Bodega, CA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Bodega's primary NOAA station, BODEGA 6 WSW.
The climate verdict for Bodega
A compact 8.4°F seasonal swing gives Bodega, California a steadier-than-extreme annual shape. NOAA reports an annual average of 54°F. It scores 76/100 for climate comfort (good), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 69% of them.
- 54°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 76/100
- comfort score, above 69% of station-mapped location scores
- 28.9"
- precipitation, annual total
- 364 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Bodega: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00093245 · Bodega, CA 54°F mean · 28.9" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-NARROW · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 54°F
- RANK-MID #3,774
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Fort Ross
- PRCP-MID 28.9"
- SWING-NARROW 8°F
- COMF-TOP 76/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,188 HDD
- STN-1 USW00093245
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Fort Ross, CA (+ 0.1 °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.
- Bodega (this station) 54°F
- Hot Brookings, OR 54°F
- Near Fort Ross, CA 54°F
- Cold Bandon, OR 53°F
- Near Port Orford, OR 53°F
Climate Living Index · Bodega
Bodega: 80/100 · grade B
Bodega publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Bodega, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 76/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 364 days/year | 100/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 0 calendar days | 100/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 28.9 in · 6.1 from 35 in | 78/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 53.5°F · 14.0° from 67.5°F | 54/100 · D |
Bodega · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Bodega is a temperate Köppen climate: Csb
Coldest-month mean 49.9°F and warmest-month mean 58.3°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
- 58.3°F
- Coldest month
- 49.9°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 Bodega sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Bodega's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 55th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 39th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 99%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Bodega is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Bodega compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Bodega's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
76 Top 31% score exceeds 69% 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%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56°F (13°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 5.3" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 56°F (13°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 6.0" | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 57°F (14°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 3.9" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 57°F (14°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 2.2" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 58°F (15°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 1.2" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| June | 61°F (16°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 0.5" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| July | 62°F (17°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 0.1" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| August | 63°F (17°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 0.1" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| September | 66°F (19°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 0.2" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| October | 62°F (17°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 1.8" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| November | 59°F (15°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 2.9" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 55°F (13°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 4.6" | 0.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in Bodega: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 44°F near December 20 and 66°F near September 13.
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 44°F around December 20.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is March 16, when 41% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 1 at 12%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 90 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 14 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 15°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Bodega.
Where Bodega Stands Nationally
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 15°F.
Bodega earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
11.5 days with precipitation
10.1 days with precipitation
14.2 days with precipitation
7.8 days with precipitation
5.5 days with precipitation
4.3 days with precipitation
3.8 days with precipitation
4.5 days with precipitation
3.7 days with precipitation
5.1 days with precipitation
8.2 days with precipitation
11.5 days with precipitation
Bodega's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 55% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 3%. 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 an unusually narrow 8.4°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- February, 6.0"
- Driest month
- August, 0.1"
- Wettest three months
- February, January, December (55% 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.
How Bodega's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 90 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 28.9" between them, or roughly 0.32 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
December 31
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
January 1
50% probability date
Growing Season
364 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,188
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
4
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
September
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CA closest to Bodega 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 (54°F here).
- Bison, KS 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Brookville, IN 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Brownell, KS 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Columbus, OH 54°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (28.9" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Marshall, MN 28.9" · 0.0" off
- Mason, TX 28.9" · 0.0" off
- Albany, TX 28.9" · 0.0" off
- Escanaba, MI 28.8" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Bodega's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · low swing
Heating is the larger measured load in Bodega, at 4,188 degree days versus 4 for cooling. Unlike a strongly continental record, however, its 8.4°F month-to-month range is compact; persistent cool-season demand matters more than a dramatic summer-to-winter reversal.
The frost-free window extends for about 364 days. That is a long calendar measure, but it is not a forecast and does not combine heat, rainfall, soil, or local elevation into a planting recommendation.
Temperature varies within a narrow 8.4°F band across the normal year. September and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 54°F. Monthly rows still matter, but they refine a steady profile rather than reveal two climatic extremes.
Bodega's 28.9 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Bodega'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 Bodega, 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 Bodega's primary station: BODEGA 6 WSW (USW00093245). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as a census-designated place (GEOID 0607246), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Bodega: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Bodega 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.