Culver City, California climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Culver City's normal year runs from 47°F December nights to 79°F August afternoons, with 14.1 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.6°C, December lows of 8°C, August highs of 26°C, 357 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCulver City
- Station IDUSC00042214
- Location34.01°N 118.41°W
- Elevation92 ft (28 m)
- From the center1 miles
- Population39,883
On October 23, the normal high in Culver City is 75°F and the normal low 57°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 6%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Culver City.
- Jan 67° 48°
- Feb 67° 49°
- Mar 68° 51°
- Apr 71° 53°
- May 72° 57°
- Jun 75° 60°
- Jul 78° 63°
- Aug 79° 64°
- Sep 78° 62°
- Oct 76° 58°
- Nov 71° 52°
- Dec 66° 47°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Culver City each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 79°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 47°F. The most precipitation falls in February (3.46 in), the least in August (0.00 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67°F | 48°F | 57.3°F | 3.25 | 6 | <1 | <1 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 67°F | 49°F | 57.5°F | 3.46 | 6 | <1 | <1 | 11 h |
| March | 68°F | 51°F | 59.5°F | 2.16 | 4 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 71°F | 53°F | 61.9°F | 0.60 | 2 | <1 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 72°F | 57°F | 64.3°F | 0.38 | 1 | 1 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 75°F | 60°F | 67.5°F | 0.06 | <1 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| July | 78°F | 63°F | 70.6°F | 0.02 | 1 | 1 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 79°F | 64°F | 71.3°F | 0.00 | <1 | 1 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 78°F | 62°F | 70.3°F | 0.13 | <1 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 76°F | 58°F | 66.9°F | 0.56 | 1 | 2 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 71°F | 52°F | 61.3°F | 0.94 | 3 | <1 | <1 | 10 h 30 min |
| December | 66°F | 47°F | 56.6°F | 2.49 | 5 | <1 | <1 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 72°F | 55°F | 63.7°F | 14.05 | 29 | 7 | 1 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 19°C | 9°C | 14.1°C | 83 mm |
| February | 19°C | 9°C | 14.2°C | 88 mm |
| March | 20°C | 10°C | 15.3°C | 55 mm |
| April | 22°C | 12°C | 16.6°C | 15 mm |
| May | 22°C | 14°C | 17.9°C | 10 mm |
| June | 24°C | 16°C | 19.7°C | 2 mm |
| July | 26°C | 17°C | 21.4°C | 1 mm |
| August | 26°C | 18°C | 21.8°C | 0 mm |
| September | 26°C | 17°C | 21.3°C | 3 mm |
| October | 24°C | 14°C | 19.4°C | 14 mm |
| November | 21°C | 11°C | 16.3°C | 24 mm |
| December | 19°C | 8°C | 13.7°C | 63 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00042214; 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.
When is the best weather to visit Culver City?
Every month's normal high in Culver City falls between 65°F and 85°F.
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 USC00042214.
What hardiness zone is each Culver City ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Culver City's 2 ZIP code areas are all in zone 10b. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in Culver City?
In a normal year in Culver City, 7 days a year reach 90°F, 1 night falls to 32°F or colder and 29 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 7a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 1a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 29a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1935) is 111°F, on September 26, 1963; the lowest is 24°F, on January 4, 1949.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2023, with 36.14 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00042214; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00042214. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Culver City?
Over a year 90% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Culver City, 5.7 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (97%) and February the cloudiest (82%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 83% | 3.2 |
| February | 82% | 4.0 |
| March | 85% | 5.4 |
| April | 87% | 6.7 |
| May | 89% | 7.5 |
| June | 93% | 8.1 |
| July | 95% | 7.9 |
| August | 97% | 7.5 |
| September | 95% | 6.3 |
| October | 91% | 4.8 |
| November | 88% | 3.6 |
| December | 83% | 2.9 |
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 much heating and cooling does Culver City need?
A normal year in Culver City brings 1,240 heating degree days, 77% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 795 cooling degree days, 12% fewer than the median (908). No month reaches 300 heating degree days. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,037 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 242 | 3 |
| February | 215 | 5 |
| March | 180 | 10 |
| April | 114 | 22 |
| May | 55 | 33 |
| June | 7 | 82 |
| July | 1 | 173 |
| August | 1 | 198 |
| September | 3 | 162 |
| October | 29 | 87 |
| November | 133 | 20 |
| December | 261 | 1 |
| Year (annual) | 1,240 | 795 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00042214. 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.
Has Culver City been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 64.3°F, 0.6°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 63.7°F. 2 of the 4 complete years since 2022 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 65.0°F | +1.3°F | 6.28 |
| 2023 | 62.8°F | −0.9°F | 36.14 |
| 2024 | 63.1°F | −0.6°F | 21.06 |
| 2025 | 64.3°F | +0.6°F | 18.25 |
Over 34 complete years from 1944 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 5.3°F per century (+0.29°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00042214; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Culver City's climate compare?
Culver City is warmer than 163 of the other 218 places with their own NOAA record in California, and wetter than 93. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 63.7°F is warmer than 85%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Culver City is Csb: temperate, dry-summer, warm 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 Culver City share this climate record?
2 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.
- View Park-Windsor Hills, CA11,744 people · 4 mi E
- Ladera Heights, CA7,249 people · 3 mi E
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 Culver City's climate
What is the coldest month in Culver City?
December, with a normal high of 66°F and a normal low of 47°F. The warmest is August (79°F by day, 64°F at night).
Does it snow in Culver City?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in Culver City?
February, with 3.46 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 0.00 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Culver City in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Culver City in zone 10b across its 2 ZIP code areas (10b in 90230, the largest).
Nearby and next
- Culver City in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- California climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Santa Monica, CA2 miles from this station, 62.8°F a year
- U C L A, CA5 miles from this station, 64.3°F a year
- Santa Monica Pier, CA5 miles from this station, 60.5°F a year
- Getty Center, CA7 miles from this station, 64.2°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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