Blue Canyon, CA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Blue Canyon's primary NOAA station, BLUE CANYON AP.
The climate verdict for Blue Canyon
Water is the standout signal in Blue Canyon, California: 62.4 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 52°F. At 45/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 16% of scores.
- 52°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 45/100
- comfort score, above 16% of station-mapped location scores
- 62.4"
- annual precipitation
- 184 days
- frost-free growing season
Blue Canyon: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00023225 · Blue Canyon, CA 52°F mean · 62.4" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 52°F
- RANK-MID #3,431
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Jemez Springs
- PRCP-WET 62.4"
- SWING-MID 31°F
- COMF-LOW 45/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,213 HDD
- STN-1 USW00023225
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Jemez Springs, NM (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every CA station list.
- Blue Canyon (this station) 52°F
- Hot Clintwood, VA 52°F
- Near Jemez Springs, NM 52°F
- Near Athens, WV 52°F
- Near Edgartown, MA 52°F
Climate Living Index · Blue Canyon
Blue Canyon: 54/100 · grade D
Blue Canyon publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals · NOAA hourly normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Blue Canyon, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 45/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 0 calendar days | 100/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 184 days/year | 53/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 52.1°F · 15.4° from 67.5°F | 50/100 · D |
| Summer moisture balance | 38.8°F mean dew point | 30/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 62.4 in · 27.4 from 35 in | 6/100 · F |
Blue Canyon · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Blue Canyon is a temperate Köppen climate: Csb
Coldest-month mean 39.0°F and warmest-month mean 70.2°F place this station in temperate, dry-summer, warm summer climates (Csb). Class Csb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, dry-summer, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Csb
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 70.2°F
- Coldest month
- 39.0°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Blue Canyon sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Blue Canyon's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 50th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 4% wettest
- Blue Canyon's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 89%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Blue Canyon is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Blue Canyon compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Blue Canyon's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
45 16th percentile score exceeds 16% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). This entry sits in this band.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Blue Canyon's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 69 complete annual observations from 1944 to 2025, BLUE CANYON AP warmed at a fitted rate of 0.26°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Blue Canyon primary station fitted change +0.26 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 47°F (8°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 10.6" | 13.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 45°F (7°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 10.1" | 14.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 48°F (9°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 8.9" | 13.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 52°F (11°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 5.1" | 9.9 | 0.0 |
| May | 61°F (16°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 4.1" | 2.9 | 0.0 |
| June | 70°F (21°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 1.1" | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| July | 78°F (25°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| August | 77°F (25°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 0.2" | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| September | 73°F (23°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 0.6" | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| October | 63°F (17°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 3.6" | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| November | 51°F (11°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 7.2" | 7.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 45°F (7°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 10.9" | 14.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in Blue Canyon: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 33°F near February 11 and 79°F near July 21.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 33°F around February 11.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is February 28, when 44% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 14 at 2%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 90 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 13 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 16°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Blue Canyon.
Where Blue Canyon Stands Nationally
This is one of the wettest normals climates ranked: about 62 inches of precipitation in a normal year, a total fewer than one station in ten surpasses.
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 16°F.
Blue Canyon earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
11.5 days with precipitation
12.1 days with precipitation
12.9 days with precipitation
11.0 days with precipitation
7.7 days with precipitation
2.8 days with precipitation
0.3 days with precipitation
1.0 days with precipitation
2.1 days with precipitation
5.2 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
13.5 days with precipitation
Blue Canyon's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 50% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 2%. That is the cool-season-dominant pattern of the West Coast and the higher inland West, where storm tracks swing south in winter and summer turns dry; the thermometer meanwhile shows a 31.2°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- December, 10.9"
- Driest month
- July, 0.0"
- Wettest three months
- December, January, February (50% of the year)
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A cool-season label means the December-February share reaches 35%. Where snow falls, the monthly figures above report liquid-equivalent precipitation, so a wet winter month is not necessarily a rainy one.
When it rains in Blue Canyon, it arrives in quantity
62.4" of precipitation falls across only about 90 wet days here, averaging 0.70 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 90 a year, 25% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.70 inches
- Most wet days
- December, about 14
- Fewest wet days
- July, about 0
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 4
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 4
50% probability date
Growing Season
184 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,213
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
552
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
February
Humidity & Wind
Monthly averages from hourly observations
| Month | Humidity | Wind (mph) | Clear Sky % | Overcast % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 50% | 5.4 | N/A | N/A |
| February | 59% | 6.2 | N/A | N/A |
| March | 57% | 6.1 | N/A | N/A |
| April | 50% | 5.7 | N/A | N/A |
| May | 49% | 4.9 | N/A | N/A |
| June | 38% | 4.8 | N/A | N/A |
| July | 33% | 4.2 | N/A | N/A |
| August | 32% | 4.7 | 90% | 1% |
| September | 35% | 4.9 | 80% | 8% |
| October | 43% | 5.2 | N/A | N/A |
| November | 50% | 5.6 | N/A | N/A |
| December | 49% | 5.7 | N/A | N/A |
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CA closest to Blue Canyon on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (52°F here).
- Canon City, CO 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Donora, PA 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Dyer, NV 52°F · 0.0°F off
- Everett, WA 52°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (62.4" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Covington, LA 62.5" · 0.1" off
- Tylertown, MS 62.5" · 0.1" off
- Kosciusko, MS 62.5" · 0.1" off
- Iuka, MS 62.3" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Blue Canyon's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Blue Canyon's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,213 annual heating degree days against 552 for cooling. Its 31.2°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Blue Canyon's frost-free season lasts about 184 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and February mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Blue Canyon's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 31.2°F. The annual average is 52°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Blue Canyon carries 62.4 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Blue Canyon's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Blue Canyon, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Blue Canyon's primary station: BLUE CANYON AP (USW00023225). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Blue Canyon; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Blue Canyon comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.