Hemet, CA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Hemet's primary NOAA station, HEMET.
The climate verdict for Hemet
Dryness leads the climate profile for Hemet, California, with 11.8 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 66°F. It scores 90/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 91% of them.
- 66°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 90/100
- comfort score, above 91% of station-mapped location scores
- 11.8"
- yearly precipitation total
- 347 days
- frost-free growing season
Hemet: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00043896 · Hemet, CA 66°F mean · 11.8" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-WARM · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-NARROW · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 66°F
- RANK-WARM #6,244
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Beaumont Expsta…
- PRCP-ARID 11.8"
- SWING-NARROW 27°F
- COMF-TOP 90/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00043896
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Beaumont Expstation, MS (+ 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.
- Hemet (this station) 66°F
- Hot Crane, TX 66°F
- Near Beaumont Expsta…, MS 66°F
- Near Brooklet, GA 66°F
- Near Coleman, TX 66°F
Climate Living Index · Hemet
Hemet: 76/100 · grade B
Hemet publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Hemet, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 90/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 347 days/year | 100/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 66.3°F · 1.2° from 67.5°F | 95/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.0 inches/year | 90/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 97 calendar days | 77/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 11.8 in · 23.3 from 35 in | 18/100 · F |
Hemet · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Hemet's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSh
Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: hot semi-arid steppe (BSh). Class BSh is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically hot semi-arid steppe.
- Köppen code
- BSh
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 81.1°F
- Coldest month
- 54.1°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 Hemet sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Hemet's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 9% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Hemet sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 90%
- Hemet's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 93%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Hemet is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Hemet compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Hemet's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
90 Top 9% score exceeds 91% 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%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Below this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). This entry sits in this band.
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 | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66°F (19°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 2.4" | 0.0" | 3.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 67°F (19°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 2.8" | 0.0" | 2.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 71°F (22°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 1.6" | 0.0" | 1.0 | 0.8 |
| April | 75°F (24°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 0.7" | 0.0" | 0.3 | 2.9 |
| May | 81°F (27°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 0.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 9.3 |
| June | 89°F (32°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 0.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 17.8 |
| July | 96°F (35°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 0.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 27.7 |
| August | 97°F (36°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 0.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 28.4 |
| September | 92°F (33°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 0.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 22.2 |
| October | 82°F (28°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 0.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 10.5 |
| November | 73°F (23°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 0.7" | 0.0" | 1.1 | 1.5 |
| December | 65°F (18°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 1.7" | 0.0" | 4.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Hemet runs from a mild 43°F around December 16 to 97°F at the peak near August 15, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 18 through September 22, covering 97 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 12 to November 23.
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 43°F around December 16.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is February 14, when 21% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 20 at 1%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 33 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 21 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 34°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Hemet.
Where Hemet Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 97 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 12 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Hemet earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
5.9 days with precipitation
6.0 days with precipitation
4.4 days with precipitation
3.0 days with precipitation
1.9 days with precipitation
0.3 days with precipitation
0.8 days with precipitation
0.8 days with precipitation
0.9 days with precipitation
1.7 days with precipitation
2.8 days with precipitation
4.5 days with precipitation
Hemet's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 59% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 4%. 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 27°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- February, 2.8"
- Driest month
- June, 0.1"
- Wettest three months
- February, January, December (59% 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 Hemet, it arrives in quantity
11.8" of precipitation falls across only about 33 wet days here, averaging 0.36 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 33 a year, 9% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.36 inches
- Most wet days
- February, about 6
- Fewest wet days
- June, about 0
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.
Hemet's record shows no measurable snowfall
This station measured snowfall across the 1991-2020 period and recorded none: the annual normal is 0.0 inches. That is a measured zero rather than missing data, which is a meaningful distinction here , most stations in the database simply do not report snow at all, and those pages say nothing about it.
A thirty-year normal of zero describes the typical year at this station. It is not a claim that snow has never fallen in the area.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
December 23
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
January 10
50% probability date
Growing Season
347 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,516
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,009
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CA closest to Hemet 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 (66°F here).
- Brooklet, GA 66°F · 0.0°F off
- Coleman, TX 66°F · 0.0°F off
- Crane, TX 66°F · 0.0°F off
- Fitzgerald, GA 66°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (11.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Delta Junction, AK 11.8" · 0.0" off
- El Rito, NM 11.7" · 0.0" off
- Flaming Gorge, UT 11.8" · 0.0" off
- Gulkana, AK 11.8" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Hemet's limited precipitation lands
mixed demand · dry · low swing
Local precipitation is sparse in this otherwise mixed profile. The station reports 11.8 inches annually, within PlainClimate's dry band. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. The monthly distribution matters because the total alone does not reveal the timing.
The calendar stays thermally compact and dry. August and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar, only 27.0°F apart, while the annual precipitation total remains below PlainClimate's dry threshold. The annual average is 66°F. The monthly rows show whether that limited precipitation is spread through the year or concentrated in a shorter interval.
Hemet combines a compact 27.0°F annual temperature range with meaningful demand on both sides of the thermostat: 1,516 heating and 2,009 cooling degree days. The balance matters more here than either annual total in isolation.
Hemet has a long frost-free window of roughly 347 days, but the dry annual profile is a separate constraint. Growing-season length says when freezes are unlikely, not whether rainfall is sufficient.
Hemet wettest normal
February
February concentrates the scarce annual total (11.8 inches).
Hemet driest normal
June
June is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
Questions about Hemet's climate
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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 Hemet's primary station: HEMET (USC00043896). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 0633182). Match rule for Hemet: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Hemet 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.