Point Mugu NF, 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 Point Mugu NF's primary NOAA station, POINT MUGU NF.
The climate verdict for Point Mugu NF
Dryness leads the climate profile for Point Mugu NF, California, with 12.5 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 60°F. August is the warmest month at 66°F and December the coldest at 55°F.
- 60°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 12.5"
- annual precipitation
Point Mugu NF: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00093111 · Point Mugu NF, CA 60°F mean · 12.5" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-NARROW · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 60°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,146
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Santa Monica Pi…
- PRCP-DRY 12.5"
- SWING-NARROW 11°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 1,983 HDD
- STN-1 USW00093111
- BOOK-FULL 5/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Santa Monica Pier, CA (+ 0.3 °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.
- Hot San Luis Obispo…, CA 61°F
- Near Santa Monica Pi…, CA 61°F
- Point Mugu NF (this station) 60°F
- Cold Morro Bay Fire…, CA 60°F
- Near Oakland Museum, CA 60°F
Climate Living Index · Point Mugu NF
Point Mugu NF: 73/100 · grade B
Point Mugu NF publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Point Mugu NF, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 0 calendar days | 100/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 60.2°F · 7.3° from 67.5°F | 77/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 12.5 in · 22.5 from 35 in | 20/100 · F |
Point Mugu NF · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
Point Mugu NF is a temperate Köppen climate: Csb
Coldest-month mean 55.0°F and warmest-month mean 66.0°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
- 66.0°F
- Coldest month
- 55.0°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 Point Mugu NF sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Point Mugu NF's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 25% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Point Mugu NF sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 89%
- Point Mugu NF's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 99%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Point Mugu NF is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 66°F (19°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 2.4" | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 65°F (18°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 3.9" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 66°F (19°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 2.2" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| April | 67°F (19°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 0.5" | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| May | 68°F (20°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 0.4" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| June | 70°F (21°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 0.1" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| July | 73°F (23°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| August | 74°F (23°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| September | 73°F (23°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 0.1" | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| October | 73°F (23°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 0.4" | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| November | 71°F (21°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 0.9" | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| December | 66°F (19°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 1.7" | 0.2 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in Point Mugu NF: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 44°F near December 12 and 74°F near August 13.
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 44°F around December 12.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is January 8, when 21% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 1 at 1%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 33 wet dates a year.
The widest day
November 22 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 23°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Point Mugu NF.
Where Point Mugu NF Stands Nationally
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 13 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 23°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Point Mugu NF earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
6.3 days with precipitation
5.8 days with precipitation
5.1 days with precipitation
1.6 days with precipitation
1.4 days with precipitation
0.8 days with precipitation
0.4 days with precipitation
0.3 days with precipitation
0.8 days with precipitation
1.9 days with precipitation
3.2 days with precipitation
5.1 days with precipitation
Point Mugu NF'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 1%. 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 11°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- February, 3.9"
- Driest month
- August, 0.0"
- Wettest three months
- February, January, March (68% 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 Point Mugu NF, it arrives in quantity
12.5" of precipitation falls across only about 33 wet days here, averaging 0.38 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
- 0.38 inches
- Most wet days
- January, about 6
- Fewest wet days
- August, 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
December 24
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
December 29
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,983
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
236
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CA closest to Point Mugu NF 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 (60°F here).
- Elberton, GA 60°F · 0.0°F off
- Fairfield, NC 60°F · 0.0°F off
- Heflin, AL 60°F · 0.0°F off
- McMinnville, TN 60°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (12.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Redrock, NM 12.5" · 0.0" off
- Wilbur, WA 12.5" · 0.0" off
- Fairfield, UT 12.5" · 0.0" off
- Apache Junction, AZ 12.6" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Point Mugu NF's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · low swing
Heating is the larger measured load in Point Mugu NF, at 1,983 degree days versus 236 for cooling. Unlike a strongly continental record, however, its 11.0°F month-to-month range is compact; persistent cool-season demand matters more than a dramatic summer-to-winter reversal.
A frost-free growing-season length is not available for Point Mugu NF. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
The calendar stays thermally compact and dry. August and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar, only 11.0°F apart, while the annual precipitation total remains below PlainClimate's dry threshold. The annual average is 60°F. The monthly rows show whether that limited precipitation is spread through the year or concentrated in a shorter interval.
Point Mugu NF's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 12.5 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.
Point Mugu NF wettest normal
February
February concentrates the scarce annual total (12.5 inches).
Point Mugu NF 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 Point Mugu NF's primary station: POINT MUGU NF (USW00093111). 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 Point Mugu NF; 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 Point Mugu NF 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.