U C L A, CA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from U C L A's primary NOAA station, U C L A.
The climate verdict for U C L A
Dryness leads the climate profile for U C L A, California, with 17.7 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 64°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.
- 64°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 88/100
- comfort score, above 89% of station-mapped location scores
- 17.7"
- precipitation, annual total
U C L A: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00049152 · U C L A, CA 64°F mean · 17.7" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-NARROW · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 64°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,900
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Atlanta
- PRCP-DRY 17.7"
- SWING-NARROW 12°F
- COMF-TOP 88/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00049152
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Atlanta, TX (+ 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.
- U C L A (this station) 64°F
- Hot Delano, CA 64°F
- Near Atlanta, TX 64°F
- Near Cherry Point Mc…, NC 64°F
- Near Columbia, SC 64°F
Climate Living Index · U C L A
U C L A: 83/100 · grade B
U C L A publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for U C L A, 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 |
| Annual temperature balance | 64.3°F · 3.2° from 67.5°F | 90/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.0 inches/year | 90/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 17.7 in · 17.3 from 35 in | 39/100 · F |
U C L A · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
U C L A is a temperate Köppen climate: Csb
Coldest-month mean 59.1°F and warmest-month mean 71.0°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
- 71.0°F
- Coldest month
- 59.1°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 U C L A sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for U C L A's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 14% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, U C L A sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 76%
- U C L A'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 U C L A is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How U C L A compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
U C L A'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
U C L A's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 64 complete annual observations from 1934 to 2025, U C L A warmed at a fitted rate of 0.32°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- U C L A primary station fitted change +0.32 °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 | 68°F (20°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 4.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 67°F (19°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 4.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| March | 68°F (20°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 2.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| April | 70°F (21°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 0.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| May | 70°F (21°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 0.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| June | 73°F (23°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 0.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| July | 77°F (25°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 0.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| August | 79°F (26°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 0.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.4 |
| September | 79°F (26°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 71°F (21°C) | 0.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.7 |
| October | 76°F (25°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 0.7" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.7 |
| November | 72°F (22°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 1.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| December | 67°F (19°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 2.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in U C L A: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 51°F near February 14 and 80°F near August 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 51°F around February 14.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is February 18, when 23% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 14 at 1%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 35 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 29 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 17°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for U C L A.
Where U C L A Stands Nationally
Among the steadiest day-night climates ranked: even the widest normal daily swing holds to roughly 17°F.
U C L A 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 and snowfall
6.3 days with precipitation
6.5 days with precipitation
5.1 days with precipitation
2.5 days with precipitation
1.7 days with precipitation
0.9 days with precipitation
0.6 days with precipitation
0.2 days with precipitation
0.5 days with precipitation
2.3 days with precipitation
3.1 days with precipitation
5.3 days with precipitation
U C L A's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 67% 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 11.9°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- February, 4.7"
- Driest month
- August, 0.0"
- Wettest three months
- February, January, December (67% 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 U C L A, it arrives in quantity
17.7" of precipitation falls across only about 35 wet days here, averaging 0.51 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 35 a year, 10% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.51 inches
- Most wet days
- February, about 7
- 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.
U C L A'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
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
1,127
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
890
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
February
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CA closest to U C L A 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 (64°F here).
- Atlanta, TX 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Columbia, SC 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Marshall, TX 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Northport, AL 64°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (17.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Afton, WY 17.7" · 0.0" off
- Hart, TX 17.7" · 0.0" off
- Jerome, AZ 17.7" · 0.0" off
- Dumas, TX 17.7" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How U C L A's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · dry · low swing
Local precipitation is sparse in this otherwise mixed profile. The station reports 17.7 inches annually, within PlainClimate's dry band. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. The monthly distribution matters because the total alone does not reveal the timing.
The calendar stays thermally compact and dry. August and February mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar, only 11.9°F apart, while the annual precipitation total remains below PlainClimate's dry threshold. The annual average is 64°F. The monthly rows show whether that limited precipitation is spread through the year or concentrated in a shorter interval.
U C L A combines a compact 11.9°F annual temperature range with meaningful demand on both sides of the thermostat: 1,127 heating and 890 cooling degree days. The balance matters more here than either annual total in isolation.
A frost-free growing-season length is not available for U C L A. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from U C L A's primary station, where heating and cooling demand are close enough that neither season sets the character on its own. On a balanced station like U C L A, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a 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 U C L A's primary station: U C L A (USC00049152). 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 U C L A; 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 U C L A 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.