Downtown Los Angeles. Photo by Felicia Aparicio.
Also see:
-- Temperature Normals & Records by Day in Downtown L.A.
-- Monthly High/Low & Average Temperatures for Downtown Los Angeles
-- Temperature Records for Select Los Angeles County Locations
| Month | Normal High | Normal Low | Monthly Normal | Record High (Since 1877) | Record Low (Since 1877) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 68.2 | 47.8 | 58.0 | 95 (1971) | 28 (1913, 1949) |
| February | 68.6 | 49.3 | 58.9 | 95 (1995) | 28 (1883) |
| March | 70.2 | 51.0 | 60.6 | 99 (1879) | 31 (1893) |
| Month | Normal High | Normal Low | Monthly Normal | Record High (Since 1877) | Record Low (Since 1877) |
| April | 72.7 | 53.5 | 63.1 | 106 (1989) | 36 (1901) |
| May | 74.5 | 57.1 | 65.8 | 103 (1896) | 40 (1883) |
| June | 78.1 | 60.3 | 69.2 | 112 (1990) | 46 (1892, 1894) |
| Month | Normal High | Normal Low | Monthly Normal | Record High (Since 1877) | Record Low (Since 1877) |
| July | 82.0 | 64.7 | 73.3 | 109 (1891) | 49 (1888) |
| August | 84.0 | 65.4 | 74.7 | 106 (1885) | 49 (1901) |
| September | 83.0 | 64.2 | 73.6 | 113 (2010) | 44 (1880) |
| Month | Normal High | Normal Low | Monthly Normal | Record High (Since 1877) | Record Low (Since 1877) |
| October | 78.6 | 59.9 | 69.3 | 108 (1987) | 40 (1892) |
| November | 72.9 | 53.1 | 63.0 | 100 (1966) | 34 (1881, 1886) |
| December | 67.4 | 48.2 | 57.8 | 92 (1938) | 30 (1878, 1879, 1897, 1978) |
| Annual | 74.8 | 56.8 | 65.8 | 113 (Sep 2010) | 28 (Feb 1883, Jan 1913, Jan 1949) |
* Most current monthly and seasonal normals, recalculated every ten years, were updated on May 4, 2021.
Source: National Weather Service & National Centers for Environmental Information
The highest temperature ever recorded among the 16 Los Angeles County weather stations monitored by the Almanac (according to NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information) was 130oF at Santa Fe Dam in the San Gabriel Valley, on June 17, 2012, at 3:57 p.m. This very rare extreme temperature is typically only reached in Death Valley in the California desert. Also reaching or exceeding 120oF were Saugus in Santa Clarita on November 8, 2002, at 126oF, Palmdale on May 6, 2005, at 122oF, Hawthorne on July 21, 1999, at 122oF, and Woodland Hills in the San Fernando Valley, on September 6, 2020, at 120oF.
