Calaveras Big Trees, CA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Calaveras Big Trees's primary NOAA station, CALAVERAS BIG TREES.
The climate verdict for Calaveras Big Trees
Water is the standout signal in Calaveras Big Trees, California: 55.5 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 50°F. At 44/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 10% of scores.
- 50°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 44/100
- comfort score, above 10% of station-mapped location scores
- 55.5"
- annual precipitation · 105" snow
- 174 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Calaveras Big Trees: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00041277 · Calaveras Big Trees, CA 50°F mean · 55.5" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 50°F
- RANK-MID #2,813
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mt Shasta
- PRCP-WET 55.5"
- SWING-MID 31°F
- COMF-LOW 44/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,640 HDD
- STN-1 USC00041277
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Mt Shasta, CA (+ 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.
- Hot Hat Creek, CA 51°F
- Calaveras Big T… (this station) 50°F
- Near Mt Shasta, CA 50°F
- Near Transou, NC 50°F
- Near Bowman Dam, CA 50°F
Climate Living Index · Calaveras Big Trees
Calaveras Big Trees: 42/100 · grade D
Calaveras Big Trees publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Calaveras Big Trees, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 44/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 116 calendar days | 67/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 174 days/year | 45/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 50.3°F · 17.2° from 67.5°F | 42/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 55.5 in · 20.5 from 35 in | 26/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 104.8 inches/year | 0/100 · F |
Calaveras Big Trees · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Calaveras Big Trees is a temperate Köppen climate: Csb
Coldest-month mean 36.8°F and warmest-month mean 68.1°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
- 68.1°F
- Coldest month
- 36.8°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 Calaveras Big Trees sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Calaveras Big Trees's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 41st percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 10% wettest
- Calaveras Big Trees'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 Calaveras Big Trees is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Calaveras Big Trees compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Calaveras Big Trees's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
44 10th percentile score exceeds 10% 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
Calaveras Big Trees's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 53 complete annual observations from 1933 to 2016, CALAVERAS BIG TREES cooled at a fitted rate of 0.05°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Calaveras Big Trees primary station fitted change -0.05 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45°F (7°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 10.6" | 19.3" | 21.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 46°F (8°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 9.8" | 25.9" | 19.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 49°F (9°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 8.5" | 19.2" | 18.6 | 0.0 |
| April | 54°F (12°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 4.6" | 11.4" | 13.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 63°F (17°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 2.8" | 2.2" | 3.5 | 0.0 |
| June | 73°F (23°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 0.9" | 0.1" | 0.4 | 0.0 |
| July | 81°F (27°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 0.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| August | 80°F (27°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 0.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| September | 74°F (23°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 0.4" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| October | 64°F (18°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 2.9" | 0.3" | 2.7 | 0.0 |
| November | 52°F (11°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 5.2" | 7.7" | 13.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 44°F (7°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 9.7" | 18.7" | 22.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 82°F around July 24, short of 90°F on every date, while 116 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 29°F near December 15.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 19, then returns to freezing around November 25, covering 116 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is February 18, when 39% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 25 at 1%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 74 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 7 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Calaveras Big Trees.
Where Calaveras Big Trees Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 56 inches.
Calaveras Big Trees 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 and snowfall
Snow: 19.3"
11.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 25.9"
11.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 19.2"
10.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 11.4"
7.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.2"
6.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
2.3 days with precipitation
0.4 days with precipitation
0.6 days with precipitation
1.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
3.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.7"
7.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 18.7"
10.8 days with precipitation
Calaveras Big Trees's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 54% 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 31.3°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- January, 10.6"
- Driest month
- August, 0.1"
- Wettest three months
- January, February, December (54% 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 Calaveras Big Trees, it arrives in quantity
55.5" of precipitation falls across only about 74 wet days here, averaging 0.75 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 74 a year, 20% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.75 inches
- Most wet days
- January, about 11
- 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.
Winter brings real snow to Calaveras Big Trees
Calaveras Big Trees averages 104.8 inches of snowfall a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 25 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 104.8 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 25 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 19% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 28
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 7
50% probability date
Growing Season
174 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,640
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
319
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CA closest to Calaveras Big Trees 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 (50°F here).
- Bedford, IA 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Boulder, UT 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Central City, NE 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Chatham, MA 50°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (55.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Franklin, NC 55.5" · 0.0" off
- Bessemer, AL 55.5" · 0.0" off
- Deland, FL 55.5" · 0.0" off
- Cleveland, TX 55.5" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Calaveras Big Trees
heating led · wet · mid swing
Calaveras Big Trees's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,640 annual heating degree days against 319 for cooling. Its 31.3°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Calaveras Big Trees's frost-free season lasts about 174 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Calaveras Big Trees coldest normal
December
The monthly mean of 37°F (3°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Calaveras Big Trees typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Calaveras Big Trees snow peak
February
Calaveras Big Trees averages 104.8 inches of snow a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Calaveras Big Trees's primary station: CALAVERAS BIG TREES (USC00041277). 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 Calaveras Big Trees; 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 Calaveras Big Trees 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.