Lancaster WM J Fox Fld, CA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Lancaster WM J Fox Fld's primary NOAA station, LANCASTER WM J FOX FLD.
The climate verdict for Lancaster WM J Fox Fld
Dryness leads the climate profile for Lancaster WM J Fox Fld, California, with 6.8 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 62°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 62°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 6.8"
- yearly precipitation total
- 212 days
- frost-free growing season
Lancaster WM J Fox Fld: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00003159 · Lancaster WM J Fox Fld, CA 62°F mean · 6.8" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 62°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,489
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Calhoun Falls
- PRCP-ARID 6.8"
- SWING-MID 39°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USW00003159
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Calhoun Falls, SC (+ 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.
- Lancaster WM J… (this station) 62°F
- Hot Elizabethtown, NC 62°F
- Near Calhoun Falls, SC 62°F
- Near Covington, GA 62°F
- Near Edenton, NC 62°F
Climate Living Index · Lancaster WM J Fox Fld
Lancaster WM J Fox Fld: 48/100 · grade D
Lancaster WM J Fox Fld publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals · NOAA hourly normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Lancaster WM J Fox Fld, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 62.1°F · 5.4° from 67.5°F | 83/100 · B |
| Frost-free season | 212 days/year | 73/100 · B |
| Summer moisture balance | 40.9°F mean dew point | 39/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 166 calendar days | 35/100 · F |
| Precipitation balance | 6.8 in · 28.2 from 35 in | 5/100 · F |
Lancaster WM J Fox Fld · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Lancaster WM J Fox Fld's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSk
Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: cold semi-arid steppe (BSk). Class BSk is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically cold semi-arid steppe.
- Köppen code
- BSk
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 82.4°F
- Coldest month
- 43.7°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 · balanced station
Where Lancaster WM J Fox Fld sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Lancaster WM J Fox Fld's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 20% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Lancaster WM J Fox Fld sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 98%
- Lancaster WM J Fox Fld's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 70%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Lancaster WM J Fox Fld is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Lancaster WM J Fox Fld compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Lancaster WM J Fox Fld's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 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.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Lancaster WM J Fox Fld's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 43 complete annual observations from 1976 to 2025, LANCASTER WM J FOX FLD warmed at a fitted rate of 0.31°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Lancaster WM J Fox Fld primary station fitted change +0.31 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59°F (15°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 1.5" | 18.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 62°F (16°C) | 35°F (1°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 1.8" | 11.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 67°F (20°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 1.0" | 4.9 | 0.1 |
| April | 73°F (23°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 0.4" | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| May | 82°F (28°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 0.1" | 0.0 | 7.4 |
| June | 91°F (33°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 76°F (25°C) | 0.1" | 0.0 | 18.8 |
| July | 98°F (36°C) | 67°F (20°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 0.1" | 0.0 | 27.7 |
| August | 98°F (37°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 0.0" | 0.0 | 28.7 |
| September | 91°F (33°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 0.1" | 0.0 | 20.1 |
| October | 80°F (27°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 0.3" | 1.0 | 4.9 |
| November | 67°F (19°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 0.4" | 11.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 58°F (14°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 1.1" | 19.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Lancaster WM J Fox Fld works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 99°F by July 26 and hold at or above 90°F on 102 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 64 dates, bottoming at 29°F around December 13.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 11 through September 20, covering 102 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 1 to November 9.
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.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into January 27, then returns to freezing around November 25, covering 64 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is February 18, when 18% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 18 at 1%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 28 wet dates a year.
The widest day
September 13 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 Lancaster WM J Fox Fld.
Where Lancaster WM J Fox Fld Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 102 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 7 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Lancaster WM J Fox Fld earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
5.0 days with precipitation
5.3 days with precipitation
4.3 days with precipitation
2.2 days with precipitation
1.0 days with precipitation
0.3 days with precipitation
0.7 days with precipitation
0.3 days with precipitation
0.5 days with precipitation
1.6 days with precipitation
2.2 days with precipitation
4.4 days with precipitation
Lancaster WM J Fox Fld's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 64% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 3%. 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 38.7°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- February, 1.8"
- Driest month
- August, 0.0"
- Wettest three months
- February, January, December (64% 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.
How Lancaster WM J Fox Fld's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 28 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 6.8" between them, or roughly 0.24 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 1
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 3
50% probability date
Growing Season
212 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,949
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,905
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Humidity & Wind
Monthly averages from hourly observations
| Month | Humidity | Wind (mph) | Clear Sky % | Overcast % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53% | 8.0 | 69% | 11% |
| February | 51% | 10.5 | 62% | 12% |
| March | 44% | 13.2 | 73% | 6% |
| April | 36% | 14.8 | 76% | 3% |
| May | 32% | 15.1 | 82% | 2% |
| June | 25% | 13.9 | 92% | 0% |
| July | 24% | 12.2 | 90% | 0% |
| August | 26% | 10.1 | 87% | 1% |
| September | 31% | 9.3 | 88% | 1% |
| October | 36% | 8.2 | 81% | 3% |
| November | 44% | 7.9 | 75% | 6% |
| December | 51% | 6.8 | 68% | 12% |
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CA closest to Lancaster WM J Fox Fld 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 (62°F here).
- Calhoun Falls, SC 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Covington, GA 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Edenton, NC 62°F · 0.0°F off
- Elizabethtown, NC 62°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (6.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Page, AZ 6.9" · 0.1" off
- Challis, ID 6.9" · 0.1" off
- Grand View, ID 6.7" · 0.1" off
- Myton, UT 7.0" · 0.1" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Lancaster WM J Fox Fld's limited precipitation lands
mixed demand · dry · mid swing
Local precipitation is sparse in this otherwise mixed profile. The station reports 6.8 inches annually, within PlainClimate's dry band. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The monthly distribution matters because the total alone does not reveal the timing.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Lancaster WM J Fox Fld's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 38.7°F. The annual average is 62°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Lancaster WM J Fox Fld's normal, at 2,949 and 1,905 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
A roughly 212-day frost-free season sits inside this mixed heating-and-cooling profile. Start and end dates matter because both sides of the thermostat register during a normal year.
Lancaster WM J Fox Fld wettest normal
February
February concentrates the scarce annual total (6.8 inches).
Lancaster WM J Fox Fld driest normal
August
August 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 Lancaster WM J Fox Fld's primary station: LANCASTER WM J FOX FLD (USW00003159). 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 Lancaster WM J Fox Fld; 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 Lancaster WM J Fox Fld 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.