Wrightwood, 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 Wrightwood's primary NOAA station, WRIGHTWOOD.
The climate verdict for Wrightwood
Wrightwood, California has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 50°F. At 54/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 31% of scores.
- 50°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 54/100
- comfort score, above 31% of station-mapped location scores
- 21.1"
- annual precipitation · 62" snow
- 150 days
- frost-free growing season
Wrightwood: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00049822 · Wrightwood, CA 50°F mean · 21.1" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 50°F
- RANK-MID #2,744
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Banner Elk
- PRCP-DRY 21.1"
- SWING-MID 32°F
- COMF-LOW 54/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,692 HDD
- STN-1 USC00049822
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Banner Elk, NC (+ 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.
- Wrightwood (this station) 50°F
- Hot Newhalem, WA 50°F
- Near Banner Elk, NC 50°F
- Near Cimarron, NM 50°F
- Near Boone, NC 50°F
Climate Living Index · Wrightwood
Wrightwood: 35/100 · grade F
Wrightwood publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Wrightwood, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 54/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 21.1 in · 13.9 from 35 in | 51/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 50.0°F · 17.5° from 67.5°F | 40/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 167 calendar days | 34/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 150 days/year | 25/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 61.8 inches/year | 14/100 · F |
Wrightwood · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Wrightwood is a temperate Köppen climate: Csb
Coldest-month mean 36.0°F and warmest-month mean 67.9°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
- 67.9°F
- Coldest month
- 36.0°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 Wrightwood sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Wrightwood's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 40th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 71%
- Wrightwood's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 88%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Wrightwood is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Wrightwood compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Wrightwood's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
54 31st percentile score exceeds 31% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 48°F (9°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 4.4" | 10.5" | 26.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 48°F (9°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 4.9" | 24.8" | 24.7 | 0.0 |
| March | 54°F (12°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 1.9" | 8.3" | 23.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 60°F (16°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 0.8" | 7.2" | 17.7 | 0.0 |
| May | 69°F (21°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 0.8" | 1.6" | 6.4 | 0.0 |
| June | 78°F (26°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 0.1" | 0.0" | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| July | 83°F (29°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 1.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.1 |
| August | 82°F (28°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 0.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.1 |
| September | 75°F (24°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 0.4" | 0.0" | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| October | 64°F (18°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 1.2" | 0.5" | 9.8 | 0.0 |
| November | 55°F (13°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 1.1" | 3.6" | 21.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 48°F (9°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 4.1" | 5.3" | 27.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 84°F around July 20, short of 90°F on every date, while 167 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 24°F near December 11.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 17, then returns to freezing around November 3, covering 167 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is February 19, when 29% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is June 11 at 2%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 43 wet dates a year.
The widest day
June 15 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 34°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Wrightwood.
Where Wrightwood Stands Nationally
Daily temperature swings run wider than most of the country, peaking near 34°F between the normal high and low.
Wrightwood 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
Snow: 10.5"
5.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 24.8"
8.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.3"
5.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.2"
4.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.6"
1.9 days with precipitation
0.5 days with precipitation
1.9 days with precipitation
1.8 days with precipitation
1.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.5"
2.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.6"
3.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.3"
5.0 days with precipitation
Wrightwood's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 64% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 7%. 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 a 31.9°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- February, 4.9"
- Driest month
- June, 0.1"
- Wettest three months
- February, January, December (64% 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 Wrightwood, it arrives in quantity
21.1" of precipitation falls across only about 42 wet days here, averaging 0.50 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 42 a year, 12% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.50 inches
- Most wet days
- February, about 9
- Fewest wet days
- June, about 1
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.
Winter brings real snow to Wrightwood
Wrightwood averages 61.8 inches of snowfall a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 18 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 61.8 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 18 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 29% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 13
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 16
50% probability date
Growing Season
150 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,692
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
237
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CA closest to Wrightwood 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 (50°F here).
- Albia, IA 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Aledo, IL 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Centerburg, OH 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Circleville, UT 50°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (21.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Panhandle, TX 21.1" · 0.0" off
- Bonners Ferry, ID 21.1" · 0.0" off
- Onida, SD 21.1" · 0.0" off
- Chiloquin, OR 21.1" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Wrightwood
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Wrightwood's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,692 annual heating degree days against 237 for cooling. Its 31.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Wrightwood's frost-free season lasts about 150 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Wrightwood coldest normal
December
The monthly mean of 36°F (2°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Wrightwood typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Wrightwood snow peak
February
Wrightwood averages 61.8 inches of snow a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 Wrightwood's primary station: WRIGHTWOOD (USC00049822). 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 a census-designated place (GEOID 0686594), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Wrightwood: 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 Wrightwood 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.