Mccloud, CA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Mccloud's primary NOAA station, MCCLOUD.
The climate verdict for Mccloud
Water is the standout signal in Mccloud, California: 49.7 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 51°F. Its climate comfort score of 64/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 49% of station-mapped location scores.
- 51°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 64/100
- comfort score, above 49% of station-mapped location scores
- 49.7"
- yearly precipitation total
- 125 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Mccloud: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00045449 · Mccloud, CA 51°F mean · 49.7" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 51°F
- RANK-MID #2,950
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hat Creek
- PRCP-MID 49.7"
- SWING-MID 35°F
- COMF-MID 64/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,612 HDD
- STN-1 USC00045449
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Hat Creek, CA ( -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.
- Mccloud (this station) 51°F
- Near Hat Creek, CA 51°F
- Near Dufur, OR 51°F
- Cold Transou, NC 50°F
- Near Bowman Dam, CA 50°F
Climate Living Index · Mccloud
Mccloud: 28/100 · grade F
Mccloud publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Mccloud, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 64/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 49.7 in · 14.7 from 35 in | 48/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 50.6°F · 16.9° from 67.5°F | 43/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 125 days/year | 9/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 212 calendar days | 8/100 · F |
Mccloud · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Mccloud is a temperate Köppen climate: Csb
Coldest-month mean 35.2°F and warmest-month mean 69.7°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
- 69.7°F
- Coldest month
- 35.2°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 Mccloud sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Mccloud's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 43rd percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 20% wettest
- Mccloud's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 83%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Mccloud is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Mccloud compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Mccloud's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
64 49th percentile score exceeds 49% 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 | 47°F (8°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 8.0" | 27.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 51°F (10°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 7.4" | 24.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 55°F (13°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 7.5" | 24.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 61°F (16°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 3.8" | 17.2 | 0.0 |
| May | 72°F (22°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 2.5" | 6.4 | 1.3 |
| June | 81°F (27°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 1.2" | 1.0 | 5.6 |
| July | 90°F (32°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 0.2" | 0.0 | 16.8 |
| August | 89°F (32°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 0.3" | 0.0 | 14.9 |
| September | 84°F (29°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 0.6" | 1.5 | 8.4 |
| October | 71°F (21°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 2.3" | 14.1 | 1.2 |
| November | 55°F (13°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 5.6" | 23.0 | 0.0 |
| December | 47°F (8°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 10.4" | 27.2 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Mccloud works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 92°F by July 24 and hold at or above 90°F on 29 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 183 dates, bottoming at 23°F around December 26.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from July 13 through August 10, covering 29 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs May 11 to October 17.
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 April 19, then returns to freezing around October 20, covering 183 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
September 4 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 43°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Mccloud.
Where Mccloud Stands Nationally
Day-to-night contrast is extreme by national standards — the widest normal daily swing reaches about 43°F, sharper than nine in ten ranked stations see.
Freezing is routine here by normals standards — the normal low reaches 32°F or colder on about 183 nights a year, more than most ranked stations.
Mccloud earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Mccloud's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 52% 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 34.5°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- December, 10.4"
- Driest month
- July, 0.2"
- Wettest three months
- December, January, March (52% 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
September 30
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 28
50% probability date
Growing Season
125 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,612
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
390
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CA closest to Mccloud 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 (51°F here).
- Bellefontaine, OH 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Bridgeport, NE 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Brighton, CO 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Delta, UT 51°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (49.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Maynard, MA 49.7" · 0.0" off
- Grantsville, WV 49.7" · 0.0" off
- Jefferson, TX 49.7" · 0.0" off
- Spencer, IN 49.7" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Mccloud's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Mccloud's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,612 annual heating degree days against 390 for cooling. Its 34.5°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 125 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Mccloud's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 34.5°F. The annual average is 51°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Mccloud carries 49.7 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. 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 Mccloud'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 Mccloud, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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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 Mccloud's primary station: MCCLOUD (USC00045449). 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 a census-designated place (GEOID 0644784), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Mccloud: 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 Mccloud 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.