All-time weather records — Etna, CA

Record high
106.0°F
July 16, 1959
Record low
-9.0°F
December 9, 1972
Wettest day
4.93 in
December 22, 1964

Climate change signal in Etna

5.7%

of Etna's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (21 of 366 records since 2015).

3.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (12 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 #
1940s
·
·
1950s
88
85
1960s
113
85
1970s
22
47
1980s
42
21
1990s
35
44
2000s
32
38
2010s
34
46

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 1953, the latest in 2018. Period of observation: 1943-2018.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 64.9°F — Jan 12, 1986 -6.0°F — Jan 22, 1962 4.36 in — Jan 9, 1995
February 72.0°F — Feb 23, 1995 -0.9°F — Feb 6, 1989 4.55 in — Feb 6, 2015
March 82.0°F — Mar 24, 1960 3.9°F — Mar 8, 1974 2.23 in — Mar 9, 1995
April 86.0°F — Apr 22, 2009 18.0°F — Apr 16, 1963 1.81 in — Apr 14, 1957
May 98.1°F — May 17, 2008 21.0°F — May 1, 1954 1.86 in — May 18, 2005
June 102.9°F — Jun 15, 1961 21.0°F — Jun 3, 1999 1.21 in — Jun 11, 1998
July 106.0°F — Jul 16, 1959 28.9°F — Jul 7, 1999 1.52 in — Jul 4, 2013
August 105.1°F — Aug 3, 1961 32.0°F — Aug 24, 1960 2.51 in — Aug 2, 2003
September 105.1°F — Sep 2, 1955 23.0°F — Sep 25, 1970 2.18 in — Sep 25, 2014
October 91.0°F — Oct 1, 1960 15.1°F — Oct 29, 1971 3.05 in — Oct 24, 2010
November 75.0°F — Nov 4, 1980 9.0°F — Nov 15, 1955 3.02 in — Nov 8, 1954
December 64.9°F — Dec 3, 1965 -9.0°F — Dec 9, 1972 4.93 in — Dec 22, 1964

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