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Monthly Climate Summaries
Selected Los Angeles County Locations

Averages Through 2016

Desert in Northern Los Angeles County. Photo courtesy of Marioschidtphoto & Pixabay.com.

Also see: Record Temperatures at Los Angeles County Weather Stations

Monthly Average Maximum & Minimum Temperatures

Measured in Degrees Fahrenheit

Station Avg. Temp. Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avalon 1 Max 59.0 61.1 59.6 62.3 65.8 67.6 77.9 80.0 77.8 74.6 66.1 60.0 67.7
Min 48.1 48.7 46.8 49.1 51.1 53.2 59.8 62.2 61.5 59.1 54.2 49.5 53.6
Burbank 2 Max 67.5 68.7 70.4 73.7 76.6 81.4 88.3 89.0 87.2 80.9 73.7 67.9 77.1
Min 41.7 43.5 45.7 48.9 53.5 57.3 61.2 61.4 59.2 53.3 46.0 41.6 51.1
Culver City 3 Max 66.5 67.1 67.8 70.1 71.5 74.1 78.0 79.0 78.7 76.0 71.6 67.6 72.3
Min 45.3 46.6 48.3 51.2 54.5 58.0 61.2 61.9 60.5 56.2 50.2 46.1 53.3
Lancaster 4 Max 57.9 60.4 65.8 71.7 80.6 89.8 96.5 95.9 89.9 78.6 66.0 57.4 75.9
Min 30.8 34.6 39.4 44.6 53.3 61.0 66.6 64.2 57.0 46.2 35.3 29.1 46.8
Long Beach 5 Max 67.1 67.2 68.4 71.7 73.5 76.9 82.2 83.9 82.3 77.9 72.2 67.0 74.2
Min 45.6 47.3 49.7 52.4 56.8 60.3 63.7 64.9 62.9 57.9 50.5 45.3 54.8
Station Avg. Temp. Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Los Angeles Downtown 6 Max 66.4 67.3 68.8 71.0 72.9 76.9 82.3 83.1 81.9 77.6 72.8 67.4 74.0
Min 48.3 49.5 51.1 53.5 56.5 59.7 63.2 63.8 62.6 58.7 53.3 49.1 55.8
Los Angeles Airport 7 Max 65.2 65.3 65.3 67.4 69.1 71.9 75.1 76.3 76.0 73.6 70.2 65.9 70.1
Min 47.5 48.9 50.5 53.0 56.4 59.7 62.9 63.8 62.6 58.5 52.3 47.9 55.3
Mt. Wilson 8 Max 52.4 52.6 54.6 59.6 66.9 75.5 82.0 81.4 77.8 68.9 59.6 53.2 65.4
Min 36.5 36.3 37.1 40.7 47.6 56.1 63.6 62.7 58.8 50.9 42.8 37.4 47.5
Palmdale 9 Max 58.5 62.1 67.4 74.0 81.9 90.2 97.6 97.0 91.5 80.2 67.3 58.7 77.2
Min 32.4 35.6 39.2 44.0 51.0 58.0 65.3 64.0 57.7 48.1 38.1 32.7 47.2
Pasadena 10 Max 66.5 67.8 69.9 73.4 76.3 81.7 88.4 89.2 87.1 80.6 73.8 67.2 76.8
Min 42.6 44.1 45.9 48.8 52.2 55.7 59.9 60.3 58.5 53.4 47.2 43.2 51.0
Station Avg. Temp. Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Pearblossom 11 Max 57.7 60.3 67.0 73.2 82.2 90.6 96.7 96.1 89.2 78.0 65.2 56.4 76.1
Min 37.1 38.5 41.9 45.6 52.8 60.1 66.4 66.0 60.4 52.3 42.6 35.7 50.0
Pomona 12 Max 65.5 67.6 70.1 74.2 77.8 84.1 91.0 91.1 88.4 80.6 73.2 66.4 77.5
Min 38.1 40.3 42.3 45.6 50.0 53.4 57.7 58.1 55.3 49.8 42.6 38.4 47.6
San Gabriel 13 Max 69.1 70.2 71.7 75.2 77.7 82.5 88.7 89.7 88.1 82.2 75.3 69.8 78.4
Min 41.9 43.7 45.9 49.1 53.5 57.2 61.1 61.6 59.5 53.8 46.4 41.9 51.3
Sandberg 14 Max 48.0 49.9 53.2 58.7 66.6 76.8 85.1 84.7 79.3 68.3 56.3 48.4 64.7
Min 35.5 36.4 37.4 40.8 47.0 55.1 63.2 62.8 59.0 50.8 41.9 35.8 47.1
Santa Monica 15 Max 64.1 63.7 63.4 64.5 65.4 68.1 71.0 72.1 72.1 70.4 68.0 64.8 67.3
Min 49.2 49.9 50.9 52.9 55.6 58.4 61.2 62.2 61.4 58.2 53.6 49.7 55.3
Station Avg. Temp. Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Saugus 16 Max 59.3 61.6 67.2 73.5 78.5 85.4 93.8 94.3 90.5 80.0 69.8 62.5 76.4
Min 36.0 36.6 38.1 41.8 45.9 49.7 54.7 55.1 52.1 46.2 41.7 39.3 44.8
Torrance 17 Max 65.9 66.5 67.4 69.6 71.6 73.8 77.6 78.6 78.0 75.4 71.5 66.9 71.9
Min 44.3 45.8 47.4 49.9 53.5 56.7 60.2 61.1 59.5 55.4 48.9 45.0 52.3
UCLA 18 Max 66.0 66.3 66.7 68.6 69.9 72.6 77.2 78.4 78.2 75.2 71.3 66.7 71.4
Min 49.6 49.8 50.0 52.2 54.8 57.6 60.7 61.6 60.9 58.0 54.0 50.5 55.0
Woodland Hills 19 Max 67.9 70.0 72.3 76.8 81.1 87.4 94.9 95.4 91.7 84.0 74.8 68.8 80.4
Min 39.3 40.7 41.9 44.6 49.1 53.0 57.0 57.3 54.6 49.0 42.6 38.8 47.3

Monthly Average Total Precipitation (Rainfall)

Measured in inches

Station Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avalon 1 1.80 1.14 1.66 1.35 0.17 0.11 0.01 0.01 0.22 0.23 2.38 2.60 11.67
Burbank2 3.35 3.84 2.84 1.17 0.27 0.07 0.01 0.10 0.20 0.60 1.51 2.34 16.29
Culver City 3 2.83 2.96 2.11 0.82 0.16 0.03 0.01 0.05 0.12 0.42 1.32 2.32 13.15
Lancaster 4 1.56 1.77 1.18 0.37 0.11 0.04 0.09 0.11 0.18 0.39 0.47 1.11 7.38
Long Beach 5 2.63 2.90 1.83 0.70 0.20 0.06 0.02 0.06 0.19 0.42 1.21 1.80 12.01
Los Angeles Downtown 6 3.20 3.38 2.40 1.01 0.25 0.06 0.01 0.05 0.27 0.48 1.25 2.41 14.77
Los Angeles Airport 7 2.65 2.67 1.85 0.77 0.17 0.05 0.02 0.07 0.16 0.39 1.40 1.82 12.02
Mt. Wilson 8 6.80 7.50 5.63 2.49 0.80 0.15 0.06 0.15 0.64 1.18 3.48 4.46 33.35
Palmdale 9 1.46 1.53 1.24 0.48 0.14 0.03 0.05 0.15 0.18 0.33 0.67 1.36 7.61
Pasadena 10 4.39 4.54 3.39 1.39 0.43 0.13 0.03 0.08 0.36 0.70 1.67 3.14 20.24
Station Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Pearblossom 11 1.34 1.78 0.83 0.34 0.12 0.04 0.10 0.31 0.21 0.42 0.42 1.04 6.94
Pomona 12 3.56 3.49 2.82 1.22 0.35 0.10 0.01 0.07 0.26 0.78 1.56 2.77 16.97
San Gabriel 13 3.69 3.92 2.99 1.21 0.27 0.09 0.02 0.13 0.34 0.57 1.65 2.33 17.20
Sandberg 14 2.23 2.85 1.61 0.87 0.33 0.06 0.04 0.06 0.24 0.42 1.36 1.99 12.04
Santa Monica 15 2.69 3.01 2.03 0.73 0.17 0.03 0.02 0.08 0.15 0.33 1.36 2.04 12.62
Saugus 16 3.38 3.84 2.98 1.52 0.50 0.10 0.03 0.13 0.30 0.64 1.79 3.04 18.25
Torrance 17 3.04 3.23 2.03 0.84 0.18 0.06 0.02 0.06 0.22 0.42 1.31 2.15 13.55
UCLA 18 3.68 4.23 2.79 1.11 0.25 0.06 0.01 0.09 0.19 0.59 1.65 2.82 17.48
Woodland Hills 19 3.78 3.95 2.78 1.13 0.29 0.04 0.01 0.10 0.16 0.52 1.79 2.31 16.86

Monthly Average Snowfall

Measured in inches

Station Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avalon 1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4
Burbank 2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Culver City 3 1.8 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 3.4
Lancaster 4 3.5 2.4 3.0 1.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 1.7 12.7
Mt. Wilson 8 0.9 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 1.4
Palmdale 9 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.8
Pearblossom 11 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6
Sandberg 14 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Periods of Records Above:

1 – (Santa Catalina Airport) 01/01/1948 to 06/09/2016
2 - (Burbank Valley Pump Plant) 10/01/1966 to 06/08/2016
3 - 01/01/1935 to 06/09/2016
4 - (William J Fox Airfield) 04/16/1974 to 06/09/2016
5 - (Daugherty Field) 01/01/1949 to 06/09/2016
6 - (USC Campus) 07/01/1877 to 06/09/2016
7 - (Los Angeles International Airport) 01/01/1936 to 06/09/2016
8 – (CBS) 07/01/1948 to 06/10/2016
9 - 01/01/1903 to 05/31/2016
10 - 01/01/1893 to 06/10/2016
11 - 06/01/1985 to 05/31/2016
12 – (Fairplex) 11/01/1893 to 06/09/2016
13 - (San Gabriel Fire Dept.) 05/01/1939 to 06/10/2016
14 - 01/01/1948 to 06/09/2016
15 - (Santa Monica Pier) 01/01/1937 to 06/10/2016
16 - (Power Plant 1) 07/01/1918 to 06/08/2016
17 - (Torrance Airport) 01/01/1932 to 06/09/2016
18 - (UCLA Campus) 03/01/1933 to 06/09/2016
19 - (Pierce College) 07/01/1949 to 09/30/2012

Source: Western Regional Climate Center