Chico Univ Farm, CA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Chico Univ Farm's primary NOAA station, CHICO UNIV FARM.
The climate verdict for Chico Univ Farm
Chico Univ Farm, California has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 62°F. It scores 96/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 96% of them.
- 62°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 96/100
- comfort score, above 96% of station-mapped location scores
- 27.4"
- yearly precipitation total
- 258 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Chico Univ Farm: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00041715 · Chico Univ Farm, CA 62°F mean · 27.4" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 62°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,420
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ada
- PRCP-MID 27.4"
- SWING-MID 32°F
- COMF-TOP 96/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00041715
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Ada, OK (+ 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.
- Chico Univ Farm (this station) 62°F
- Hot Dark Canyon Road, NM 62°F
- Near Ada, OK 62°F
- Near Ardmore, TN 62°F
- Near Belhaven, NC 62°F
Climate Living Index · Chico Univ Farm
Chico Univ Farm: 80/100 · grade B
Chico Univ Farm publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Chico Univ Farm, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 96/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 258 days/year | 91/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 61.6°F · 5.9° from 67.5°F | 82/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 96 calendar days | 77/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 27.4 in · 7.6 from 35 in | 73/100 · B |
Chico Univ Farm · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Chico Univ Farm is a temperate Köppen climate: Csa
Coldest-month mean 46.1°F and warmest-month mean 78.1°F place this station in temperate, dry-summer, hot summer climates (Csa). Class Csa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, dry-summer, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Csa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 78.1°F
- Coldest month
- 46.1°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 · balanced station
Where Chico Univ Farm sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Chico Univ Farm's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 21% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Chico Univ Farm sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 37th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 88%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Chico Univ Farm is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Chico Univ Farm compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Chico Univ Farm's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
96 Top 4% score exceeds 96% 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%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Below this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). This entry sits in this band.
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) | 36°F (2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 5.1" | 11.5 | 0.0 |
| February | 62°F (17°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 5.1" | 5.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 67°F (19°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 3.6" | 2.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 73°F (23°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 1.9" | 0.8 | 1.4 |
| May | 81°F (27°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 1.4" | 0.0 | 6.4 |
| June | 89°F (32°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 0.6" | 0.0 | 15.5 |
| July | 95°F (35°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 0.0" | 0.0 | 25.7 |
| August | 94°F (35°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 0.1" | 0.0 | 24.8 |
| September | 91°F (33°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 0.3" | 0.0 | 20.0 |
| October | 80°F (27°C) | 47°F (9°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 1.7" | 0.6 | 5.6 |
| November | 65°F (18°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 2.4" | 4.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 57°F (14°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 5.0" | 13.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Chico Univ Farm runs from a mild 36°F around January 1 to 96°F at the peak near July 19, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 18 through September 21, covering 96 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 6 to November 3.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
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 36°F around January 1.
The widest day
September 8 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 36°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Chico Univ Farm.
Where Chico Univ Farm Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 96 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 36°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Chico Univ Farm earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Chico Univ Farm's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 56% 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 a 32°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- February, 5.1"
- Driest month
- July, 0.0"
- Wettest three months
- February, January, December (56% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 17
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 4
50% probability date
Growing Season
258 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,676
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,474
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CA closest to Chico Univ Farm 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 (62°F here).
- Ada, OK 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Ardmore, TN 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Belhaven, NC 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Haleyville, AL 62°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (27.4" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Butte, NE 27.4" · 0.0" off
- Falfurrias, TX 27.4" · 0.0" off
- Brady, TX 27.4" · 0.0" off
- Milan, MN 27.4" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Chico Univ Farm's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · moderate · mid swing
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Chico Univ Farm's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 32.0°F. The annual average is 62°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Chico Univ Farm's normal, at 2,676 and 1,474 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
The frost-free window extends for about 258 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.
Chico Univ Farm's 27.4 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 Chico Univ Farm's primary station, where heating and cooling demand are close enough that neither season sets the character on its own. On a balanced station like Chico Univ Farm, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a 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 Chico Univ Farm's primary station: CHICO UNIV FARM (USC00041715). 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 Chico Univ Farm; 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 Chico Univ Farm 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.