California climate

Historical climate data for 482 cities in California — drawn from NOAA 1991-2020 normals at each city's primary weather station.

Warmest city
Loomis
°F annual avg
Coldest city
Mammoth Lakes
43.9°F annual avg
Wettest city
Yuba City
in/yr
Snowiest city
Truckee
206.6 in/yr
Frost-date data is available for 396 cities in California — the average last spring frost, first fall frost, and growing-season length for each. Find your city →

California climate rankings

Warmest cities

  1. Palm Desert — °F
  2. Holtville — °F
  3. Baldwin Park — °F
  4. Red Bluff — °F
  5. Loomis — °F
  6. Rancho Palos Verdes — °F
  7. Downey — °F
  8. Glendora — °F
  9. Industry — °F
  10. Indian Wells — °F

Coldest cities

  1. Mammoth Lakes — 43.9°F
  2. Truckee — 44.0°F
  3. South Lake Tahoe — 44.2°F
  4. Portola — 46.7°F
  5. Tulelake — 47.5°F
  6. Dorris — 47.6°F
  7. Big Bear Lake — 48.0°F
  8. Alturas — 48.4°F
  9. Mount Shasta — 50.0°F
  10. Weed — 50.0°F

Wettest cities

  1. Marysville — in/yr
  2. Live Oak — in/yr
  3. Huron — in/yr
  4. Woodside — in/yr
  5. Placerville — in/yr
  6. Yuba City — in/yr
  7. San Joaquin — in/yr
  8. Corcoran — in/yr
  9. Crescent City — 71.5 in/yr
  10. Dunsmuir — 63.3 in/yr

Driest cities

  1. Westmorland — 2.4 in/yr
  2. Imperial — 2.4 in/yr
  3. Brawley — 2.4 in/yr
  4. Holtville — 2.5 in/yr
  5. Calexico — 2.5 in/yr
  6. El Centro — 2.5 in/yr
  7. Calipatria — 2.6 in/yr
  8. La Quinta — 2.9 in/yr
  9. Indio — 2.9 in/yr
  10. Coachella — 3.0 in/yr

All California cities

Weather stations in California → National climate rankings →