REDDING, CALIFORNIA
NORMALS, MEANS, AND EXTREMES

LATITUDE: 40 Deg. 30 Min. N LONGITUDE: 122 Deg. 18 Min. W ELEVATION: FT. GRND 502 BARO 536 TIME ZONE: PACIFIC WBAN: 24257

(a)
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
YEAR
TEMPERATURE (Deg. F)
Normals
-Daily Maximum
-Daily Minimum
-Monthly
Extremes
-Record Highest
-Year
-Record Lowest
-Year






9

9



55.3
35.7
45.5

77
1994
19
1991


61.3
40.0
50.7

83
1992
21
1989


62.5
41.7
52.2

85
1988
28
1990


69.9
46.0
58.0

94
1989
33
1995


80.5
52.3
66.4

104
1987
36
1988


90.4
61.8
76.1

111
1987
42
1990


98.3
64.7
81.5

118
1988
54
1989


95.7
63.1
79.5

115
1990
51
1995


89.3
58.8
74.1

116
1988
40
1986


77.6
49.2
63.5

105
1991
33
1989


62.1
41.4
51.8

88
1995
23
1993


54.7
35.2
45.0

74
1988
17
1990


74.8
49.2
62.0

118
JUL 1988
17
DEC 1990
NORMAL DEGREE DAYS
Heating (base 65 Deg. F)
Cooling (base 65 Deg. F)




605
0

400
0

397
0

252
42

63
107

0
333

0
512

0
450

0
278

122
75

396
0

62
0

2855
1797
% OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE
9
73
83
84
90
91
94
97
97
94
92
84
73
88
MEAN SKY COVER(tenths)
Sunrise - Sunset
MEAN NUMBER OF DAYS:
Sunrise to Sunset
-Clear
-Partly Cloudy
-Cloudy
Precipitation
.01 inches or more
Snow, Ice Pellets, Hail
1.0 inches or more
Thunderstorms
Heavy Fog Visibility
1/4 mile or less
Temperature Deg. F
-Maximum
90 Deg. F and above
32 Deg. F and below
-Minimum
32 Deg. F and below
0 Deg. F and below

9


9
9
9

9

9
9

9


9
9

9
9

6.7


8.2
5.0
17.8

13.1

0.2
0.6

5.1


0.0
0.0

11.8
0.0

6.2


8.2
6.2
13.8

8.7

0.1
0.8

1.4


0.0
0.0

6.3
0.0

6.4


7.9
6.6
16.6

12.3

0.1
2.1

0.8


0.0
0.0

1.7
0.0

6.1


8.1
8.4
13.4

7.9

0.0
1.7

0.1


1.1
0.0

0.0
0.0

5.0


11.4
9.2
10.3

7.2

0.1
2.1

0.0


6.2
0.0

0.0
0.0

3.5


16.9
8.4
4.7

4.0

0.0
1.7

0.0


16.2
0.0

0.0
0.0

1.5


25.2
4.3
1.3

0.6

0.0
0.9

0.0


27.6
0.0

0.0
0.0

1.8


24.7
4.8
1.6

0.9

0.0
1.2

0.0


25.4
0.0

0.0
0.0

2.2


22.4
4.2
3.4

2.1

0.0
0.8

0.0


18.6
0.0

0.0
0.0

3.6


17.7
6.8
6.5

4.1

0.0
0.9

0.4


6.7
0.0

0.0
0.0

5.4


11.0
7.9
11.1

6.8

0.0
0.2

1.6


0.0
0.0

3.3
0.0

6.3


9.8
5.2
16.0

10.2

0.3
0.4

5.6


0.0
0.1

13.9
0.0

4.6


171.6
77.1
116.4

77.9

0.9
13.3

15.0


101.9
0.1

37.0
0.0
AV. STATION PRES. (mb)
9
1002.3
1000.7
998.7
998.0
995.6
994.5
994.1
994.0
995.1
997.7
1002.2
1002.5
997.9
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%)
Hour 04
Hour 10 (Local Time)
Hour 16
Hour 22

9
9
9
9

84
76
58
79

81
66
46
72

80
62
48
71

77
51
38
64

73
44
33
58

64
37
25
48

58
32
19
40

59
32
18
40

61
34
22
45

68
42
30
56

79
61
45
73

83
75
58
78

72
51
37
60
PRECIPITATION (in.)
Water Equivalent
-Normal
-Maximum Monthly
-Year
-Minimum Monthly
-Year
-Maximum in 24 hrs
-Year
Snow, Ice Pellets, Hail
-Maximum Monthly
-Year
-Maximum in 24 hrs
-Year



9

9

9


9

9



6.06
22.93
1995
0.89
1991
3.96
1990

3.2
1989
2.0
1989


4.45
10.15
1992
0.14
1988
2.14
1992

1.4
1990
1.4
1990


4.38
14.7
1995
0.52
1988
3.18
1995

1.8
1987
1.8
1987


2.08
4.26
1995
0.14
1987
2.33
1993

T
1995
T
1995


1.27
6.72
1993
0.01
1987
3.79
1993

1.5
1990
1.5
1990


0.56
1.93
1995
T
1987
1.24
1988

T
1992
T
1992


0.17
0.49
1990
0.00
1990
0.49
1990

0.0

0.0



0.46
1.06
1990
0.00
1987
0.83
1993

T
1993
T
1993


0.91
4.83
1989
0.00
1988
3.15
1989

0.0

0.0



2.24
6.26
1992
T
1995
4.09
1992

0.0

0.0



5.21
10.11
1988
0.26
1995
3.23
1988

T
1988
T
1988


5.51
10.81
1995
0.00
1989
2.99
1995

17.0
1988
10.0
1988


33.30
22.93
JAN 1995
0.00
JUL 1990
4.09
OCT 1992

17.0
DEC 1988
10.0
DEC 1988
WIND
Mean Speed (mph)
Prevailing Direction
through 1964
Fastest Mile
-Direction(!!)
-Speed(mph)
-Year
Peak Gust
-Direction(!!)
-Speed(mph)
-Date

9



6



9
9


6.7



18
56
1995

S
70
1995

6.7



17
46
1993

S
64
1993

8.1



17
53
1995

S
74
1995

7.4



17
36
1993

S
47
1995

7.7



17
29
1990

S
54
1988

8.1



02
38
1992

N
60
1992

7.4



36
23
1995

N
36
1995

6.7



23
23
1990

S
46
1987

6.3



35
29
1993


44
1986

6.5



19
37
1992

S
66
1989

6.1



18
35
1994

S
58
1988

6.6



17
60
1995

S
85
1995

7.0



17
60
DEC 1995

S
85
DEC 1995
(a) - Length of Record in Years, although individual months may be missing.
0.* or * - The value is between 0.0 and 0.05.
Normals - Based on the 1961 - 1990 record period.
Extremes - Dates are the most recent occurrence.
Wind Dir.- Numerals show tens of degrees clockwise from true north. "00" indicates calm.
Resultant Directions are given to whole degrees.