All-time weather records — Big Bear Lake, CA

Record high
98.1°F
June 30, 1994
Record low
-25.1°F
January 29, 1979
Wettest day
9.43 in
December 6, 1966

Climate change signal in Big Bear Lake

15.3%

of Big Bear Lake's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (56 of 366 records since 2015).

1.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (7 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 #
1960s
46
185
1970s
51
58
1980s
72
54
1990s
29
30
2000s
80
23
2010s
46
12
2020s
42
4

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 1960, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1960-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 71.1°F — Jan 3, 1981 -25.1°F — Jan 29, 1979 9.40 in — Jan 25, 1969
February 72.0°F — Feb 3, 1963 -9.9°F — Feb 28, 1962 8.25 in — Feb 14, 2019
March 80.1°F — Mar 7, 1972 -8.0°F — Mar 12, 1969 3.35 in — Mar 22, 2023
April 82.0°F — Apr 30, 1981 3.0°F — Apr 2, 1963 2.18 in — Apr 11, 1967
May 90.0°F — May 11, 1994 18.0°F — May 1, 1967 1.99 in — May 9, 1977
June 98.1°F — Jun 30, 1994 21.9°F — Jun 4, 1963 0.85 in — Jun 5, 1993
July 93.9°F — Jul 5, 2007 28.0°F — Jul 6, 1963 1.80 in — Jul 18, 1984
August 91.9°F — Aug 8, 1981 28.9°F — Aug 1, 2007 2.62 in — Aug 20, 2023
September 87.1°F — Sep 2, 1978 19.0°F — Sep 2, 1964 2.34 in — Sep 10, 1976
October 84.9°F — Oct 5, 1980 10.0°F — Oct 23, 1961 3.25 in — Oct 20, 2004
November 73.9°F — Nov 1, 2020 -15.0°F — Nov 19, 1964 6.54 in — Nov 23, 1965
December 72.0°F — Dec 9, 2025 -14.1°F — Dec 9, 1960 9.43 in — Dec 6, 1966

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Big Bear Lake.