China Lake Naf, CA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from China Lake Naf's primary NOAA station, CHINA LAKE NAF.
The climate verdict for China Lake Naf
Dryness leads the climate profile for China Lake Naf, California, with 4.7 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 65°F. Its climate comfort score of 73/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 66% of station-mapped location scores.
- 65°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 73/100
- comfort score, above 66% of station-mapped location scores
- 4.7"
- annual precipitation
- 246 days
- frost-free growing season
China Lake Naf: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00093104 · China Lake Naf, CA 65°F mean · 4.7" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 65°F
- RANK-UPPER #6,106
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Bakersfield
- PRCP-ARID 4.7"
- SWING-MID 43°F
- COMF-MID 73/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USW00093104
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Bakersfield, TX (+ 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.
- China Lake Naf (this station) 65°F
- Hot Longview Wsmo, TX 65°F
- Near Bakersfield, TX 65°F
- Near Burnet, TX 65°F
- Near Clayton, AL 65°F
Climate Living Index · China Lake Naf
China Lake Naf: 49/100 · grade D
China Lake Naf publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for China Lake Naf, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 73/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 65.3°F · 2.2° from 67.5°F | 93/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 246 days/year | 87/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 189 calendar days | 20/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 4.7 in · 30.3 from 35 in | 0/100 · F |
China Lake Naf · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
China Lake Naf's normals sit in a dry climate class: BWh
Annual precipitation falls well below the aridity threshold for this temperature regime, so the normals classify as hot desert (BWh). Class BWh is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically hot desert.
- Köppen code
- BWh
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 87.5°F
- Coldest month
- 44.9°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 · balanced station
Where China Lake Naf sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for China Lake Naf's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 11% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, China Lake Naf sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 99%
- China Lake Naf's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 47th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How China Lake Naf compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
China Lake Naf's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
73 Top 34% score exceeds 66% 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 | 60°F (16°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 0.9" | 18.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 65°F (18°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 1.1" | 9.6 | 0.2 |
| March | 72°F (22°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 0.6" | 2.7 | 0.5 |
| April | 79°F (26°C) | 47°F (9°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 0.2" | 0.8 | 3.7 |
| May | 88°F (31°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 0.1" | 0.0 | 15.2 |
| June | 99°F (37°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 0.1" | 0.0 | 26.1 |
| July | 105°F (40°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 88°F (31°C) | 0.1" | 0.0 | 30.8 |
| August | 103°F (40°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 86°F (30°C) | 0.1" | 0.0 | 30.8 |
| September | 95°F (35°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 78°F (25°C) | 0.2" | 0.0 | 25.7 |
| October | 83°F (28°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 0.3" | 0.5 | 7.9 |
| November | 69°F (21°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 0.4" | 8.2 | 0.2 |
| December | 60°F (15°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 0.5" | 18.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
China Lake Naf works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 105°F by July 23 and hold at or above 90°F on 131 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 58 dates, bottoming at 30°F around December 24.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from May 21 through September 28, covering 131 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 8 to November 14.
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.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into January 28, then returns to freezing around December 2, covering 58 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.
The widest day
August 29 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 35°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for China Lake Naf.
Where China Lake Naf Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 131 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 5 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
China Lake Naf earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
China Lake Naf'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 6%. 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 42.6°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- February, 1.1"
- Driest month
- June, 0.1"
- Wettest three months
- February, January, March (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 12
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 11
50% probability date
Growing Season
246 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,491
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,620
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CA closest to China Lake Naf 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 (65°F here).
- Burnet, TX 65°F · 0.0°F off
- Clayton, AL 65°F · 0.0°F off
- Marlin, TX 65°F · 0.0°F off
- Minden, LA 65°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (4.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Quartzsite, AZ 4.6" · 0.1" off
- Yerington, NV 4.6" · 0.1" off
- Parker, AZ 4.6" · 0.1" off
- Las Vegas, NV 4.8" · 0.1" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where China Lake Naf's limited precipitation lands
mixed demand · dry · mid swing
Local precipitation is sparse in this otherwise mixed profile. The station reports 4.7 inches annually, within PlainClimate's dry band. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The monthly distribution matters because the total alone does not reveal the timing.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in China Lake Naf's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 42.6°F. The annual average is 65°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in China Lake Naf's normal, at 2,491 and 2,620 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.
China Lake Naf has a long frost-free window of roughly 246 days, but the dry annual profile is a separate constraint. Growing-season length says when freezes are unlikely, not whether rainfall is sufficient.
China Lake Naf wettest normal
February
February concentrates the scarce annual total (4.7 inches).
China Lake Naf driest normal
June
June is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
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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 China Lake Naf's primary station: CHINA LAKE NAF (USW00093104). 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 China Lake Naf; 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 China Lake Naf 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.