Torrance, 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 Torrance's primary NOAA station, TORRANCE AP.
The climate verdict for Torrance
Dryness leads the climate profile for Torrance, California, with 13.6 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 63°F. It scores 88/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 89% of them.
- 63°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 88/100
- comfort score, above 89% of station-mapped location scores
- 13.6"
- annual precipitation
Torrance: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00003122 · Torrance, CA 63°F mean · 13.6" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-NARROW · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 63°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,695
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Laguna Beach
- PRCP-DRY 13.6"
- SWING-NARROW 14°F
- COMF-TOP 88/100
- LOAD-HEAT 1,379 HDD
- STN-1 USW00003122
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Laguna Beach, CA (+ 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.
- Torrance (this station) 63°F
- Cold Carlsbad Palomar, CA 63°F
- Hot Chula Vista, CA 63°F
- Near Laguna Beach, CA 63°F
- Near Santa Monica, CA 63°F
Climate Living Index · Torrance
Torrance: 79/100 · grade B
Torrance publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Torrance, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 88/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 0 calendar days | 100/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.0 inches/year | 90/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 63.0°F · 4.5° from 67.5°F | 86/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 13.6 in · 21.4 from 35 in | 23/100 · F |
Torrance · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Torrance is a temperate Köppen climate: Csb
Coldest-month mean 56.2°F and warmest-month mean 70.2°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
- 70.2°F
- Coldest month
- 56.2°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 Torrance sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Torrance's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 17% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Torrance sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 86%
- Torrance'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 Torrance is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Torrance compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Torrance's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
88 Top 11% score exceeds 89% 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%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). This entry sits in this band.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Torrance's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 56 complete annual observations from 1933 to 2025, TORRANCE AP warmed at a fitted rate of 0.26°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Torrance primary station fitted change +0.26 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 67°F (19°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 3.4" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 66°F (19°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 3.7" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 68°F (20°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 2.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| April | 70°F (21°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 0.6" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| May | 72°F (22°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 0.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| June | 74°F (23°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 0.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| July | 77°F (25°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 0.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| August | 78°F (26°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 0.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| September | 78°F (26°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 0.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| October | 76°F (24°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 0.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.8 |
| November | 71°F (22°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 0.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| December | 66°F (19°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 2.2" | 0.0" | 0.1 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in Torrance: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 46°F near December 13 and 79°F near September 2.
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 13.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is February 16, when 22% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 19 at 0%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 34 wet dates a year.
The widest day
November 22 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 Torrance.
Where Torrance 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.
Torrance earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
6.2 days with precipitation
6.4 days with precipitation
4.9 days with precipitation
2.4 days with precipitation
1.4 days with precipitation
0.5 days with precipitation
0.5 days with precipitation
0.0 days with precipitation
0.4 days with precipitation
2.0 days with precipitation
3.1 days with precipitation
5.7 days with precipitation
Torrance's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 68% 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 14°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- February, 3.7"
- Driest month
- August, 0.0"
- Wettest three months
- February, January, December (68% 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.
When it rains in Torrance, it arrives in quantity
13.6" of precipitation falls across only about 34 wet days here, averaging 0.41 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 34 a year, 9% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.41 inches
- Most wet days
- February, about 6
- Fewest wet days
- August, about 0
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Torrance's record shows no measurable snowfall
This station measured snowfall across the 1991-2020 period and recorded none: the annual normal is 0.0 inches. That is a measured zero rather than missing data, which is a meaningful distinction here , most stations in the database simply do not report snow at all, and those pages say nothing about it.
A thirty-year normal of zero describes the typical year at this station. It is not a claim that snow has never fallen in the area.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
January 5
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
January 9
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
1,379
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
653
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CA closest to Torrance 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).
- Clanton, AL 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Clarksville, TX 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Dermott, AR 63°F · 0.0°F off
- Elliott, SC 63°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (13.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Maeser, UT 13.6" · 0.0" off
- Fort Stockton, TX 13.7" · 0.0" off
- Grandfalls, TX 13.7" · 0.0" off
- Seneca, OR 13.7" · 0.0" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Torrance's limited precipitation lands
heating led · dry · low swing
Heating is the larger measured load in Torrance, at 1,379 degree days versus 653 for cooling. Unlike a strongly continental record, however, its 14.0°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 Torrance. 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 14.0°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.
Torrance's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 13.6 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
Torrance wettest normal
February
February concentrates the scarce annual total (13.6 inches).
Torrance driest normal
August
August is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
Questions about Torrance'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 Torrance's primary station: TORRANCE AP (USW00003122). 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 0680000). Match rule for Torrance: 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 Torrance 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.