El Centro Naf, 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 El Centro Naf's primary NOAA station, EL CENTRO NAF.
The climate verdict for El Centro Naf
El Centro Naf, California is cooling-led and dry. Its 5.1 inches of annual precipitation pairs with an annual average of 74°F. It scores 76/100 for climate comfort (good), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 69% of them.
- 74°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 76/100
- comfort score, above 69% of station-mapped location scores
- 5.1"
- yearly precipitation total
- 349 days
- frost-free growing season
El Centro Naf: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00023199 · El Centro Naf, CA 74°F mean · 5.1" precip
TEMP-HOT · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-COOL · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-HOT 74°F
- RANK-WARM #6,724
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Imperial County
- PRCP-ARID 5.1"
- SWING-MID 38°F
- COMF-TOP 76/100
- LOAD-COOL 4,103 CDD
- STN-1 USW00023199
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Imperial County, CA (+ 0.1 °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.
- El Centro Naf (this station) 74°F
- Hot Hebbronville, TX 74°F
- Near Imperial County, CA 74°F
- Near Borrego Desert…, CA 74°F
- Near Brawley, CA 74°F
Climate Living Index · El Centro Naf
El Centro Naf: 51/100 · grade D
El Centro 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 El Centro Naf, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 76/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 349 days/year | 100/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 73.6°F · 6.1° from 67.5°F | 81/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 172 calendar days | 31/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 5.1 in · 29.9 from 35 in | 1/100 · F |
El Centro Naf · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
El Centro 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
- 92.6°F
- Coldest month
- 54.7°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 · cooling-led station
Where El Centro Naf sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for El Centro Naf's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 2% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, El Centro Naf sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 99%
- El Centro Naf's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 73%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for El Centro Naf is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How El Centro Naf compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
El Centro Naf's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
76 Top 31% score exceeds 69% 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 | 71°F (21°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 1.1" | 1.4 | 0.0 |
| February | 74°F (24°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 0.9" | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| March | 81°F (27°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 0.8" | 0.0 | 4.9 |
| April | 87°F (31°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 0.2" | 0.0 | 11.2 |
| May | 94°F (35°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 0.1" | 0.0 | 22.3 |
| June | 103°F (40°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 86°F (30°C) | 0.6" | 0.0 | 29.4 |
| July | 107°F (42°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 92°F (33°C) | 0.2" | 0.0 | 30.9 |
| August | 107°F (42°C) | 78°F (26°C) | 93°F (34°C) | 0.2" | 0.0 | 30.9 |
| September | 102°F (39°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 87°F (31°C) | 0.3" | 0.0 | 28.3 |
| October | 91°F (33°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 0.2" | 0.0 | 19.0 |
| November | 79°F (26°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 0.2" | 0.3 | 2.3 |
| December | 69°F (20°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 0.3" | 1.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in El Centro Naf runs from a mild 40°F around December 20 to 108°F at the peak near July 10, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from April 30 through October 18, covering 172 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs January 11 to December 5.
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 40°F around December 20.
The widest day
June 10 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 El Centro Naf.
Where El Centro Naf Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 172 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.
El Centro 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
El Centro Naf's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 46% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 19%. 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 37.9°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- January, 1.1"
- Driest month
- May, 0.1"
- Wettest three months
- January, February, March (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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
December 21
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
January 6
50% probability date
Growing Season
349 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
931
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
4,103
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CA closest to El Centro 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 (74°F here).
- Clermont, FL 74°F · 0.0°F off
- Vero Beach, FL 74°F · 0.0°F off
- Ajo, AZ 74°F · 0.1°F off
- Fort Pierce, FL 74°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (5.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Pahrump, NV 5.0" · 0.1" off
- Laughlin, NV 5.3" · 0.2" off
- Dyer, NV 5.4" · 0.3" off
- Bullhead City, AZ 5.4" · 0.3" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where El Centro Naf's limited precipitation lands
cooling led · dry · mid swing
Air-conditioning demand is the clearest thermal signal here. El Centro Naf accumulates 4,103 cooling degree days, more than twice its 931 heating total; the monthly table shows when that imbalance builds rather than treating it as a year-round condition.
Heat demand sits beside limited local precipitation: El Centro Naf receives 5.1 inches in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Month-level precipitation is the useful check on when that small annual total arrives.
August and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in El Centro Naf's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 37.9°F. The annual average is 74°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
With about 349 frost-free days, the calendar is constrained more by sustained heat than by freeze timing. This does not measure crop suitability or soil moisture; it only reports the NOAA-derived frost-free window for El Centro Naf.
El Centro Naf wettest normal
January
January concentrates the scarce annual total (5.1 inches).
El Centro Naf driest normal
May
May 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 El Centro Naf's primary station: EL CENTRO NAF (USW00023199). 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 El Centro 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 El Centro 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.