Bodega, California climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Bodega's normal year runs from 44°F December nights to 66°F September afternoons, with 28.9 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.9°C, December lows of 7°C, September highs of 19°C, 734 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationBodega (6 mi WSW)
- Station IDUSW00093245
- Location38.32°N 123.07°W
- Elevation63 ft (19 m)
- From the center6 miles
- Population (census place)335
On October 23, the normal high in Bodega is 61°F and the normal low 49°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 20%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Bodega.
- Jan 56° 45°
- Feb 56° 45°
- Mar 57° 46°
- Apr 57° 46°
- May 58° 48°
- Jun 61° 49°
- Jul 62° 51°
- Aug 63° 52°
- Sep 66° 51°
- Oct 62° 49°
- Nov 59° 47°
- Dec 55° 44°
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 Bodega each month?
September is the warmest month, with normal highs of 66°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 44°F. The most precipitation falls in February (6.04 in), the least in August (0.11 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56°F | 45°F | 50.4°F | 5.31 | 12 | <1 | <1 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 56°F | 45°F | 50.5°F | 6.04 | 10 | <1 | <1 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 57°F | 46°F | 51.3°F | 3.88 | 14 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 57°F | 46°F | 51.5°F | 2.24 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 58°F | 48°F | 53.1°F | 1.16 | 6 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 61°F | 49°F | 55.0°F | 0.48 | 4 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 62°F | 51°F | 56.5°F | 0.15 | 4 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 63°F | 52°F | 57.4°F | 0.11 | 5 | <1 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 66°F | 51°F | 58.3°F | 0.18 | 4 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 62°F | 49°F | 55.7°F | 1.81 | 5 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 59°F | 47°F | 52.8°F | 2.91 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 55°F | 44°F | 49.9°F | 4.63 | 12 | <1 | 1 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 59°F | 48°F | 53.5°F | 28.90 | 90 | <1 | 1 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13°C | 7°C | 10.2°C | 135 mm |
| February | 13°C | 7°C | 10.3°C | 153 mm |
| March | 14°C | 8°C | 10.7°C | 99 mm |
| April | 14°C | 8°C | 10.8°C | 57 mm |
| May | 15°C | 9°C | 11.7°C | 29 mm |
| June | 16°C | 10°C | 12.8°C | 12 mm |
| July | 17°C | 11°C | 13.6°C | 4 mm |
| August | 17°C | 11°C | 14.1°C | 3 mm |
| September | 19°C | 11°C | 14.6°C | 5 mm |
| October | 17°C | 10°C | 13.2°C | 46 mm |
| November | 15°C | 8°C | 11.6°C | 74 mm |
| December | 13°C | 7°C | 9.9°C | 118 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00093245; 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 Bodega?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in September.
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 USW00093245.
When is the last frost in Bodega?
A night at 32°F or colder comes in only 18% of years in Bodega (NOAA). NOAA's median date of the last spring frost is January 1 and of the first autumn frost December 31.
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 365 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 365 days.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Bodega in zone 9b across its 2 ZIP code areas (9b in 94972, the largest).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in California · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USW00093245; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
What hardiness zone is each Bodega ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Bodega's 2 ZIP code areas are all in zone 9b. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in Bodega?
In a normal year in Bodega, a 90°F day is rare, 1 night falls to 32°F or colder and 90 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 1a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 90a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00093245.
How sunny is Bodega?
Over a year 79% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Bodega, 4.7 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (86%) and December the cloudiest (70%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 73% | 2.3 |
| February | 75% | 3.2 |
| March | 77% | 4.5 |
| April | 81% | 5.9 |
| May | 82% | 6.8 |
| June | 86% | 7.5 |
| July | 79% | 6.6 |
| August | 77% | 5.8 |
| September | 81% | 5.0 |
| October | 81% | 3.8 |
| November | 78% | 2.6 |
| December | 70% | 1.9 |
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 Bodega need?
A normal year in Bodega brings 4,188 heating degree days, 22% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 4 cooling degree days, 100% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 1,463 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 453 | 0 |
| February | 406 | 0 |
| March | 425 | 0 |
| April | 407 | 0 |
| May | 370 | 0 |
| June | 300 | 0 |
| July | 264 | 0 |
| August | 236 | 1 |
| September | 204 | 2 |
| October | 289 | 0 |
| November | 366 | 0 |
| December | 470 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,188 | 4 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00093245. 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 Bodega been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 54.2°F, 0.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 53.5°F. 1 of the 3 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 53.5°F | at normal | 24.52 |
| 2022 | 53.3°F | −0.2°F | 17.47 |
| 2025 | 54.2°F | +0.7°F | 24.39 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00093245. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Bodega's climate compare?
Bodega is warmer than 35 of the other 218 places with their own NOAA record in California, and wetter than 166. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 53.5°F is warmer than 55%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Bodega is Csb: temperate, dry-summer, warm 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 Bodega share this climate record?
5 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their 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.
- Bodega Bay, CA1,116 people · 2 mi E
- Dillon Beach, CA224 people · 8 mi SE
- Sereno del Mar, CA110 people · 4 mi N
- Carmet, CA65 people · 4 mi N
- Salmon Creek, CA28 people · 2 mi NE
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 Bodega's climate
What is the coldest month in Bodega?
December, with a normal high of 55°F and a normal low of 44°F. The warmest is September (66°F by day, 51°F at night).
What is the rainiest month in Bodega?
February, with 6.04 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 0.11 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Bodega in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Bodega in zone 9b across its 2 ZIP code areas (9b in 94972, the largest).
Nearby and next
- California climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Occidental, CA7 miles from this station, 57.6°F a year
- Graton, CA14 miles from this station, 57.8°F a year
- Fort Ross, CA16 miles from this station, 53.6°F a year
- Santa Rosa, CA19 miles from this station, 58.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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