Van Nuys Airport, California climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Van Nuys Airport's normal year runs from 45°F December nights to 93°F August afternoons, with 13.4 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 19.2°C, December lows of 7°C, August highs of 34°C, 341 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationVan Nuys Airport
- Station IDUSW00023130
- Location34.21°N 118.49°W
- Elevation770 ft (235 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Van Nuys Airport is 82°F and the normal low 55°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 9%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Van Nuys Airport.
- Jan 68° 46°
- Feb 68° 46°
- Mar 72° 49°
- Apr 75° 52°
- May 79° 56°
- Jun 84° 60°
- Jul 91° 64°
- Aug 93° 65°
- Sep 90° 63°
- Oct 83° 57°
- Nov 75° 49°
- Dec 67° 45°
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 Van Nuys Airport each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 93°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 45°F. The most precipitation falls in February (3.79 in), the least in July (0.00 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68°F | 46°F | 57.2°F | 2.75 | 5 | <1 | <1 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 68°F | 46°F | 57.4°F | 3.79 | 6 | <1 | <1 | 11 h |
| March | 72°F | 49°F | 60.6°F | 2.50 | 5 | 1 | <1 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 75°F | 52°F | 63.4°F | 0.71 | 3 | 2 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 79°F | 56°F | 67.5°F | 0.29 | 2 | 4 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 84°F | 60°F | 72.0°F | 0.07 | <1 | 7 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 91°F | 64°F | 77.8°F | 0.00 | <1 | 18 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 93°F | 65°F | 79.0°F | 0.01 | <1 | 20 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 90°F | 63°F | 76.6°F | 0.12 | 1 | 15 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 83°F | 57°F | 69.8°F | 0.48 | 2 | 8 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 75°F | 49°F | 62.2°F | 0.75 | 3 | 2 | <1 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 67°F | 45°F | 56.1°F | 1.95 | 6 | <1 | <1 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 79°F | 54°F | 66.6°F | 13.42 | 34 | 77 | 1 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20°C | 8°C | 14.0°C | 70 mm |
| February | 20°C | 8°C | 14.1°C | 96 mm |
| March | 22°C | 10°C | 15.9°C | 64 mm |
| April | 24°C | 11°C | 17.4°C | 18 mm |
| May | 26°C | 13°C | 19.7°C | 7 mm |
| June | 29°C | 15°C | 22.2°C | 2 mm |
| July | 33°C | 18°C | 25.4°C | 0 mm |
| August | 34°C | 18°C | 26.1°C | 0 mm |
| September | 32°C | 17°C | 24.8°C | 3 mm |
| October | 28°C | 14°C | 21.0°C | 12 mm |
| November | 24°C | 10°C | 16.8°C | 19 mm |
| December | 20°C | 7°C | 13.4°C | 50 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00023130; 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 Van Nuys Airport?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in January, February, March, April, May, June, October, November and December. Of those, June has the fewest days with rain (0).
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 USW00023130.
When is the last frost at Van Nuys Airport?
A night at 32°F or colder comes in only 22% of years in Van Nuys Airport (NOAA). NOAA's median date of the last spring frost is December 31 and of the first autumn frost December 30.
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 365 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 365 days.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Van Nuys Airport in zone 10a in ZIP code 91406, 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 10a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 33°F (22 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in California · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USW00023130; 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 Van Nuys Airport?
In a normal year in Van Nuys Airport, 77 days a year reach 90°F (15 of them 100°F or more), 1 night falls to 32°F or colder and 34 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 77a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 15a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 1a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 34a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1949) is 118°F, on September 6, 2020; the lowest is 22°F, on January 12, 1949.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2023, with 34.14 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00023130; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00023130. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Van Nuys Airport?
Over a year 90% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Van Nuys Airport, 5.7 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (97%) and February the cloudiest (82%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 83% | 3.2 |
| February | 82% | 4.0 |
| March | 85% | 5.4 |
| April | 87% | 6.7 |
| May | 89% | 7.5 |
| June | 93% | 8.1 |
| July | 95% | 7.9 |
| August | 97% | 7.5 |
| September | 95% | 6.3 |
| October | 91% | 4.8 |
| November | 88% | 3.6 |
| December | 83% | 2.9 |
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 Van Nuys Airport record?
A normal year at Van Nuys Airport brings 1,226 heating degree days, 77% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,837 cooling degree days, 2.0 times the median (908). No month reaches 300 heating degree days. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 6,119 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 254 | 10 |
| February | 224 | 11 |
| March | 164 | 29 |
| April | 106 | 58 |
| May | 39 | 116 |
| June | 5 | 215 |
| July | 0 | 395 |
| August | 0 | 434 |
| September | 2 | 348 |
| October | 25 | 173 |
| November | 129 | 43 |
| December | 280 | 5 |
| Year (annual) | 1,226 | 1,837 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00023130. 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 Van Nuys Airport been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 66.7°F, 0.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 66.6°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 68.1°F | +1.5°F | 11.31 |
| 2022 | 69.5°F | +2.9°F | 6.67 |
| 2023 | 66.8°F | +0.2°F | 34.14 |
| 2024 | 66.6°F | at normal | 19.62 |
| 2025 | 66.7°F | +0.1°F | 19.65 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00023130. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Van Nuys Airport's climate compare?
Van Nuys Airport is warmer than 204 of the 219 places with their own NOAA record in California, and wetter than 84. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 66.6°F is warmer than 91%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Van Nuys Airport is BSh: hot semi-arid steppe. 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.
Questions about Van Nuys Airport's climate
What is the coldest month at Van Nuys Airport?
December, with a normal high of 67°F and a normal low of 45°F. The warmest is August (93°F by day, 65°F at night).
What is the rainiest month at Van Nuys Airport?
February, with 3.79 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 0.00 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Van Nuys Airport in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Van Nuys Airport in zone 10a in ZIP code 91406, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 33°F (22 years, 1991-2020): zone 10a.
Nearby and next
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- Woodland Hills Pierce College, CA5 miles from this station, 66.3°F a year
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- Getty Center, CA9 miles from this station, 64.2°F a year
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