Redding, CA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Redding's primary NOAA station, REDDING 12 WNW.
The climate verdict for Redding
Water is the standout signal in Redding, California: 47.1 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 60°F. It scores 96/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 96% of them.
- 60°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 96/100
- comfort score, above 96% of station-mapped location scores
- 47.1"
- precipitation, annual total
- 248 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Redding: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00004222 · Redding, CA 60°F mean · 47.1" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 60°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,214
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Hofmann Forest
- PRCP-MID 47.1"
- SWING-MID 35°F
- COMF-TOP 96/100
- LOAD-HEAT 3,149 HDD
- STN-1 USW00004222
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Hofmann Forest, NC (+ 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.
- Redding (this station) 60°F
- Cold Heflin, AL 60°F
- Hot Hofmann Forest, NC 60°F
- Near Winterville, GA 60°F
- Near Antelope Wells, NM 60°F
Climate Living Index · Redding
Redding: 76/100 · grade B
Redding publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Redding, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 96/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 248 days/year | 88/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 82 calendar days | 82/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 60.4°F · 7.1° from 67.5°F | 78/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 47.1 in · 12.1 from 35 in | 57/100 · C |
Redding · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Redding is a temperate Köppen climate: Csa
Coldest-month mean 44.5°F and warmest-month mean 79.6°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
- 79.6°F
- Coldest month
- 44.5°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 Redding sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Redding's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 24% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Redding sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 27% wettest
- Redding's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 82%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Redding is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Redding compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Redding's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
96 Top 4% score exceeds 96% 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%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Below this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). This entry sits in this band.
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) | 37°F (3°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 7.5" | 7.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 58°F (14°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 8.4" | 6.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 62°F (17°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 7.5" | 2.5 | 0.0 |
| April | 68°F (20°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 3.8" | 0.6 | 0.3 |
| May | 77°F (25°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 2.4" | 0.0 | 3.6 |
| June | 87°F (31°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 0.8" | 0.0 | 14.5 |
| July | 96°F (36°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 80°F (26°C) | 0.3" | 0.0 | 27.1 |
| August | 94°F (35°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 78°F (25°C) | 0.2" | 0.0 | 25.5 |
| September | 89°F (32°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 0.3" | 0.0 | 15.8 |
| October | 76°F (25°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 2.8" | 0.0 | 2.6 |
| November | 61°F (16°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 4.5" | 2.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 53°F (12°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 8.6" | 9.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Redding runs from a mild 36°F around December 18 to 97°F at the peak near July 21, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 23 through September 12, covering 82 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 24 to October 28.
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.
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 36°F around December 18.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is March 22, when 41% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 10 at 3%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 89 wet dates a year.
The widest day
July 21 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 Redding.
Where Redding Stands Nationally
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 82 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
Daily temperature swings run wider than most of the country, peaking near 34°F between the normal high and low.
Redding earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
11.4 days with precipitation
10.6 days with precipitation
13.0 days with precipitation
10.0 days with precipitation
8.1 days with precipitation
4.3 days with precipitation
0.7 days with precipitation
1.8 days with precipitation
3.1 days with precipitation
6.5 days with precipitation
8.4 days with precipitation
12.6 days with precipitation
Redding'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 35.1°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- December, 8.6"
- Driest month
- August, 0.2"
- Wettest three months
- December, February, January (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.
When it rains in Redding, it arrives in quantity
47.1" of precipitation falls across only about 91 wet days here, averaging 0.52 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 91 a year, 25% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.52 inches
- Most wet days
- March, about 13
- Fewest wet days
- July, about 1
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
November 22
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 19
50% probability date
Growing Season
248 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,149
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,511
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CA closest to Redding 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).
- Bagdad, AZ 60°F · 0.0°F off
- Chester, SC 60°F · 0.0°F off
- Cushing, OK 60°F · 0.0°F off
- Hollis, OK 60°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (47.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Avondale, PA 47.1" · 0.0" off
- Danville, VA 47.1" · 0.0" off
- Eden, NC 47.1" · 0.0" off
- Glenville, WV 47.1" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Redding's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Redding's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 3,149 annual heating degree days against 1,511 for cooling. Its 35.1°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
The frost-free window extends for about 248 days. That is a long calendar measure, but it is not a forecast and does not combine heat, rainfall, soil, or local elevation into a planting recommendation.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Redding's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 35.1°F. The annual average is 60°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Redding carries 47.1 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 Redding'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 Redding, 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 Redding's primary station: REDDING 12 WNW (USW00004222). 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 an incorporated place (GEOID 0659920). Match rule for Redding: 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 Redding 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.