Haiwee, California climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Haiwee's normal year runs from 26°F December nights to 94°F July afternoons, with 6.2 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 14.0°C, December lows of −3°C, July highs of 34°C, 157 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationHaiwee
- Station IDUSC00043710
- Location36.14°N 117.95°W
- Elevation3,825 ft (1,166 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Haiwee is 71°F and the normal low 40°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 5%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Haiwee.
- Jan 51° 27°
- Feb 55° 30°
- Mar 62° 34°
- Apr 69° 39°
- May 78° 47°
- Jun 89° 56°
- Jul 94° 62°
- Aug 93° 61°
- Sep 87° 54°
- Oct 75° 43°
- Nov 60° 33°
- Dec 50° 26°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Haiwee each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 94°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 26°F. The most precipitation falls in February (1.48 in), the least in June (0.06 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51°F | 27°F | 39.1°F | 1.24 | 4 | <1 | 22 | 10 h |
| February | 55°F | 30°F | 42.1°F | 1.48 | 5 | <1 | 14 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 62°F | 34°F | 48.2°F | 0.79 | 3 | <1 | 7 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 69°F | 39°F | 54.1°F | 0.22 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 h |
| May | 78°F | 47°F | 62.4°F | 0.21 | 2 | 8 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 89°F | 56°F | 72.3°F | 0.06 | 1 | 21 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 94°F | 62°F | 77.9°F | 0.23 | 2 | 28 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 93°F | 61°F | 76.7°F | 0.13 | 1 | 29 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 87°F | 54°F | 70.4°F | 0.21 | 1 | 19 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 75°F | 43°F | 58.7°F | 0.28 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 60°F | 33°F | 46.5°F | 0.33 | 2 | <1 | 10 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 50°F | 26°F | 38.4°F | 0.99 | 4 | <1 | 23 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 72°F | 43°F | 57.2°F | 6.17 | 27 | 109 | 80 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11°C | −3°C | 3.9°C | 31 mm |
| February | 13°C | −1°C | 5.6°C | 38 mm |
| March | 17°C | 1°C | 9.0°C | 20 mm |
| April | 21°C | 4°C | 12.3°C | 6 mm |
| May | 25°C | 8°C | 16.9°C | 5 mm |
| June | 31°C | 13°C | 22.4°C | 2 mm |
| July | 34°C | 17°C | 25.5°C | 6 mm |
| August | 34°C | 16°C | 24.8°C | 3 mm |
| September | 30°C | 12°C | 21.3°C | 5 mm |
| October | 24°C | 6°C | 14.8°C | 7 mm |
| November | 16°C | 0°C | 8.1°C | 8 mm |
| December | 10°C | −3°C | 3.6°C | 25 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station, and no record within 25 miles keeps one, so snow is left out here rather than estimated.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00043710; 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.
Which months are mildest at Haiwee?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in April, May and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (1).
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 USC00043710.
When is the last frost at Haiwee?
In Haiwee, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 17 in half of years and after May 8 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 1 in half of years and before October 15 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- April 171 year in 10 after May 8; 9 in 10 after March 29
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 11 year in 10 before October 15; 9 in 10 before November 13
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 196 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 226 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after March 31 in half of springs and before November 12 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Haiwee in zone 8b in ZIP code 93549, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 8a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 15°F (19 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in California · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00043710; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get at Haiwee?
In a normal year in Haiwee, 109 days a year reach 90°F (34 of them 100°F or more), 80 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 27 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 109a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 34a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 80a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 27a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1923) is 119°F, on July 1, 2013; the lowest is −5°F, on December 16, 2006.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1983, with 17.27 in; the snowiest season is 1951–52, with 48.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00043710; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00043710. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Haiwee?
Over a year 91% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Haiwee, 5.7 kWh per square metre a day. June is the sunniest month (96%) and December the cloudiest (82%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 83% | 3.0 |
| February | 83% | 4.0 |
| March | 87% | 5.5 |
| April | 90% | 6.9 |
| May | 92% | 7.9 |
| June | 96% | 8.6 |
| July | 93% | 8.0 |
| August | 95% | 7.5 |
| September | 95% | 6.3 |
| October | 92% | 4.8 |
| November | 88% | 3.4 |
| December | 82% | 2.7 |
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 many heating and cooling degree days does Haiwee record?
A normal year at Haiwee brings 4,088 heating degree days, 24% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,283 cooling degree days, 41% more than the median (908). Six months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,941 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 805 | 0 |
| February | 641 | 0 |
| March | 521 | 0 |
| April | 332 | 5 |
| May | 145 | 66 |
| June | 20 | 239 |
| July | 1 | 402 |
| August | 0 | 363 |
| September | 24 | 185 |
| October | 217 | 23 |
| November | 557 | 0 |
| December | 826 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,088 | 1,283 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00043710. 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.
Have recent years at Haiwee been warmer than normal?
Over 58 complete years from 1924 to 2015, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted -0.9°F per century (−0.05°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Haiwee's climate compare?
Haiwee is warmer than 50 of the 219 places with their own NOAA record in California, and wetter than 21. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 57.2°F is warmer than 67%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Haiwee is BSk: cold semi-arid steppe. 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 Haiwee share this climate record?
5 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.
- Olancha, CA138 people · 9 mi N
- Kennedy Meadows, CA93 people · 13 mi SW
- Cartago, CA75 people · 12 mi N
- Darwin, CA74 people · 22 mi NE
- Keeler, CA21 people · 24 mi N
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 Haiwee's climate
What is the coldest month at Haiwee?
December, with a normal high of 50°F and a normal low of 26°F. The warmest is July (94°F by day, 62°F at night).
What is the rainiest month at Haiwee?
February, with 1.48 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is June with 0.06 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Haiwee in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Haiwee in zone 8b in ZIP code 93549, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 15°F (19 years, 1991-2020): zone 8a.
How late can frost come at Haiwee?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 17; in one year in ten it comes after May 8. Waiting until May 8 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
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- Kern River Powerhouse 3, CA37 miles from this station, 61.3°F a year
- Trona, CA41 miles from this station, 68.4°F a year
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