Burney, California climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records

What is the weather like in Burney each month?

July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 90°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 22°F. The most precipitation falls in February (5.23 in), the least in August (0.26 in).

When is the best weather to visit Burney?

Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (2).

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.

When is the last frost in Burney?

In Burney, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after June 3 in half of years and after June 19 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 14 in half of years and before September 1 in one year in ten.

Last spring frost, half of years after

June 31 year in 10 after June 19; 9 in 10 after May 15

First autumn frost, half of years before

September 141 year in 10 before September 1; 9 in 10 before September 27

NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 102 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 141 days.

A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 13 in half of springs and before October 1 in half of autumns.

The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Burney in zone 7b in ZIP code 96013, the nearest ZIP area.

Frost dates for every NOAA station in California · Frost dates by ZIP code

How hot and how cold does it get in Burney?

In a normal year in Burney, 49 days a year reach 90°F (5 of them 100°F or more), 178 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 89 days bring measurable precipitation.

Days at 90°F or more

49a normal year

Days at 100°F or more

5a normal year

Nights at 32°F or colder

178a normal year

Days that stay below freezing

3high of 32°F or less

Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation

89a normal year

Days with 1 inch of snow or more

14a normal year

The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1948) is 108°F, on July 12, 2002; the lowest is −26°F, on December 9, 1972.

The wettest calendar year on that record is 1970, with 39.54 in; the snowiest season is 1951–52, with 116.5 inches.

How sunny is Burney?

Over a year 84% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Burney, 5.0 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (96%) and December the cloudiest (67%).

How much heating and cooling does Burney need?

A normal year in Burney brings 6,083 heating degree days, 13% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 271 cooling degree days, 70% 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 2,014 growing degree days a year above 50°F.

Which places near Burney share this climate record?

4 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.

• Johnson Park, CA791 people · 3 mi NE
• Montgomery Creek, CA227 people · 14 mi W
• Round Mountain, CA147 people · 16 mi W
• Big Bend, CA132 people · 17 mi NW

Nearby and next

• California climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
• Hat Creek, CA7 miles from this station, 50.5°F a year
• Manzanita Lake, CA24 miles from this station, 44.5°F a year
• McCloud, CA36 miles from this station, 50.6°F a year
• Mineral, CA37 miles from this station, 46.2°F a year
• Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side

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