All-time weather records — Ridgecrest, CA

Record high
127.9°F
July 3, 2013
Record low
3.2°F
February 15, 2012
Wettest day
4.33 in
August 20, 2023

Climate change signal in Ridgecrest

25.4%

of Ridgecrest's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (93 of 366 records since 2015).

6.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (25 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
16
46
1950s
14
47
1960s
9
18
1980s
106
105
1990s
98
55
2000s
17
32
2010s
49
56
2020s
57
7

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 1947, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1944-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 89.1°F — Jan 29, 2017 6.1°F — Jan 13, 1963 1.53 in — Jan 5, 1992
February 91.0°F — Feb 8, 2017 3.2°F — Feb 15, 2012 2.44 in — Feb 22, 1944
March 96.1°F — Mar 20, 2026 21.0°F — Mar 13, 1990 2.21 in — Mar 1, 1983
April 104.0°F — Apr 7, 1989 27.1°F — Apr 9, 2011 1.01 in — Apr 8, 2020
May 109.0°F — May 28, 2003 35.1°F — May 14, 1998 0.99 in — May 3, 1945
June 118.0°F — Jun 30, 1994 42.1°F — Jun 3, 2011 0.29 in — Jun 5, 1960
July 127.9°F — Jul 3, 2013 50.0°F — Jul 1, 1997 0.62 in — Jul 16, 1984
August 118.9°F — Aug 2, 1993 51.1°F — Aug 28, 1991 4.33 in — Aug 20, 2023
September 114.1°F — Sep 10, 1993 39.0°F — Sep 26, 1986 1.53 in — Sep 25, 1997
October 106.0°F — Oct 2, 2024 20.1°F — Oct 31, 2019 0.78 in — Oct 31, 1987
November 106.0°F — Nov 3, 2010 16.0°F — Nov 29, 1989 1.08 in — Nov 15, 2025
December 81.0°F — Dec 16, 1998 8.1°F — Dec 27, 1962 1.90 in — Dec 28, 2004

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