Santa Ana John Wayne, 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 Santa Ana John Wayne's primary NOAA station, SANTA ANA JOHN WAYNE AP.
The climate verdict for Santa Ana John Wayne
Dryness leads the climate profile for Santa Ana John Wayne, California, with 11.2 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 65°F. August is the warmest month at 74°F and December the coldest at 57°F.
- 65°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 11.2"
- precipitation, annual total
Santa Ana John Wayne: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00093184 · Santa Ana John Wayne, CA 65°F mean · 11.2" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-NARROW · COMF-UNK · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 65°F
- RANK-UPPER #6,038
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Andalusia
- PRCP-ARID 11.2"
- SWING-NARROW 16°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USW00093184
- BOOK-FULL 5/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Andalusia, AL (+ 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.
- Santa Ana John… (this station) 65°F
- Hot Farmerville, LA 65°F
- Near Andalusia, AL 65°F
- Near Andrews, TX 65°F
- Near Dublin, GA 65°F
Climate Living Index · Santa Ana John Wayne
Santa Ana John Wayne: 78/100 · grade B
Santa Ana John Wayne publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Santa Ana John Wayne, 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 | 64.9°F · 2.6° from 67.5°F | 92/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 11.2 in · 23.8 from 35 in | 16/100 · F |
Santa Ana John Wayne · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
Santa Ana John Wayne's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSh
Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: hot semi-arid steppe (BSh). Class BSh is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically hot semi-arid steppe.
- Köppen code
- BSh
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 73.8°F
- Coldest month
- 57.4°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 · balanced station
Where Santa Ana John Wayne sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Santa Ana John Wayne's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 12% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Santa Ana John Wayne sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 91%
- Santa Ana John Wayne's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 98%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Santa Ana John Wayne 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) | 49°F (9°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 2.6" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 67°F (19°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 2.6" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| March | 68°F (20°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 1.6" | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| April | 70°F (21°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 0.5" | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| May | 71°F (22°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 65°F (19°C) | 0.3" | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| June | 74°F (23°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| July | 79°F (26°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| August | 80°F (27°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| September | 80°F (27°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 0.1" | 0.0 | 3.6 |
| October | 77°F (25°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 0.5" | 0.0 | 2.9 |
| November | 72°F (22°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 0.8" | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| December | 67°F (19°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 2.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in Santa Ana John Wayne: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 48°F near December 23 and 81°F near August 30.
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 48°F around December 23.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is February 23, when 26% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 19 at 1%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 41 wet dates a year.
The widest day
November 5 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 19°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Santa Ana John Wayne.
Where Santa Ana John Wayne Stands Nationally
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 11 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 19°F.
Santa Ana John Wayne earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
5.6 days with precipitation
7.4 days with precipitation
5.7 days with precipitation
3.7 days with precipitation
1.9 days with precipitation
0.7 days with precipitation
0.7 days with precipitation
0.1 days with precipitation
0.6 days with precipitation
3.3 days with precipitation
4.7 days with precipitation
6.9 days with precipitation
Santa Ana John Wayne's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 65% 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 16.4°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- February, 2.6"
- Driest month
- August, 0.0"
- Wettest three months
- February, January, December (65% 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 Santa Ana John Wayne's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 41 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 11.2" between them, or roughly 0.27 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
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
1,092
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,075
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CA closest to Santa Ana John Wayne 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 (65°F here).
- Andalusia, AL 65°F · 0.0°F off
- Andrews, TX 65°F · 0.0°F off
- Dublin, GA 65°F · 0.0°F off
- Farmerville, LA 65°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (11.2" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Baggs, WY 11.2" · 0.0" off
- Madras, OR 11.2" · 0.0" off
- Medicine Bow, WY 11.2" · 0.0" off
- Dinosaur, CO 11.2" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Santa Ana John Wayne's limited precipitation lands
mixed demand · dry · low swing
Local precipitation is sparse in this otherwise mixed profile. The station reports 11.2 inches annually, within PlainClimate's dry band. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The monthly distribution matters because the total alone does not reveal the timing.
The calendar stays thermally compact and dry. August and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar, only 16.4°F apart, while the annual precipitation total remains below PlainClimate's dry threshold. The annual average is 65°F. The monthly rows show whether that limited precipitation is spread through the year or concentrated in a shorter interval.
Santa Ana John Wayne combines a compact 16.4°F annual temperature range with meaningful demand on both sides of the thermostat: 1,092 heating and 1,075 cooling degree days. The balance matters more here than either annual total in isolation.
A frost-free growing-season length is not available for Santa Ana John Wayne. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
Santa Ana John Wayne wettest normal
February
February concentrates the scarce annual total (11.2 inches).
Santa Ana John Wayne driest normal
June
June 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 Santa Ana John Wayne's primary station: SANTA ANA JOHN WAYNE AP (USW00093184). 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 Santa Ana John Wayne; 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 Santa Ana John Wayne 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.