PlainClimate

California Climate Data

Climate normals for 363 cities from 768 NOAA weather stations.

Avg Temperature

60°F (15°C)

Avg Precipitation

21.6"

Avg Snowfall

13.2"

Cities / Stations

363 / 768

California Climate in Context

U.S. land-mean temperature anomaly (NOAA NCEI) tracked against global anomaly (NASA GISTEMP). Paris Agreement 1.5°C and 2.0°C thresholds shown as reference lines. California sits within this national warming envelope; individual cities below show local readings against this trend.

California within U.S. vs Global Warming, 1900-2024 Anomaly chart from 1900 to 2024. Local series shows warming of 0.11 °C per decade versus a global rate of 0.11 °C per decade (ratio 1.00). Paris Agreement thresholds at 1.5 and 2.0 °C are dashed. -1.0°C -0.5°C +0.0°C +0.5°C +1.0°C +1.5°C +2.0°C +2.5°C Paris 1.5°C Paris 2.0°C 1900192019401960198020002020
  • United States (incl. California) +0.11 °C/decade
  • Global (NASA GISTEMP) +0.11 °C/decade
  • Paris Agreement thresholds 1.5°C / 2.0°C
Sources: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals + NASA GISTEMP land-ocean.

Cities in California

363 cities with climate data

City Avg Temp Precip
Adin RS 51°F 15.0"
Alpine 63°F 16.1"
Alturas 48°F 11.7"
Alturas Muni 48°F 11.7"
Anaheim 68°F 13.5"
Angwin Pacific Union College 57°F 39.7"
Antioch Pumping Plt #3 63°F 12.6"
Arcata Eureka 53°F 46.1"
Ash Mtn 64°F 25.0"
Auberry 62°F 25.1"
Auburn 61°F 36.1"
Avalon Catalina 61°F 12.8"
Baker 70°F 4.3"
Bakersfield 66°F 6.4"
Balch Pwr House 62°F 28.6"
Barstow 66°F 5.0"
Barstow Daggett 68°F 3.8"
Ben Lomond #4 60°F 49.6"
Berkeley 59°F 26.1"
Big Bar 57°F 35.8"
Big Bear Lake 48°F 20.0"
Big Sur Stn 57°F 44.5"
Bishop 57°F 4.8"
Blue Canyon 52°F 62.4"
Blythe 74°F 3.6"
Boca 44°F 22.5"
Bodega 54°F 28.9"
Bodie California ST Historic P 39°F 11.8"
Borrego Desert Park 74°F 5.2"
Bowman Dam 50°F N/A
Brawley 74°F 2.4"
Bridgeport 44°F 10.2"
Burbank Glendale Pasadena 65°F 13.9"
Burbank Valley Pump Plt 65°F 16.5"
Burney 49°F 28.6"
Buttonwillow 65°F 6.0"
Cachuma Lake 60°F 21.1"
Calaveras Big Trees 50°F 55.5"
Calistoga 60°F 38.6"
Callahan 52°F 20.8"
Camarillo 63°F 12.0"
Camp Pardee 63°F 22.9"
Camp Pendleton Mcas 62°F N/A
Campo 58°F 12.6"
Canby 48°F N/A
Canyon Dam 49°F 37.1"
Carlsbad Palomar 63°F 11.4"
Carmel Valley 58°F 17.9"
Cecilville 54°F N/A
Cedarville 50°F 13.1"
Cherry Valley Dam 55°F 49.0"
Chester 48°F 34.3"
Chico Univ Farm 62°F 27.4"
China Lake Naf 65°F 4.7"
Chino 66°F 10.0"
Chiriaco Summit 69°F 4.6"
Chula Vista 63°F 9.2"
Clearlake 57°F 29.9"
Cloverdale 62°F 41.7"
Coalinga 66°F 8.2"
Colfax 59°F 45.9"
Colusa 62°F 17.2"
Concord Buchanan Fld 62°F 16.1"
Concord Wwtp 62°F 17.7"
Copco #1 Dam 54°F 20.4"
Corcoran Irrig Dist 64°F N/A
Covelo 56°F 40.4"
Crescent City 52°F 71.5"
Crescent City Mcnamara 53°F 58.0"
Culver City 64°F 14.1"
Cuyamaca 54°F 30.3"
Davis 2 Wsw Exp Farm 62°F 19.2"
DE Sabla 57°F 66.0"
Death Valley NP 79°F 2.2"
Delano 64°F 7.5"
Desert Resorts Rgnl 73°F 3.0"
Dobbins 59°F 46.3"
Donner Mem SP 44°F 38.8"
Downieville 53°F 64.9"
Doyle 50°F 14.3"
Dunsmuir Trtmt PL 54°F 63.3"
Eagle Mtn 74°F 3.6"
East Park Rsvr 59°F 21.8"
EL Cajon 65°F 11.6"
EL Capitan Dam 65°F 16.0"
EL Centro 74°F 2.5"
EL Centro Naf 74°F 5.1"
EL Mirage 61°F 5.4"
Elsinore 66°F 11.7"
Escondido #2 66°F 14.5"
Eureka Wfo Woodley Island 53°F 40.4"
Fairfield 62°F 24.5"
Fairmont 62°F 15.8"
Fallbrook 65°F 15.3"
Five Points 64°F N/A
Fremont 60°F 15.9"
Fresno 67°F 11.8"
Fresno Yosemite 65°F 11.0"
Friant Government Camp 63°F 14.7"
FT Bidwell 49°F 17.5"
FT Bragg 52°F 43.2"
FT Ross 54°F 39.2"
Fullerton Muni 66°F 11.9"
Georgetown RS 58°F 50.6"
Getty Ctr 64°F 18.1"
Gibraltar Dam #2 61°F 28.6"
Gilroy 60°F 19.8"
Glennville 54°F 19.4"
Grant Grove 48°F 41.7"
Grass Valley #2 56°F 53.2"
Graton 58°F 39.9"
Grizzly Creek SP 53°F 52.3"
Groveland 56°F 38.7"
Haiwee 57°F 6.2"
Half Moon Bay 55°F 26.0"
Hanford 64°F 8.5"
Hanford Muni 63°F 8.1"
Hat Creek 51°F 19.3"
Hawthorne Muni 65°F 11.8"
Hayfield Pumping Plt 71°F 4.6"
Hayward Air Terminal 60°F 16.0"
Healdsburg 60°F 42.8"
Hearst Castle 60°F 29.3"
Hemet 66°F 11.8"
Henshaw Dam 58°F 25.2"
Hesperia 64°F 7.8"
Hetch Hetchy 55°F 36.9"
Hollister 59°F 13.7"
Huntington Lake 45°F 44.4"
Idyllwild Fire Dept 55°F 24.4"
Imperial 73°F 2.8"
Imperial Beach Ream Fld 62°F 8.6"
Imperial CO 74°F 2.4"
Independence 63°F 5.4"
Indio Fire Stn 76°F 2.9"
Inyokern 65°F 4.3"
Iron Mtn 75°F N/A
Irvine Rch 67°F 13.1"
Jess Valley 46°F 18.9"
Johnson Valley 63°F 5.6"
Joshua Tree 66°F 4.4"
Julian Cdf 58°F 24.5"
Kentfield 59°F 44.4"
Kern River PH 61°F 11.8"
Kettleman City 64°F 7.5"
King City 60°F 11.8"
Klamath 52°F 78.9"
Laguna Beach 63°F 12.7"
Lake Arrowhead 51°F 37.7"
Lake Solano 63°F N/A
Lake Spaulding 48°F N/A
Lancaster WM J Fox Fld 62°F 6.8"
Lava Beds Nat Mon 49°F 14.2"
Lee Vining 49°F 15.1"
Lemon Cove 65°F 14.1"
Lemoore Reeves 63°F 7.2"
Lindsay 63°F 12.1"
Livermore 60°F 14.6"
Livermore Muni 60°F 15.2"
Lodgepole 43°F 43.2"
Lodi 62°F 18.4"
Lompoc 59°F 15.4"
Long Beach Daugherty Fld 65°F 12.0"
Loraine 56°F 12.8"
Los Angeles 64°F 12.2"
Los Angeles Dwtn Usc Campus 66°F 14.3"
Los Banos 63°F 9.5"
Los Banos Det Resv 64°F 8.0"
Los Gatos 60°F 22.2"
Madera 62°F 11.3"
Madera Muni 63°F 10.8"
Mammoth Lakes RS 44°F 23.7"
Manzanita Lake 45°F 42.1"
Markley Cove 61°F 27.9"
Martinez Wtp 58°F 19.4"
Marysville 64°F N/A
Marysville Yuba CO 62°F 20.1"
Mccloud 51°F 49.7"
Mecca Fire Stn 75°F 3.0"
Merced 60°F 10.4"
Merced Muni 62°F 11.8"
Mineral 46°F 50.1"
Mitchell Caverns 63°F 10.6"
Modesto City CO 63°F 12.3"
Moffett Federal Airfield 60°F 13.4"
Mojave 63°F 5.8"
Montague Siskiyou CO 53°F 12.0"
Monterey 57°F 20.4"
Monterey Peninsul 57°F 16.2"
Morongo Valley N 65°F 9.4"
Morro Bay Fire Dept 60°F 17.0"
MT Diablo Junction 58°F 26.1"
MT Hamilton 55°F 27.3"
MT Laguna #3 54°F 17.6"
MT Shasta 50°F 37.6"
MT Wilson Cbs 58°F 32.2"
N FK RS 59°F 33.0"
Napa CO 58°F 20.2"
Napa State Hospital 60°F 26.7"
Needles 76°F 4.3"
Nevada City 56°F 62.3"
New Cuyama Fire Stn 59°F 7.4"
New Melones Dam HQ 63°F 29.8"
Newark 60°F 14.4"
Newhall 66°F 16.8"
Newman 65°F 11.7"
Newport Beach Harbor 63°F 9.4"
North Island 64°F 9.3"
Northridge Cal State 66°F 14.6"
Oakland Metro 58°F 18.7"
Oakland Museum 60°F 22.6"
Occidental 58°F 53.8"
Oceanside Marina 61°F 10.3"
Oceanside Muni 61°F 11.9"
Ocotillo Wells 77°F 4.0"
Ojai 60°F 20.7"
Ontario 67°F 11.6"
Orick Prairie Creek Park 51°F N/A
Orland 63°F 21.4"
Orleans 58°F 51.7"
Oroville 64°F 30.6"
Oroville Muni 63°F 25.7"
Oxnard 62°F N/A
Oxnard Ventura CO 61°F 12.9"
Pacific House 53°F 54.5"
Pacifica 57°F 31.9"
Paicines 57°F N/A
Palm Springs 75°F 5.1"
Palm Springs Rgnl 76°F 4.6"
Palmdale 63°F 5.9"
Palo Alto 59°F 15.1"
Palomar Mtn Obsy 57°F 30.4"
Paradise 62°F 56.3"
Parker Resrvoir 74°F 5.9"
Pasadena 66°F 20.1"
Paso Robles 60°F 15.3"
Paso Robles Muni 60°F 12.2"
Pearblossom 64°F 6.8"
Petaluma 58°F 25.6"
Pinnacles NM 60°F 16.6"
Pismo Beach 59°F 17.9"
Placerville 60°F N/A
Point Mugu NF 60°F 12.5"
Pomona/fairplex 65°F 14.5"
Porterville 66°F 11.0"
Portola 47°F 23.3"
Potter Valley Powerhouse 59°F 45.0"
Priest Valley 57°F 20.8"
Quincy 50°F 41.7"
Ramona 61°F 14.7"
Ramona Fire Dept 62°F 14.4"
Rancho Bernardo 64°F 14.2"
Randsburg 64°F 6.7"
Red Bluff Muni 63°F 23.1"
Redding 60°F 47.1"
Redding Muni 63°F 33.5"
Redlands 65°F 12.9"
Redondo Beach 63°F 13.8"
Redwood City 59°F 19.0"
Richardson GR SP 56°F 65.4"
Richmond 59°F 24.4"
Riverside Citrus Exp 67°F 9.9"
Riverside Fire Stn 67°F 10.0"
Riverside Muni 66°F 9.4"
S Lake FS 61°F N/A
Sacramento 63°F 19.2"
Sacramento Executive 62°F 18.1"
Sacramento Metro 61°F 18.0"
Sagehen Creek 41°F N/A
Saint Helena 61°F 34.0"
Salinas #2 58°F 15.4"
Salinas Municipal 58°F 12.6"
San Diego Brown Fld 63°F 10.2"
San Diego Lindbergh Fld 65°F 9.8"
San Diego Miramar 64°F 11.5"
San Diego Montgomery Fld 64°F 11.0"
San Diego Seaworld 62°F 10.4"
San Francisco 59°F 19.6"
San Francisco Dwtn 58°F 22.9"
San Francisco Oceanside 56°F 20.6"
San Gabriel Fire Dept 66°F 15.7"
San Gregorio 55°F 30.4"
San Jacinto 65°F 12.2"
San Jose 61°F 13.5"
San Luis Dam 64°F 10.4"
San Luis Obispo 60°F 17.9"
San Luis Obispo Poly 61°F 22.4"
San Pasqual Animal PK 65°F 13.1"
San Rafael Civic Ctr 60°F 34.5"
Sandberg 59°F 13.1"
Santa Ana Fire Stn 66°F 12.5"
Santa Ana John Wayne 65°F 11.2"
Santa Barbara 58°F 19.0"
Santa Barbara Muni 59°F 17.3"
Santa Cruz 59°F 30.6"
Santa Maria Public 59°F 13.3"
Santa Monica Muni 63°F 13.4"
Santa Monica Pier 61°F 12.2"
Santa Rosa 59°F 31.5"
Santa Rosa Sonoma CO 58°F 33.8"
Scotia 56°F 47.7"
Shafter 63°F 7.7"
Shasta Dam 64°F 63.0"
Shelter Cove Aviation 57°F N/A
Skyline Ridge Preserve 57°F 42.2"
SO Entrance Yosemite NP 48°F 37.2"
Sonoma 59°F 28.4"
Sonora 58°F 32.8"
South Lake Tahoe 44°F 20.5"
Stockton Fire Stn 64°F 17.3"
Stockton Metro 63°F 13.4"
Stony Gorge Rsvr 60°F 21.4"
Stovepipe Wells 77°F 1.9"
Strawberry Valley 53°F 82.5"
Susanville 50°F 13.0"
Sutter Hill Cdf 61°F 32.0"
Taft 66°F 6.0"
Tahoe City 44°F 33.3"
Tahoma 43°F 37.7"
Tehachapi 55°F 12.7"
Three Rivers Edison PH 63°F 22.5"
Torrance 63°F 13.6"
Tracy Carbona 61°F 12.7"
Tracy Pumping Plt 64°F 12.4"
Trinity Rvr Hatchery 56°F 32.4"
Trona 68°F 3.6"
Truckee RS 44°F 30.6"
Truckee-tahoe 43°F 29.1"
Tulelake 47°F 10.7"
Tuolumne Meadows RS 38°F 29.8"
Turlock #2 64°F 12.4"
Tustin Irvine Rch 65°F 14.1"
Twentynine Palms 70°F 3.9"
Twitchell Dam 58°F 18.2"
U C L A 64°F 17.7"
Ukiah 59°F 38.9"
Ukiah Muni 60°F 34.8"
Vacaville 64°F 25.6"
Vacaville Nut Tree 62°F 24.8"
Vallejo 62°F 21.5"
Valley Ctr 63°F 16.7"
Van Nuys 67°F 13.4"
Verdi 49°F 25.7"
Victorville 62°F 5.6"
Visalia 63°F 10.3"
Vista 63°F 13.4"
Wasco 66°F 7.1"
Watsonville Muni 57°F 22.4"
Watsonville Wtr Wks 58°F 22.7"
Weaverville 55°F 37.5"
Whiskeytown Rsvr 63°F 62.9"
Willits 53°F 49.2"
Willows 64°F 21.9"
Winters 63°F 23.8"
Woodland 62°F 20.5"
Woodland Hills Pierce College 66°F 16.4"
Woodside Fire Stn 60°F N/A
Wrightwood 50°F 21.1"
Yosemite Park HQ 54°F 36.5"
Yosemite Village 50°F 40.4"
Yreka 54°F 18.9"
Yucca Mesa 65°F 5.8"
Yucca Valley 63°F 6.3"

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 · 1991-2020 Statewide aggregates for California computed from 768 reporting stations.

Climate Insight: California

California's climate profile is aggregated from 363 cities and 768 NOAA weather stations reporting under the 1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals program. The statewide average annual temperature sits at 60°F, which represents a population-weighted mean across all measured localities rather than any single city's reading. Because California spans multiple latitudes, elevations, and proximities to large water bodies, local conditions can differ from this headline number by wide margins — coastal, valley, and mountain stations often diverge by ten degrees or more even within a single month.

Precipitation and snowfall averages round out the climatological picture. Across California, annual precipitation averages 21.6 inches, with typical seasonal snowfall near 13.2 inches statewide. These numbers combine rain, sleet, and snow water-equivalent and describe the thirty-year normal rather than any particular recent year. Readers evaluating a specific destination should drill into one of the 363 individual city pages below — each city's climate varies based on local geography, and the statewide figures here are averages that mask meaningful intrastate differences.

For planning purposes, the city table above is sorted to help you compare averages side-by-side: annual mean temperature, average daily high and low, precipitation totals, snowfall, and PlainClimate's composite comfort score. A city's comfort score weighs temperature mildness, humidity, and extreme-weather frequency into a single 0–100 rating, which is especially useful when contrasting locations at different elevations or distances from the coast. Use these rankings as a starting point, then open each city page for monthly breakdowns, degree-day totals, frost dates, and humidity metrics that matter for gardening, energy budgeting, and relocation decisions.

Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). For informational purposes only.

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