Strawberry Valley, California climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Strawberry Valley's normal year runs from 30°F December nights to 85°F July afternoons, with 82.5 inches of precipitation and 82 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.4°C, December lows of −1°C, July highs of 29°C, 2,096 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationStrawberry Valley
- Station IDUSC00048606
- Location39.56°N 121.11°W
- Elevation3,808 ft (1,161 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Strawberry Valley is 67°F and the normal low 39°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 19%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Strawberry Valley.
- Jan 51° 30°
- Feb 51° 30°
- Mar 54° 32°
- Apr 59° 35°
- May 68° 42°
- Jun 77° 48°
- Jul 85° 53°
- Aug 85° 51°
- Sep 80° 48°
- Oct 70° 41°
- Nov 57° 34°
- Dec 50° 30°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Strawberry Valley each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 85°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 30°F. The most precipitation falls in December (16.25 in), the least in July (0.02 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51°F | 30°F | 40.7°F | 14.69 | 17.7 | 13 | <1 | 21 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 51°F | 30°F | 40.9°F | 13.71 | 19.4 | 12 | <1 | 18 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 54°F | 32°F | 43.4°F | 12.83 | 17.1 | 12 | <1 | 16 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 59°F | 35°F | 47.1°F | 6.39 | 8.1 | 9 | <1 | 11 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 68°F | 42°F | 54.7°F | 4.00 | 0.6 | 7 | <1 | 2 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 77°F | 48°F | 62.2°F | 1.23 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 85°F | 53°F | 68.6°F | 0.02 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 85°F | 51°F | 68.0°F | 0.20 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 80°F | 48°F | 64.1°F | 0.50 | 0.0 | 2 | 3 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 70°F | 41°F | 55.4°F | 4.10 | 0.5 | 5 | <1 | 2 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 57°F | 34°F | 45.7°F | 8.60 | 3.5 | 9 | <1 | 12 | 10 h |
| December | 50°F | 30°F | 40.1°F | 16.25 | 15.1 | 12 | <1 | 22 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 66°F | 40°F | 52.6°F | 82.52 | 82.0 | 85 | 15 | 104 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11°C | −1°C | 4.8°C | 373 mm | 45 cm |
| February | 11°C | −1°C | 4.9°C | 348 mm | 49 cm |
| March | 12°C | 0°C | 6.3°C | 326 mm | 43 cm |
| April | 15°C | 2°C | 8.4°C | 162 mm | 21 cm |
| May | 20°C | 5°C | 12.6°C | 102 mm | 2 cm |
| June | 25°C | 9°C | 16.8°C | 31 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 29°C | 11°C | 20.3°C | 1 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 29°C | 11°C | 20.0°C | 5 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 9°C | 17.8°C | 13 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 21°C | 5°C | 13.0°C | 104 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 14°C | 1°C | 7.6°C | 218 mm | 9 cm |
| December | 10°C | −1°C | 4.5°C | 413 mm | 38 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00048606; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
Which months are mildest at Strawberry Valley?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August, September and October. Of those, July has the fewest days with rain (1).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00048606.
When is the last frost at Strawberry Valley?
In Strawberry Valley, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 4 in half of years and after May 31 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 30 in half of years and before October 7 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- May 41 year in 10 after May 31; 9 in 10 after April 18
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 301 year in 10 before October 7; 9 in 10 before November 14
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 174 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 212 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 15 in half of springs and before November 16 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Strawberry Valley in zone 9a in ZIP code 95930, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 8b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 16°F (27 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in California · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00048606; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get at Strawberry Valley?
In a normal year in Strawberry Valley, 15 days a year reach 90°F, 104 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 85 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 15a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 104a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 3high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 85a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 18a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1948) is 105°F, on September 9, 2022; the lowest is 4°F, on December 9, 1972.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1983, with 151.38 in; the snowiest season is 1951–52, with 322.7 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00048606; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00048606. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Strawberry Valley?
Over a year 87% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Strawberry Valley, 5.1 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (98%) and December the cloudiest (69%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 2.1 |
| February | 74% | 3.1 |
| March | 76% | 4.3 |
| April | 81% | 5.9 |
| May | 88% | 7.3 |
| June | 94% | 8.3 |
| July | 98% | 8.3 |
| August | 97% | 7.4 |
| September | 95% | 5.9 |
| October | 89% | 4.1 |
| November | 78% | 2.6 |
| December | 69% | 1.9 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How many heating and cooling degree days does Strawberry Valley record?
A normal year at Strawberry Valley brings 4,895 heating degree days, 9% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 384 cooling degree days, 58% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,464 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 755 | 0 |
| February | 675 | 0 |
| March | 671 | 0 |
| April | 536 | 0 |
| May | 330 | 10 |
| June | 132 | 48 |
| July | 23 | 133 |
| August | 23 | 116 |
| September | 93 | 66 |
| October | 307 | 11 |
| November | 579 | 0 |
| December | 772 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 4,895 | 384 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00048606. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Have recent years at Strawberry Valley been warmer than normal?
Over 59 complete years from 1951 to 2021, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.2°F per century (+0.23°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Strawberry Valley's climate compare?
Strawberry Valley is warmer than 30 of the 219 places with their own NOAA record in California, and wetter than 213. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 52.6°F is warmer than 52%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Strawberry Valley is Csb: temperate, dry-summer, warm summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Strawberry Valley share this climate record?
5 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Forbestown, CA327 people · 9 mi W
- Clipper Mills, CA285 people · 4 mi SW
- Pike, CA110 people · 11 mi SE
- Camptonville, CA94 people · 8 mi S
- La Porte, CA50 people · 10 mi NE
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Strawberry Valley's climate
What is the coldest month at Strawberry Valley?
December, with a normal high of 50°F and a normal low of 30°F. The warmest is July (85°F by day, 53°F at night).
Does it snow at Strawberry Valley?
Yes: 82 inches in a normal year, falling on 21 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (19.4 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Strawberry Valley?
December, with 16.25 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 0.02 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Strawberry Valley in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Strawberry Valley in zone 9a in ZIP code 95930, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 16°F (27 years, 1991-2020): zone 8b.
How late can frost come at Strawberry Valley?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 4; in one year in ten it comes after May 31. Waiting until May 31 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- California climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Dobbins, CA15 miles from this station, 58.7°F a year
- Downieville, CA15 miles from this station, 53.1°F a year
- Nevada City, CA22 miles from this station, 56.2°F a year
- Grass Valley, CA25 miles from this station, 56.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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