Woodland Hills Pierce College, California climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Woodland Hills Pierce College's normal year runs from 42°F December nights to 97°F August afternoons, with 16.4 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 19.1°C, December lows of 6°C, August highs of 36°C, 417 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWoodland Hills Pierce College
- Station IDUSC00049785
- Location34.18°N 118.57°W
- Elevation790 ft (241 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Woodland Hills Pierce College is 84°F and the normal low 52°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 7%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Woodland Hills Pierce College.
- Jan 70° 43°
- Feb 70° 44°
- Mar 74° 46°
- Apr 78° 48°
- May 82° 53°
- Jun 89° 57°
- Jul 95° 61°
- Aug 97° 61°
- Sep 94° 59°
- Oct 85° 53°
- Nov 76° 46°
- Dec 69° 42°
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 Woodland Hills Pierce College each month?
August is the warmest month, with normal highs of 97°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 42°F. The most precipitation falls in February (4.62 in), the least in August (0.00 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 70°F | 43°F | 56.4°F | 3.73 | 6 | <1 | 3 | 10 h 10 min |
| February | 70°F | 44°F | 56.8°F | 4.62 | 7 | <1 | 2 | 11 h |
| March | 74°F | 46°F | 59.9°F | 2.66 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 78°F | 48°F | 63.1°F | 0.80 | 2 | 4 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 82°F | 53°F | 67.3°F | 0.36 | 2 | 7 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| June | 89°F | 57°F | 72.7°F | 0.06 | <1 | 15 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| July | 95°F | 61°F | 78.0°F | 0.04 | <1 | 25 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| August | 97°F | 61°F | 79.1°F | 0.00 | <1 | 27 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 94°F | 59°F | 76.2°F | 0.09 | 1 | 22 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 85°F | 53°F | 69.0°F | 0.56 | 2 | 11 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 76°F | 46°F | 61.2°F | 0.83 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 69°F | 42°F | 55.5°F | 2.66 | 6 | <1 | 4 | 9 h 50 min |
| Year (annual) | 82°F | 51°F | 66.3°F | 16.41 | 35 | 115 | 11 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21°C | 6°C | 13.6°C | 95 mm |
| February | 21°C | 6°C | 13.8°C | 117 mm |
| March | 23°C | 8°C | 15.5°C | 68 mm |
| April | 26°C | 9°C | 17.3°C | 20 mm |
| May | 28°C | 11°C | 19.6°C | 9 mm |
| June | 31°C | 14°C | 22.6°C | 2 mm |
| July | 35°C | 16°C | 25.6°C | 1 mm |
| August | 36°C | 16°C | 26.2°C | 0 mm |
| September | 34°C | 15°C | 24.6°C | 2 mm |
| October | 30°C | 12°C | 20.6°C | 14 mm |
| November | 25°C | 8°C | 16.2°C | 21 mm |
| December | 21°C | 6°C | 13.1°C | 68 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00049785; 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 Woodland Hills Pierce College?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in January, February, March, April, May, November and December. Of those, May has the fewest days with rain (2).
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 USC00049785.
When is the last frost at Woodland Hills Pierce College?
In Woodland Hills Pierce College, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after January 24 in half of years and after March 5 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before December 15 in half of years and before November 27 in one year in ten. A night at 32°F or colder comes at all in 91% of years here (NOAA).
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- January 241 year in 10 after March 5; 9 in 10 after December 21
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- December 151 year in 10 before November 27; 9 in 10 before January 26
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 329 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 365 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after December 31 in half of springs and before December 26 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Woodland Hills Pierce College in zone 9b in ZIP code 91371, 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 9b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 28°F (30 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 USC00049785; 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 Woodland Hills Pierce College?
In a normal year in Woodland Hills Pierce College, 115 days a year reach 90°F (36 of them 100°F or more), 11 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 35 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 115a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 36a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 11a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 35a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1949) is 120°F, on September 6, 2020; the lowest is 18°F, on February 6, 1989.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2023, with 37.39 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00049785; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00049785. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Woodland Hills Pierce College?
Over a year 90% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Woodland Hills Pierce College, 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 Woodland Hills Pierce College record?
A normal year at Woodland Hills Pierce College brings 1,336 heating degree days, 75% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,819 cooling degree days, 2.0 times the median (908). One month needs 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 6,002 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 272 | 7 |
| February | 238 | 9 |
| March | 178 | 22 |
| April | 111 | 53 |
| May | 48 | 119 |
| June | 7 | 238 |
| July | 0 | 401 |
| August | 0 | 437 |
| September | 2 | 338 |
| October | 31 | 156 |
| November | 148 | 34 |
| December | 300 | 5 |
| Year (annual) | 1,336 | 1,819 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00049785. 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 Woodland Hills Pierce College been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 66.8°F, 0.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 66.3°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 66.7°F | +0.4°F | 14.28 |
| 2022 | 67.4°F | +1.1°F | 6.25 |
| 2023 | 64.7°F | −1.6°F | 37.39 |
| 2024 | 66.4°F | +0.1°F | 20.99 |
| 2025 | 66.8°F | +0.5°F | 22.38 |
Over 42 complete years from 1950 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 5.2°F per century (+0.29°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00049785; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Woodland Hills Pierce College's climate compare?
Woodland Hills Pierce College is warmer than 203 of the 219 places with their own NOAA record in California, and wetter than 115. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 66.3°F is warmer than 91%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Woodland Hills Pierce College 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 Hills Pierce College share this climate record?
9 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.
- Simi Valley, CAalso near: Stevenson Ranch (12 mi, 65.5°F a year); Northridge Cal State (13 mi, 66.2°F a year)125,778 people · 12 mi NW
- Calabasas, CA22,256 people · 6 mi SW
- Agoura Hills, CA19,429 people · 11 mi W
- Oak Park, CA13,656 people · 11 mi W
- Topanga, CA8,781 people · 6 mi S
- Westlake Village, CA7,593 people · 14 mi W
- Bell Canyon, CA1,896 people · 7 mi W
- Hidden Hills, CA1,689 people · 5 mi W
- Santa Susana, CA983 people · 7 mi NW
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 Hills Pierce College's climate
What is the coldest month at Woodland Hills Pierce College?
December, with a normal high of 69°F and a normal low of 42°F. The warmest is August (97°F by day, 61°F at night).
Does it snow at Woodland Hills Pierce College?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month at Woodland Hills Pierce College?
February, with 4.62 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 0.00 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Woodland Hills Pierce College in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Woodland Hills Pierce College in zone 9b in ZIP code 91371, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 28°F (30 years, 1991-2020): zone 9b.
How late can frost come at Woodland Hills Pierce College?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after January 24; in one year in ten it comes after March 5. Waiting until March 5 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- California climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Northridge Cal State, CA5 miles from this station, 66.2°F a year
- Van Nuys Airport, CA5 miles from this station, 66.6°F a year
- Getty Center, CA9 miles from this station, 64.2°F a year
- U C L A, CA11 miles from this station, 64.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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