Tahoma, 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 Tahoma's primary NOAA station, TAHOMA.
The climate verdict for Tahoma
Tahoma, California has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 43°F. At 52/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 24% of scores.
- 43°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 37.7"
- yearly precipitation total
- 121 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Tahoma: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00048760 · Tahoma, CA 43°F mean · 37.7" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 43°F
- RANK-COOL #892
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Sitka
- PRCP-MID 37.7"
- SWING-MID 32°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,907 HDD
- STN-1 USC00048760
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Sitka, AK (+ 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.
- Tahoma (this station) 43°F
- Hot Tierra Amarilla, NM 43°F
- Near Sitka, AK 43°F
- Near Dagget Pass, NV 43°F
- Near Bright Angel Ra…, AZ 43°F
Climate Living Index · Tahoma
Tahoma: 28/100 · grade F
Tahoma publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Tahoma, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 37.7 in · 2.7 from 35 in | 90/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 43.3°F · 24.2° from 67.5°F | 14/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 200 calendar days | 14/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 121 days/year | 7/100 · F |
Tahoma · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Tahoma is a continental Köppen climate: Dsb
Coldest-month mean 29.4°F and warmest-month mean 61.5°F place this station in continental, dry-summer, warm summer climates (Dsb). Class Dsb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, dry-summer, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dsb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 61.5°F
- Coldest month
- 29.4°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 · heating-led station
Where Tahoma sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Tahoma's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 87%
- Among 6,861 stations, Tahoma sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 53rd percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 87%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Tahoma is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Tahoma compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Tahoma's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
52 24th percentile score exceeds 24% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37°F (3°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 6.4" | 30.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 38°F (3°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 6.9" | 27.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 43°F (6°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 5.5" | 29.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 49°F (9°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 2.8" | 24.9 | 0.0 |
| May | 58°F (14°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 2.0" | 11.9 | 0.0 |
| June | 69°F (20°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 0.8" | 1.7 | 0.0 |
| July | 77°F (25°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 0.5" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| August | 76°F (25°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 0.3" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| September | 69°F (21°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 0.6" | 1.8 | 0.0 |
| October | 58°F (14°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 2.0" | 15.7 | 0.0 |
| November | 45°F (7°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 3.4" | 26.9 | 0.0 |
| December | 38°F (3°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 6.5" | 30.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 78°F around July 20, short of 90°F on every date, while 200 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 21°F near December 16.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into May 9, then returns to freezing around October 23, covering 200 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
The widest day
July 7 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 32°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Tahoma.
Where Tahoma Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 200 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Tahoma 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
Tahoma'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 4%. 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 32.1°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- February, 6.9"
- Driest month
- August, 0.3"
- Wettest three months
- February, December, 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 3
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
June 4
50% probability date
Growing Season
121 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,907
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
27
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CA closest to Tahoma 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 (43°F here).
- Bloomer, WI 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Brookings, SD 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Buffalo, SD 43°F · 0.0°F off
- Cascade, ID 43°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (37.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Gibson City, IL 37.7" · 0.0" off
- Charles City, IA 37.7" · 0.0" off
- Lexington, TX 37.7" · 0.0" off
- Prairie Du Chien, WI 37.7" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Tahoma's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Tahoma's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,907 annual heating degree days against 27 for cooling. Its 32.1°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 121 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Tahoma's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 32.1°F. The annual average is 43°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Tahoma's 37.7 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Tahoma'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 Tahoma, 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 Tahoma's primary station: TAHOMA (USC00048760). 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 a census-designated place (GEOID 0677728), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Tahoma: 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 Tahoma 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.