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Grizzly Creek State Park, 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 Grizzly Creek State Park's primary NOAA station, GRIZZLY CREEK SP.

The climate verdict for Grizzly Creek State Park

Water is the standout signal in Grizzly Creek State Park, California: 52.3 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 53°F. Its climate comfort score of 67/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.

53°F
average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
67/100
comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
52.3"
annual precipitation · 1" snow
263 days
growing season, frost-free days

Grizzly Creek State Park: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.

Normals record plate

Sheet USC00043647 · Grizzly Creek State Park, CA 53°F mean · 52.3" precip

TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-NARROW · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL

Nearest mean-temperature peer: Crescent City Mcnamara, CA (+ 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.

Climate Living Index · Grizzly Creek State Park

Grizzly Creek State Park: 73/100 · grade B

Grizzly Creek State Park publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.

B
73/100Climate Living Index

PlainClimate-derived for Grizzly Creek State Park, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 67/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.

Grizzly Creek State Park Living Index dimension scores
DimensionStation valueScore
Normal heat + freeze calendar 0 calendar days 100/100 · A
Frost-free season 263 days/year 93/100 · A
Snowfall burden 0.7 inches/year 85/100 · A
Annual temperature balance 52.9°F · 14.6° from 67.5°F 52/100 · D
Precipitation balance 52.3 in · 17.3 from 35 in 39/100 · F

Grizzly Creek State Park · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.

Grizzly Creek State Park is a temperate Köppen climate: Csb

Coldest-month mean 43.0°F and warmest-month mean 63.2°F place this station in temperate, dry-summer, warm summer climates (Csb). Class Csb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, dry-summer, warm summer.

Köppen code
Csb
Group
Temperate
Warmest month
63.2°F
Coldest month
43.0°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 · heating-led station

Where Grizzly Creek State Park sits across the climate record

Three NOAA fields for Grizzly Creek State Park's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.

Annual temperature
53rd percentile warmth
Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
Annual precipitation
Top 15% wettest
Grizzly Creek State Park's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
Seasonal temperature swing
Narrower than 97%
Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Grizzly Creek State Park is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.

How Grizzly Creek State Park compares across U.S. station-mapped locations

Grizzly Creek State Park's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations

PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals

67 Top 44% score exceeds 56% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry. 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry. 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry. This location 0 100 every station-mapped location, bucketed by value
  1. 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
  2. 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
  3. 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
  4. 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
  5. 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
  6. 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
  7. 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). This entry sits in this band.
  8. 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
  9. 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
  10. 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.

Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more station-mapped locations. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Monthly Temperatures

Average daily high and low temperatures by month

Month Avg High Avg Low Mean
January 50°F (10°C) 38°F (3°C) 44°F (7°C)
February 52°F (11°C) 39°F (4°C) 46°F (8°C)
March 55°F (13°C) 41°F (5°C) 48°F (9°C)
April 60°F (15°C) 43°F (6°C) 51°F (11°C)
May 65°F (18°C) 48°F (9°C) 56°F (13°C)
June 69°F (20°C) 50°F (10°C) 60°F (15°C)
July 73°F (23°C) 53°F (11°C) 63°F (17°C)
August 73°F (23°C) 53°F (12°C) 63°F (17°C)
September 72°F (22°C) 49°F (10°C) 61°F (16°C)
October 63°F (17°C) 45°F (7°C) 54°F (12°C)
November 54°F (12°C) 40°F (5°C) 47°F (8°C)
December 49°F (9°C) 38°F (3°C) 43°F (6°C)

The year, day by day

The calendar barely moves in Grizzly Creek State Park: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 37°F near December 14 and 74°F near July 24.

Normal daily high and low temperature for Grizzly Creek State Park, January through December Peaks 74°F around July 24. Bottoms 37°F around December 14. 30 40 50 60 70 80 freezing JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Normal daily high and low across the calendar year. NOAA 1991–2020 daily normals, GRIZZLY CREEK SP.

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 37°F around December 14.

Where the wet dates fall

The likeliest wet date is January 22, when 52% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 30 at 6%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 114 wet dates a year.

The widest day

September 13 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 23°F between the normal high and the normal low.

Look up any date

Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Grizzly Creek State Park.

Where Grizzly Creek State Park Stands Nationally

The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 52 inches.

Grizzly Creek State Park earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.

Monthly Precipitation

Average monthly rainfall and snowfall

January 8.6"

Snow: 0.1"

16.4 days with precipitation

February 8.9"

Snow: 0.1"

13.7 days with precipitation

March 6.6"

Snow: 0.3"

15.2 days with precipitation

April 4.9"

13.1 days with precipitation

May 2.1"

8.9 days with precipitation

June 0.7"

4.7 days with precipitation

July 0.1"

2.0 days with precipitation

August 0.1"

1.9 days with precipitation

September 0.5"

2.1 days with precipitation

October 2.6"

6.4 days with precipitation

November 6.4"

13.2 days with precipitation

December 10.7"

Snow: 0.2"

14.8 days with precipitation

Grizzly Creek State Park's wet season runs through the cold months

December, January and February carry 54% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 2%. 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 an unusually narrow 20.2°F seasonal spread.

Wettest month
December, 10.7"
Driest month
August, 0.1"
Wettest three months
December, February, January (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.

When it rains in Grizzly Creek State Park, it arrives in quantity

52.3" of precipitation falls across only about 112 wet days here, averaging 0.46 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.

Days with measurable precipitation
about 112 a year, 31% of all days
Average depth per wet day
0.46 inches
Most wet days
January, about 16
Fewest wet days
August, about 2

A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.

Snow reaches Grizzly Creek State Park, but rarely amounts to much

The normals record 0.7 inches of snow a year here, most likely in March. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.

A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 1 days a year record any measurable snow at all.

NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.

Frost Dates & Growing Season

First Fall Freeze

November 22

50% probability date

Last Spring Freeze

March 4

50% probability date

Growing Season

263 days

Heating & Cooling Degree Days

Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling

Heating Degree Days

4,430

Higher = more heating needed

Cooling Degree Days

34

Higher = more cooling needed

Warmest Month

August

Coldest Month

December

Nationwide similar cities

Other rankable U.S. places outside CA closest to Grizzly Creek State Park 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 (53°F here).

Closest by annual precipitation

Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (52.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.

California climate overview →

Data-derived climate profile

How Grizzly Creek State Park's climate pattern fits together

heating led · wet · low swing

Heating is the larger measured load in Grizzly Creek State Park, at 4,430 degree days versus 34 for cooling. Unlike a strongly continental record, however, its 20.2°F month-to-month range is compact; persistent cool-season demand matters more than a dramatic summer-to-winter reversal.

The frost-free window extends for about 263 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.

Grizzly Creek State Park's 20.2°F seasonal spread is compact even though precipitation is abundant. August and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 53°F. Temperature is relatively steady; the monthly rows show how rain and snow observations vary across the calendar.

Alongside its heating load, Grizzly Creek State Park carries 52.3 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Annual snowfall totals 0.7 inches. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.

These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Grizzly Creek State Park's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Grizzly Creek State Park, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.

Questions about Grizzly Creek State Park's climate

How much rain does Grizzly Creek State Park get?
Grizzly Creek State Park receives 52.3 inches of precipitation, including 0.7 inches of snow. Based on NOAA 30-year climate normals (1991-2020).
How much energy does heating and cooling require in Grizzly Creek State Park?
Grizzly Creek State Park has 4,430 heating degree days and 34 cooling degree days annually, a heating-dominated climate. Degree-day definitions: reading weather data.

Data Sources

Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Grizzly Creek State Park's primary station: GRIZZLY CREEK SP (USC00043647). 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 Grizzly Creek State Park; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainClimate

On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Grizzly Creek State Park 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.