ALTURAS, CALIFORNIA

NCDC 1961-1990 Monthly Normals

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Mean Max. Temperature (F) 42.2 46.8 51.3 58.6 68.0 77.6 87.6 86.6 78.3 67.1 50.8 42.9 63.2
Highest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 56.7 57.7 58.7 69.5 79.3 87.2 92.8 95.6 86.0 76.6 60.9 52.3 67.5
Year Highest Occurred 1961 1963 1968 1962 1966 1961 1967 1967 1962 1988 1976 1962 1961
Lowest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 32.7 37.6 44.2 45.9 55.2 70.6 81.0 77.3 68.5 56.5 41.3 34.1 59.3
Year Lowest Occurred 1977 1989 1975 1975 1977 1971 1983 1976 1986 1984 1985 1990 1975
Mean Temperature (F) 29.0 33.6 37.7 43.0 50.9 59.0 65.4 64.3 56.7 47.4 36.9 30.0 46.2
Highest Mean Temperature (F) 38.8 44.8 43.2 49.0 57.2 65.3 69.9 70.1 61.9 52.6 42.1 37.8 48.5
Year Highest Occurred 1986 1963 1986 1990 1966 1961 1988 1967 1967 1987 1967 1962 1961
Lowest Mean Temperature (F) 14.6 21.6 32.8 34.4 43.4 53.6 60.4 58.7 51.7 41.8 26.9 19.7 43.9
Year Lowest Occurred 1977 1989 1977 1975 1977 1980 1983 1976 1986 1984 1985 1990 1982
Mean Min. Temperature (F) 15.6 20.3 24.1 27.3 33.7 40.3 43.2 41.9 35.2 27.6 23.0 17.2 29.1
Highest Mean Min. Temperature (F) 28.0 31.8 30.1 32.6 39.6 46.3 47.2 46.2 38.9 32.4 29.7 26.0 31.7
Year Highest Occurred 1986 1963 1983 1965 1963 1969 1988 1983 1963 1979 1970 1981 1986
Lowest Mean Min. Temperature (F) -3.5 5.6 18.4 22.9 30.2 36.0 38.7 37.9 31.0 24.3 12.5 5.2 26.7
Year Lowest Occurred 1977 1989 1976 1975 1974 1980 1963 1963 1971 1966 1985 1990 1989
Mean Precipitation (in.) 1.39 1.19 1.27 1.06 1.15 0.90 0.23 0.48 0.57 0.85 1.55 1.37 12.01
Highest Precipitation (in.) 4.24 5.08 3.34 2.98 2.99 3.35 1.27 3.00 2.12 6.17 3.26 4.17 19.07
Year Highest Occurred 1969 1986 1971 1978 1971 1969 1987 1965 1985 1962 1988 1983 1983
Lowest Precipitation (in.) 0.10 0.15 0.23 0.11 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.14 0.02 6.54
Year Lowest Occurred 1961 1967 1965 1977 1974 1974 1989 1988 1987 1978 1980 1976 1976
Heating Degree Days (F) 1116. 879. 846. 660. 437. 204. 74. 95. 258. 546. 843. 1085. 7043.
Cooling Degree Days (F) 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 24. 86. 73. 9. 0. 0. 0. 192.

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