Orland, California climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Orland's normal year runs from 37°F December nights to 94°F July afternoons, with 21.4 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.9°C, December lows of 3°C, July highs of 35°C, 543 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationOrland
- Station IDUSC00046506
- Location39.75°N 122.20°W
- Elevation254 ft (77 m)
- Population8,605
On October 23, the normal high in Orland is 76°F and the normal low 49°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 14%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Orland.
- Jan 57° 38°
- Feb 62° 40°
- Mar 67° 43°
- Apr 73° 47°
- May 81° 53°
- Jun 89° 60°
- Jul 94° 63°
- Aug 93° 61°
- Sep 90° 58°
- Oct 80° 51°
- Nov 65° 43°
- Dec 57° 37°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Orland each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 94°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 37°F. The most precipitation falls in January (4.50 in), the least in July (0.02 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57°F | 38°F | 47.3°F | 4.50 | 12 | <1 | 5 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 62°F | 40°F | 50.9°F | 4.11 | 10 | <1 | 2 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 67°F | 43°F | 55.0°F | 2.79 | 9 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 73°F | 47°F | 59.9°F | 1.37 | 6 | 1 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 81°F | 53°F | 67.2°F | 1.13 | 4 | 6 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 89°F | 60°F | 74.5°F | 0.38 | 1 | 15 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 94°F | 63°F | 78.8°F | 0.02 | <1 | 24 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 93°F | 61°F | 77.1°F | 0.08 | <1 | 23 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 90°F | 58°F | 73.9°F | 0.24 | 1 | 18 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 80°F | 51°F | 65.1°F | 0.91 | 4 | 4 | <1 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 65°F | 43°F | 53.9°F | 2.04 | 7 | <1 | 1 | 10 h |
| December | 57°F | 37°F | 46.9°F | 3.82 | 11 | <1 | 7 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 76°F | 50°F | 62.5°F | 21.39 | 63 | 92 | 16 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14°C | 3°C | 8.5°C | 114 mm |
| February | 17°C | 5°C | 10.5°C | 104 mm |
| March | 19°C | 6°C | 12.8°C | 71 mm |
| April | 23°C | 8°C | 15.5°C | 35 mm |
| May | 27°C | 12°C | 19.6°C | 29 mm |
| June | 32°C | 16°C | 23.6°C | 10 mm |
| July | 35°C | 17°C | 26.0°C | 1 mm |
| August | 34°C | 16°C | 25.1°C | 2 mm |
| September | 32°C | 14°C | 23.3°C | 6 mm |
| October | 26°C | 10°C | 18.4°C | 23 mm |
| November | 19°C | 6°C | 12.2°C | 52 mm |
| December | 14°C | 3°C | 8.3°C | 97 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00046506; 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.
When is the best weather to visit Orland?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (4).
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 USC00046506.
When is the last frost in Orland?
In Orland, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after February 25 in half of years and after April 6 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before December 2 in half of years and before November 17 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
- February 251 year in 10 after April 6; 9 in 10 after January 19
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- December 21 year in 10 before November 17; 9 in 10 before December 21
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 279 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 339 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after January 15 in half of springs and before December 16 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Orland in zone 9b in ZIP code 95963, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Orland's NOAA station is in zone 9b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 26°F (25 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in California · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00046506; 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 in Orland?
In a normal year in Orland, 92 days a year reach 90°F (19 of them 100°F or more), 16 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 63 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 92a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 19a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 16a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 63a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1903) is 120°F, on July 9, 1905; the lowest is 15°F, on December 23, 1990.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1983, with 48.35 in; the snowiest season is 1972–73, with 7.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00046506; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00046506. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Orland?
Over a year 88% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Orland, 5.2 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (98%) and December the cloudiest (70%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 72% | 2.2 |
| February | 76% | 3.2 |
| March | 78% | 4.5 |
| April | 83% | 6.0 |
| May | 88% | 7.3 |
| June | 94% | 8.2 |
| July | 98% | 8.3 |
| August | 97% | 7.3 |
| September | 95% | 5.9 |
| October | 89% | 4.2 |
| November | 80% | 2.6 |
| December | 70% | 1.9 |
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 much heating and cooling does Orland need?
A normal year in Orland brings 2,499 heating degree days, 53% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,616 cooling degree days, 78% more than the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 4,924 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 550 | 0 |
| February | 394 | 0 |
| March | 315 | 4 |
| April | 181 | 27 |
| May | 64 | 133 |
| June | 10 | 295 |
| July | 0 | 426 |
| August | 0 | 374 |
| September | 6 | 271 |
| October | 82 | 85 |
| November | 335 | 2 |
| December | 561 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 2,499 | 1,616 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00046506. 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.
Has Orland been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 65.3°F, 2.8°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 62.5°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 65.2°F | +2.7°F | 15.74 |
| 2022 | 65.3°F | +2.8°F | 10.86 |
| 2023 | 63.4°F | +0.9°F | 28.03 |
| 2024 | 65.3°F | +2.8°F | 27.29 |
Over 114 complete years from 1883 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 0.1°F per century (+0.01°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00046506; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Orland's climate compare?
Orland is warmer than 129 of the other 218 places with their own NOAA record in California, and wetter than 142. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 62.5°F is warmer than 81%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Orland is Csa: temperate, dry-summer, hot summer. 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 Orland 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.
- Corning, CA8,131 people · 13 mi N
- Hamilton City, CA2,295 people · 10 mi E
- Vina, CA348 people · 15 mi NE
- Artois, CA232 people · 8 mi S
- Flournoy, CA86 people · 18 mi NW
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 Orland's climate
What is the coldest month in Orland?
December, with a normal high of 57°F and a normal low of 37°F. The warmest is July (94°F by day, 63°F at night).
Does it snow in Orland?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in Orland?
January, with 4.50 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 0.02 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Orland in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Orland in zone 9b in ZIP code 95963, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Orland's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 26°F (25 years, 1991-2020): zone 9b.
How late can frost come in Orland?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after February 25; in one year in ten it comes after April 6. Waiting until April 6 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- California climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Willows, CA16 miles from this station, 63.7°F a year
- Chico, CA21 miles from this station, 61.6°F a year
- Stony Gorge Reservoir, CA21 miles from this station, 59.9°F a year
- Red Bluff, CA28 miles from this station, 63.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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