Camp Pardee, California climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Camp Pardee's normal year runs from 40°F December nights to 95°F July afternoons, with 22.9 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.9°C, December lows of 5°C, July highs of 35°C, 581 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCamp Pardee
- Station IDUSC00041428
- Location38.25°N 120.84°W
- Elevation658 ft (201 m)
On October 22, the normal high in Camp Pardee is 75°F and the normal low 53°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 12%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Camp Pardee.
- Jan 55° 40°
- Feb 59° 43°
- Mar 64° 45°
- Apr 69° 48°
- May 79° 53°
- Jun 88° 59°
- Jul 95° 63°
- Aug 94° 63°
- Sep 88° 61°
- Oct 78° 54°
- Nov 64° 46°
- Dec 55° 40°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Camp Pardee each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 95°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 40°F. The most precipitation falls in December (4.15 in), the least in July (0.00 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55°F | 40°F | 47.6°F | 3.99 | 12 | <1 | 3 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 59°F | 43°F | 51.0°F | 3.84 | 10 | <1 | 1 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 64°F | 45°F | 54.6°F | 3.63 | 10 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 69°F | 48°F | 58.5°F | 2.15 | 7 | <1 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 79°F | 53°F | 65.6°F | 1.28 | 4 | 5 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 88°F | 59°F | 73.4°F | 0.33 | 1 | 14 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 95°F | 63°F | 78.8°F | 0.00 | <1 | 25 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 94°F | 63°F | 78.3°F | 0.03 | <1 | 24 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 88°F | 61°F | 74.5°F | 0.17 | 1 | 16 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 78°F | 54°F | 65.9°F | 1.13 | 3 | 4 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 64°F | 46°F | 54.9°F | 2.16 | 7 | <1 | <1 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 55°F | 40°F | 47.5°F | 4.15 | 11 | <1 | 3 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 74°F | 51°F | 62.5°F | 22.86 | 67 | 87 | 7 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13°C | 5°C | 8.7°C | 101 mm |
| February | 15°C | 6°C | 10.6°C | 98 mm |
| March | 18°C | 7°C | 12.6°C | 92 mm |
| April | 21°C | 9°C | 14.7°C | 55 mm |
| May | 26°C | 12°C | 18.7°C | 33 mm |
| June | 31°C | 15°C | 23.0°C | 8 mm |
| July | 35°C | 17°C | 26.0°C | 0 mm |
| August | 34°C | 17°C | 25.7°C | 1 mm |
| September | 31°C | 16°C | 23.6°C | 4 mm |
| October | 25°C | 12°C | 18.8°C | 29 mm |
| November | 18°C | 8°C | 12.7°C | 55 mm |
| December | 13°C | 5°C | 8.6°C | 105 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00041428; 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.
Which months are mildest at Camp Pardee?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (3).
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 USC00041428.
When is the last frost at Camp Pardee?
In Camp Pardee, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after January 22 in half of years and after March 1 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before December 17 in half of years and before December 1 in one year in ten. A night at 32°F or colder comes at all in 88% of years here (NOAA).
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- January 221 year in 10 after March 1; 9 in 10 after December 23
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- December 171 year in 10 before December 1; 9 in 10 before January 17
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 332 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 365 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after December 31 in half of springs and before December 27 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Camp Pardee in zone 9b in ZIP code 95226, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 9b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 29°F (19 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in California · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00041428; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get at Camp Pardee?
In a normal year in Camp Pardee, 87 days a year reach 90°F (21 of them 100°F or more), 7 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 67 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 87a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 21a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 7a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 67a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1928) is 115°F, on June 22, 1961; the lowest is 17°F, on December 12, 1932.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1983, with 44.95 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00041428; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00041428. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Camp Pardee?
Over a year 86% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Camp Pardee, 5.2 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (97%) and December the cloudiest (70%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 72% | 2.4 |
| February | 72% | 3.2 |
| March | 74% | 4.5 |
| April | 78% | 5.9 |
| May | 86% | 7.3 |
| June | 94% | 8.4 |
| July | 97% | 8.3 |
| August | 97% | 7.5 |
| September | 94% | 6.0 |
| October | 89% | 4.4 |
| November | 80% | 2.8 |
| December | 70% | 2.1 |
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 many heating and cooling degree days does Camp Pardee record?
A normal year at Camp Pardee brings 2,495 heating degree days, 54% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,624 cooling degree days, 79% more than the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 4,910 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 539 | 0 |
| February | 392 | 0 |
| March | 324 | 2 |
| April | 213 | 20 |
| May | 85 | 103 |
| June | 10 | 262 |
| July | 0 | 429 |
| August | 1 | 413 |
| September | 7 | 290 |
| October | 75 | 102 |
| November | 307 | 4 |
| December | 542 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 2,495 | 1,624 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00041428. 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.
How does Camp Pardee's climate compare?
Camp Pardee is warmer than 129 of the 219 places with their own NOAA record in California, and wetter than 148. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 62.5°F is warmer than 81%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Camp Pardee is Csa: temperate, dry-summer, hot 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 Camp Pardee share this climate record?
9 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.
- Rancho Calaveras, CA6,619 people · 8 mi S
- San Andreas, CA2,884 people · 10 mi SE
- Camanche Village, CA2,233 people · 8 mi W
- Valley Springs, CA972 people · 4 mi S
- Camanche North Shore, CA877 people · 6 mi W
- Wallace, CA743 people · 7 mi SW
- Buena Vista, CA624 people · 5 mi NW
- Paloma, CA448 people · 4 mi E
- Campo Seco, CA0 people · 2 mi SW
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 Camp Pardee's climate
What is the coldest month at Camp Pardee?
December, with a normal high of 55°F and a normal low of 40°F. The warmest is July (95°F by day, 63°F at night).
Does it snow at Camp Pardee?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month at Camp Pardee?
December, with 4.15 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 0.00 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Camp Pardee in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Camp Pardee in zone 9b in ZIP code 95226, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 29°F (19 years, 1991-2020): zone 9b.
How late can frost come at Camp Pardee?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after January 22; in one year in ten it comes after March 1. Waiting until March 1 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- California climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Sutter Hill Fire Station, CA9 miles from this station, 61.0°F a year
- New Melones Dam Headquarters, CA25 miles from this station, 63.0°F a year
- Lodi, CA26 miles from this station, 62.2°F a year
- Calaveras Big Trees, CA29 miles from this station, 50.3°F a year
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