All-time weather records — California City, CA

Record high
118.0°F
August 5, 1914
Record low
-11.0°F
February 16, 2019
Wettest day
3.00 in
January 30, 1915

Climate change signal in California City

7.9%

of California City's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (29 of 366 records since 2015).

3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (11 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 #
1900s
98
60
1910s
71
56
1940s
·
·
1950s
·
·
1960s
22
48
1970s
32
107
1980s
46
40
1990s
30
25
2000s
26
13
2010s
39
16
2020s
2
1

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 1904, the latest in 2020. Period of observation: 1904-2023.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.0°F — Jan 26, 1909 10.0°F — Jan 6, 1913 3.00 in — Jan 30, 1915
February 90.0°F — Feb 18, 1981 -11.0°F — Feb 16, 2019 2.67 in — Feb 10, 1978
March 89.1°F — Mar 31, 1966 -5.1°F — Mar 1, 1966 2.88 in — Mar 1, 1983
April 99.0°F — Apr 18, 1914 27.0°F — Apr 20, 1972 1.25 in — Apr 6, 1906
May 104.0°F — May 27, 2020 32.0°F — May 21, 1908 1.10 in — May 9, 1977
June 111.9°F — Jun 26, 1914 37.9°F — Jun 1, 1967 0.40 in — Jun 4, 1984
July 117.0°F — Jul 23, 1914 43.0°F — Jul 6, 1979 1.16 in — Jul 30, 1984
August 118.0°F — Aug 5, 1914 46.9°F — Aug 10, 1987 1.94 in — Aug 20, 1995
September 109.9°F — Sep 3, 1908 30.9°F — Sep 30, 1909 1.23 in — Sep 11, 1976
October 100.0°F — Oct 3, 1980 21.9°F — Oct 30, 1971 1.92 in — Oct 1, 1981
November 96.1°F — Nov 3, 1914 12.9°F — Nov 24, 1979 1.98 in — Nov 19, 1967
December 79.0°F — Dec 6, 1977 3.0°F — Dec 22, 1999 2.40 in — Dec 29, 1965

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