Loraine, CA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Loraine's primary NOAA station, LORAINE 5 NNE.
The climate verdict for Loraine
Dryness leads the climate profile for Loraine, California, with 12.8 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 56°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 56°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 12.8"
- annual precipitation
- 205 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Loraine: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00045100 · Loraine, CA 56°F mean · 12.8" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 56°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,391
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mt Lemmon Willo…
- PRCP-DRY 12.8"
- SWING-MID 30°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,028 HDD
- STN-1 USC00045100
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Mt Lemmon Willow Canyon, AZ ( -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.
- Loraine (this station) 56°F
- Cold Mt Lemmon Willo…, AZ 56°F
- Hot Trinity Rvr Hat…, CA 56°F
- Near N Fork, NC 56°F
- Near Nevada City, CA 56°F
Climate Living Index · Loraine
Loraine: 63/100 · grade C
Loraine publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Loraine, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 71 calendar days | 85/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 205 days/year | 68/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 56.0°F · 11.5° from 67.5°F | 63/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 12.8 in · 22.2 from 35 in | 21/100 · F |
Loraine · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Loraine is a temperate Köppen climate: Csa
Coldest-month mean 42.8°F and warmest-month mean 72.9°F place this station in temperate, dry-summer, hot summer climates (Csa). Class Csa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, dry-summer, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Csa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 72.9°F
- Coldest month
- 42.8°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 Loraine sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Loraine's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 64th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 88%
- Loraine's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 90%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Loraine is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Loraine compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Loraine'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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 55°F (13°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 2.5" | 13.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 56°F (13°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 3.1" | 11.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 58°F (15°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 2.1" | 9.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 64°F (18°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 0.9" | 4.8 | 0.0 |
| May | 72°F (22°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 0.8" | 1.1 | 0.8 |
| June | 82°F (28°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 0.1" | 0.0 | 7.3 |
| July | 88°F (31°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 0.1" | 0.0 | 17.4 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 0.3" | 0.0 | 18.2 |
| September | 84°F (29°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 0.1" | 0.0 | 9.5 |
| October | 73°F (23°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 0.5" | 1.0 | 0.9 |
| November | 63°F (17°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 0.3" | 6.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 54°F (12°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 2.0" | 16.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 89°F around August 14, short of 90°F on every date, while 71 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 31°F near December 19.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 17, then returns to freezing around December 9, covering 71 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.
The widest day
August 27 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 Loraine.
Where Loraine Stands Nationally
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 13 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Daily temperature swings run wider than most of the country, peaking near 34°F between the normal high and low.
Loraine earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Loraine's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 60% 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 a 30.1°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- February, 3.1"
- Driest month
- July, 0.1"
- Wettest three months
- February, January, March (60% 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
November 13
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 22
50% probability date
Growing Season
205 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,028
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
776
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CA closest to Loraine 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 (56°F here).
- Barbourville, KY 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Bolivar, MO 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Chestertown, MD 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Columbia, MO 56°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (12.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Baker, NV 12.8" · 0.0" off
- Pendleton, OR 12.8" · 0.0" off
- Cuba, NM 12.8" · 0.0" off
- Green Valley, AZ 12.8" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Loraine's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Loraine's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,028 annual heating degree days against 776 for cooling. Its 30.1°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Loraine's frost-free season lasts about 205 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Loraine's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 30.1°F. The annual average is 56°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Loraine's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 12.8 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
Loraine wettest normal
February
February concentrates the scarce annual total (12.8 inches).
Loraine driest normal
July
July 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 Loraine's primary station: LORAINE 5 NNE (USC00045100). 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 Loraine; 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 Loraine 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.