Redondo Beach, 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 Redondo Beach's primary NOAA station, REDONDO BEACH.
The climate verdict for Redondo Beach
Dryness leads the climate profile for Redondo Beach, California, with 13.8 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 63°F. August is the warmest month at 70°F and December the coldest at 57°F.
- 63°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 13.8"
- annual precipitation
Redondo Beach: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00047326 · Redondo Beach, CA 63°F mean · 13.8" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-NARROW · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 63°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,557
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Imperial Beach…
- PRCP-DRY 13.8"
- SWING-NARROW 13°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 1,433 HDD
- STN-1 USC00047326
- BOOK-FULL 5/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Imperial Beach Ream Fld, CA ( -0.2 °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.
- Redondo Beach (this station) 63°F
- Hot Torrance, CA 63°F
- Near Newport Beach H…, CA 63°F
- Near Santa Monica, CA 63°F
- Cold Imperial Beach…, CA 62°F
Climate Living Index · Redondo Beach
Redondo Beach: 77/100 · grade B
Redondo Beach publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Redondo Beach, 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 | 62.5°F · 5.0° from 67.5°F | 85/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 13.8 in · 21.2 from 35 in | 24/100 · F |
Redondo Beach · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
Redondo Beach is a temperate Köppen climate: Csb
Coldest-month mean 56.6°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
- 56.6°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 Redondo Beach sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Redondo Beach's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 19% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Redondo Beach sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 86%
- Redondo Beach'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 Redondo Beach 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 | 67°F (19°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 3.0" | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 66°F (19°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 3.7" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 66°F (19°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 2.2" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| April | 68°F (20°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 0.6" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| May | 70°F (21°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 0.3" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| June | 72°F (22°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 65°F (19°C) | 0.1" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| July | 76°F (24°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 0.1" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| August | 77°F (25°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| September | 76°F (24°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 0.1" | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| October | 74°F (23°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 0.5" | 0.0 | 2.1 |
| November | 71°F (21°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 0.8" | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| December | 66°F (19°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 2.4" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in Redondo Beach: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 46°F near December 16 and 77°F near August 22.
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 46°F around December 16.
The widest day
November 24 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 20°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Redondo Beach.
Where Redondo Beach Stands Nationally
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 20°F.
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 14 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Redondo Beach earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Redondo Beach's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 66% 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 13.1°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- February, 3.7"
- Driest month
- August, 0.0"
- Wettest three months
- February, January, December (66% 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
N/A
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,433
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
523
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CA closest to Redondo Beach 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 (63°F here).
- Grenada, MS 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Lambert, MS 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Lumberton, NC 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Mccormick, SC 63°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (13.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Brigham City, UT 13.8" · 0.0" off
- Buffalo, WY 13.8" · 0.0" off
- Hardin, MT 13.8" · 0.0" off
- Hobbs, NM 13.8" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Redondo Beach's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · low swing
Heating is the larger measured load in Redondo Beach, at 1,433 degree days versus 523 for cooling. Unlike a strongly continental record, however, its 13.1°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 Redondo Beach. 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 13.1°F apart, while the annual precipitation total remains below PlainClimate's dry threshold. The annual average is 63°F. The monthly rows show whether that limited precipitation is spread through the year or concentrated in a shorter interval.
Redondo Beach's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 13.8 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.
Redondo Beach wettest normal
February
February concentrates the scarce annual total (13.8 inches).
Redondo Beach 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 Redondo Beach's primary station: REDONDO BEACH (USC00047326). 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 0660018). Match rule for Redondo Beach: 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 Redondo Beach 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.