Woodland, California climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Woodland's normal year runs from 38°F January nights to 95°F July afternoons, with 20.5 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.8°C, January lows of 3°C, July highs of 35°C, 521 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWoodland (1 mi WNW)
- Station IDUSC00049781
- Location38.68°N 121.79°W
- Elevation67 ft (20 m)
- Population62,983
On October 23, the normal high in Woodland is 77°F and the normal low 49°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 11%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Woodland.
- Jan 56° 38°
- Feb 62° 41°
- Mar 68° 44°
- Apr 74° 47°
- May 82° 52°
- Jun 90° 57°
- Jul 95° 58°
- Aug 94° 57°
- Sep 90° 56°
- Oct 80° 50°
- Nov 65° 43°
- Dec 56° 38°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Woodland each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 95°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 38°F. The most precipitation falls in January (4.46 in), the least in July (0.00 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56°F | 38°F | 46.9°F | 4.46 | 11 | <1 | 3 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 62°F | 41°F | 51.2°F | 4.20 | 9 | <1 | 1 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 68°F | 44°F | 55.7°F | 2.82 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 74°F | 47°F | 60.4°F | 1.32 | 5 | 1 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 82°F | 52°F | 67.0°F | 0.72 | 3 | 7 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 90°F | 57°F | 73.2°F | 0.21 | 1 | 16 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 95°F | 58°F | 76.5°F | 0.00 | <1 | 25 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| August | 94°F | 57°F | 75.8°F | 0.04 | <1 | 25 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 90°F | 56°F | 73.1°F | 0.16 | 1 | 18 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 80°F | 50°F | 65.0°F | 0.81 | 3 | 4 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 65°F | 43°F | 54.0°F | 1.95 | 6 | <1 | 1 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 56°F | 38°F | 47.0°F | 3.81 | 9 | <1 | 5 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 76°F | 48°F | 62.2°F | 20.50 | 56 | 96 | 9 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13°C | 3°C | 8.3°C | 113 mm |
| February | 17°C | 5°C | 10.7°C | 107 mm |
| March | 20°C | 7°C | 13.2°C | 72 mm |
| April | 23°C | 8°C | 15.8°C | 34 mm |
| May | 28°C | 11°C | 19.4°C | 18 mm |
| June | 32°C | 14°C | 22.9°C | 5 mm |
| July | 35°C | 15°C | 24.7°C | 0 mm |
| August | 35°C | 14°C | 24.3°C | 1 mm |
| September | 32°C | 13°C | 22.8°C | 4 mm |
| October | 27°C | 10°C | 18.3°C | 21 mm |
| November | 19°C | 6°C | 12.2°C | 50 mm |
| December | 14°C | 3°C | 8.3°C | 97 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00049781; 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.
When is the best weather to visit Woodland?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (3).
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 USC00049781.
When is the last frost in Woodland?
In Woodland, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after February 7 in half of years and after March 11 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before December 5 in half of years and before November 19 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
- February 71 year in 10 after March 11; 9 in 10 after January 9
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- December 51 year in 10 before November 19; 9 in 10 before January 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 301 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 347 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after January 10 in half of springs and before December 18 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Woodland in zone 9b in ZIP code 95776. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Woodland's NOAA station is in zone 9b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 29°F (29 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 USC00049781; 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 in Woodland?
In a normal year in Woodland, 96 days a year reach 90°F (21 of them 100°F or more), 9 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 56 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 96a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 21a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 9a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 56a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1911) is 116°F, on September 6, 2022; the lowest is 15°F, on January 9, 1937.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1983, with 41.39 in; the snowiest season is 1972–73, with 1.8 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00049781; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00049781. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Woodland?
Over a year 89% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Woodland, 5.2 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (98%) and January the cloudiest (70%). Among the 459 U.S. places of 50,000 or more, that ranks tied 39th (with 12 others) in sunshine.
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 2.2 |
| February | 77% | 3.3 |
| March | 80% | 4.6 |
| April | 85% | 6.2 |
| May | 91% | 7.5 |
| June | 95% | 8.3 |
| July | 98% | 8.2 |
| August | 98% | 7.4 |
| September | 96% | 6.0 |
| October | 91% | 4.3 |
| November | 81% | 2.8 |
| December | 71% | 2.0 |
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 much heating and cooling does Woodland need?
A normal year in Woodland brings 2,432 heating degree days, 55% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,416 cooling degree days, 56% more than the median (908). Four months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 4,768 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 561 | 0 |
| February | 386 | 0 |
| March | 291 | 3 |
| April | 162 | 25 |
| May | 54 | 117 |
| June | 7 | 253 |
| July | 0 | 358 |
| August | 0 | 335 |
| September | 5 | 247 |
| October | 75 | 76 |
| November | 331 | 1 |
| December | 560 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 2,432 | 1,416 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00049781. 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.
Has Woodland been warmer than normal lately?
2021 averaged 63.4°F, 1.1°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 62.2°F.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 63.4°F | +1.1°F | 20.82 |
Over 78 complete years from 1928 to 2021, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.6°F per century (+0.14°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00049781; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Woodland's climate compare?
Woodland is warmer than 125 of the other 218 places with their own NOAA record in California, and wetter than 139. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 62.2°F is warmer than 81%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Woodland is Csa: temperate, dry-summer, hot 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 Woodland 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.
- Monument Hills, CA1,500 people · 5 mi W
- Knights Landing, CA1,113 people · 9 mi NE
- Dunnigan, CA903 people · 17 mi NW
- Madison, CA682 people · 10 mi W
- Yolo, CA264 people · 4 mi N
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 Woodland's climate
What is the coldest month in Woodland?
January, with a normal high of 56°F and a normal low of 38°F. The warmest is July (95°F by day, 58°F at night).
Does it snow in Woodland?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in Woodland?
January, with 4.46 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 0.00 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Woodland in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Woodland in zone 9b in ZIP code 95776. By the same method at Woodland's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 29°F (29 years, 1991-2020): zone 9b.
How late can frost come in Woodland?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after February 7; in one year in ten it comes after March 11. Waiting until March 11 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Woodland in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- California climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Davis, CA11 miles from this station, 61.6°F a year
- Sacramento Metro Airport, CA11 miles from this station, 61.2°F a year
- Winters, CA15 miles from this station, 62.6°F a year
- Lake Solano, CA17 miles from this station, 62.9°F a year
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