Sandberg, 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 Sandberg's primary NOAA station, SANDBERG.
The climate verdict for Sandberg
Dryness leads the climate profile for Sandberg, California, with 13.1 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 59°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 59°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 13.1"
- precipitation, annual total
- 225 days
- frost-free growing season
Sandberg: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00023187 · Sandberg, CA 59°F mean · 13.1" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 59°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,871
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Valley Head
- PRCP-DRY 13.1"
- SWING-MID 32°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 3,573 HDD
- STN-1 USW00023187
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Valley Head, AL (+ 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.
- Sandberg (this station) 59°F
- Cold Clarkesville, GA 59°F
- Hot Table Rock, SC 59°F
- Near Valley Head, AL 59°F
- Near Garner, NC 59°F
Climate Living Index · Sandberg
Sandberg: 72/100 · grade B
Sandberg publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Sandberg, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 0 calendar days | 100/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 225 days/year | 79/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 58.7°F · 8.8° from 67.5°F | 72/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 13.1 in · 21.9 from 35 in | 22/100 · F |
Sandberg · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Sandberg is a temperate Köppen climate: Csa
Coldest-month mean 44.6°F and warmest-month mean 76.8°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
- 76.8°F
- Coldest month
- 44.6°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 Sandberg sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Sandberg's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 29% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Sandberg sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 87%
- Sandberg's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 87%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Sandberg is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Sandberg compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Sandberg's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% 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
Sandberg's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 68 complete annual observations from 1935 to 2025, SANDBERG warmed at a fitted rate of 0.21°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Sandberg primary station fitted change +0.21 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 52°F (11°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 2.5" | 6.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 53°F (12°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 3.7" | 7.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 57°F (14°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 2.0" | 5.2 | 0.0 |
| April | 62°F (17°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 0.8" | 3.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 70°F (21°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 0.4" | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| June | 80°F (27°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 0.1" | 0.0 | 4.1 |
| July | 88°F (31°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 76°F (25°C) | 0.1" | 0.0 | 10.3 |
| August | 88°F (31°C) | 65°F (19°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 0.1" | 0.0 | 12.2 |
| September | 83°F (28°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 0.1" | 0.0 | 5.2 |
| October | 71°F (22°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 0.6" | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| November | 60°F (16°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 0.8" | 2.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 52°F (11°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 2.0" | 8.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in Sandberg: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 37°F near December 16 and 89°F near July 28.
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 37°F around December 16.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is February 16, when 28% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 26 at 2%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 45 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 7 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 Sandberg.
Where Sandberg Stands Nationally
A drier-than-most normal water year — around 13 inches, below what four out of five ranked stations collect.
Sandberg earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
6.8 days with precipitation
8.3 days with precipitation
6.7 days with precipitation
4.5 days with precipitation
2.9 days with precipitation
0.7 days with precipitation
0.7 days with precipitation
0.6 days with precipitation
1.2 days with precipitation
2.4 days with precipitation
3.8 days with precipitation
6.8 days with precipitation
Sandberg's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 63% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 2%. 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 32.2°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- February, 3.7"
- Driest month
- August, 0.1"
- Wettest three months
- February, January, December (63% 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.
How Sandberg's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 45 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 13.1" between them, or roughly 0.29 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 26
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 15
50% probability date
Growing Season
225 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
3,573
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,298
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CA closest to Sandberg 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 (59°F here).
- Amarillo, TX 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Chesnee, SC 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Dyersburg, TN 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Forest City, NC 59°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (13.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Dayville, OR 13.1" · 0.0" off
- Hatch, UT 13.2" · 0.0" off
- Harlowton, MT 13.2" · 0.0" off
- Scipio, UT 13.2" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Sandberg's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · mid swing
Sandberg's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 3,573 annual heating degree days against 1,298 for cooling. Its 32.2°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Sandberg's frost-free season lasts about 225 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
August and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Sandberg's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 32.2°F. The annual average is 59°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Sandberg's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 13.1 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.
Sandberg wettest normal
February
February concentrates the scarce annual total (13.1 inches).
Sandberg driest normal
August
August is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
Questions about Sandberg's climate
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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 Sandberg's primary station: SANDBERG (USW00023187). 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 Sandberg; 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 Sandberg 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.