Auberry, California climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Auberry's normal year runs from 37°F December nights to 94°F July afternoons, with 25.1 inches of precipitation and 2 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.5°C, December lows of 3°C, July highs of 35°C, 638 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationAuberry (2 mi NW)
- Station IDUSC00040379
- Location37.09°N 119.51°W
- Elevation2,090 ft (637 m)
- Population (census place)3,043
On October 24, the normal high in Auberry is 72°F and the normal low 50°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 12%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Auberry.
- Jan 54° 37°
- Feb 57° 39°
- Mar 62° 42°
- Apr 68° 46°
- May 77° 53°
- Jun 87° 61°
- Jul 94° 68°
- Aug 93° 67°
- Sep 88° 62°
- Oct 75° 53°
- Nov 62° 43°
- Dec 54° 37°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Auberry each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 94°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 37°F. The most precipitation falls in January (5.29 in), the least in August (0.03 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54°F | 37°F | 45.8°F | 5.29 | 0.5 | 9 | <1 | 6 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 57°F | 39°F | 48.3°F | 4.42 | 0.5 | 9 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 62°F | 42°F | 52.0°F | 4.10 | 0.6 | 8 | <1 | 2 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 68°F | 46°F | 56.6°F | 2.07 | 0.1 | 6 | <1 | 1 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 77°F | 53°F | 65.0°F | 1.01 | 0.0 | 4 | 4 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 87°F | 61°F | 73.9°F | 0.33 | 0.0 | 1 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 94°F | 68°F | 81.3°F | 0.07 | 0.0 | 1 | 27 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 93°F | 67°F | 80.2°F | 0.03 | 0.0 | <1 | 26 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 88°F | 62°F | 74.9°F | 0.12 | 0.0 | 1 | 16 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 75°F | 53°F | 63.9°F | 1.20 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 62°F | 43°F | 52.5°F | 2.21 | 0.0 | 5 | <1 | 2 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 54°F | 37°F | 45.2°F | 4.25 | 0.3 | 8 | <1 | 8 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 73°F | 51°F | 61.7°F | 25.10 | 2.0 | 56 | 90 | 23 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12°C | 3°C | 7.7°C | 134 mm | 1 cm |
| February | 14°C | 4°C | 9.1°C | 112 mm | 1 cm |
| March | 16°C | 6°C | 11.1°C | 104 mm | 2 cm |
| April | 20°C | 8°C | 13.7°C | 53 mm | 0 cm |
| May | 25°C | 12°C | 18.3°C | 26 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 31°C | 16°C | 23.3°C | 8 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 35°C | 20°C | 27.4°C | 2 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 34°C | 20°C | 26.8°C | 1 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 31°C | 17°C | 23.8°C | 3 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 24°C | 11°C | 17.7°C | 30 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 17°C | 6°C | 11.4°C | 56 mm | 0 cm |
| December | 12°C | 3°C | 7.3°C | 108 mm | 1 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00040379; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Auberry?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (3).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00040379.
When is the last frost in Auberry?
In Auberry, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 25 in half of years and after April 22 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before December 3 in half of years and before November 14 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- March 251 year in 10 after April 22; 9 in 10 after February 5
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- December 31 year in 10 before November 14; 9 in 10 before December 21
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 253 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 323 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after January 29 in half of springs and before December 17 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Auberry in zone 9a in ZIP code 93602. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Auberry's NOAA station is in zone 9b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 25°F (27 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in California · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00040379; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Auberry?
In a normal year in Auberry, 90 days a year reach 90°F (15 of them 100°F or more), 23 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 56 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 90a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 15a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 23a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 56a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 1a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1915) is 114°F, on July 27, 1934; the lowest is 5°F, on January 14, 1947.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1995, with 42.55 in; the snowiest season is 1975–76, with 17.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00040379; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00040379. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Auberry?
Over a year 86% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Auberry, 5.3 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (96%) and December the cloudiest (73%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 75% | 2.6 |
| February | 73% | 3.4 |
| March | 75% | 4.7 |
| April | 78% | 6.0 |
| May | 84% | 7.2 |
| June | 93% | 8.4 |
| July | 94% | 8.2 |
| August | 96% | 7.5 |
| September | 94% | 6.1 |
| October | 89% | 4.5 |
| November | 81% | 3.0 |
| December | 73% | 2.3 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Auberry need?
A normal year in Auberry brings 2,986 heating degree days, 44% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,792 cooling degree days, 97% more than the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 4,836 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 595 | 0 |
| February | 469 | 0 |
| March | 405 | 2 |
| April | 270 | 19 |
| May | 106 | 108 |
| June | 18 | 285 |
| July | 0 | 507 |
| August | 0 | 472 |
| September | 13 | 311 |
| October | 117 | 85 |
| November | 379 | 4 |
| December | 614 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 2,986 | 1,792 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00040379. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Auberry been warmer than normal lately?
Over 65 complete years from 1916 to 2018, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.1°F per century (+0.06°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Auberry's climate compare?
Auberry is warmer than 116 of the other 218 places with their own NOAA record in California, and wetter than 157. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 61.7°F is warmer than 79%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Auberry is Csa: temperate, dry-summer, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Auberry share this climate record?
Shaver Lake has no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of its own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Shaver Lake, CA355 people · 10 mi E
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Auberry's climate
What is the coldest month in Auberry?
December, with a normal high of 54°F and a normal low of 37°F. The warmest is July (94°F by day, 68°F at night).
Does it snow in Auberry?
Yes: 2 inches in a normal year, falling on 2 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in March (0.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Auberry?
January, with 5.29 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 0.03 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Auberry in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Auberry in zone 9a in ZIP code 93602. By the same method at Auberry's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 25°F (27 years, 1991-2020): zone 9b.
How late can frost come in Auberry?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 25; in one year in ten it comes after April 22. Waiting until April 22 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- California climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- North Fork Ranger Station, CA10 miles from this station, 58.5°F a year
- Friant, CA12 miles from this station, 62.5°F a year
- Huntington Lake, CA19 miles from this station, 45.3°F a year
- Fresno, CA24 miles from this station, 65.0°F a year
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