct 30, 1971 1.03 in — Oct 29, 1964
November 91.0°F — Nov 6, 2010 21.9°F — Nov 21, 2001 1.34 in — Nov 19, 1967
December 77.0°F — Dec 7, 2023 17.1°F — Dec 27, 1962 1.47 in — Dec 19, 2010

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Avenal.