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-- Monthly Temperature Normals & Records for Downtown Los Angeles
-- Daily High/Low Temperatures for Downtown Los Angeles
-- Monthly High/Low & Average Temperatures for Downtown Los Angeles




Record Temperatures
Downtown Los Angeles & Los Angeles International Airport

Measurements are in Degrees Fahrenheit. Year is the latest for that record temperature.

Downtown Los Angeles High 113 September 27, 2010
Low 28 January 7, 1949
Los Angeles International Airport High 110 September 26, 1963
Low 23 January 1937


HIGHEST & LOWEST TEMPERATURE RECORDS - LOS ANGELES COUNTY

The highest temperature historically recorded among the 20 Los Angeles County weather stations monitored by the Almanac (according to NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information) was 135oF, recorded in Beverly Hills on January 22, 2017. This followed 134oF, recorded just six months ealier, at the same location, on June 30, 2016. These very rare extreme temperatures are typically only reached in Death Valley in the California desert. The Almanac admits bewilderment at such a high temperatures recorded in the Los Angeles area (especially the one recorded during January) and that nearby UCLA weather station, less than three miles away, did not record temperatures anywhere near these extremes. Nevertheless, we offer no grounds for challenging these records.

The latest lowest temperature recorded in Los Angeles County was 0oF in Saugus in Santa Clarita on January 12, 1995. There were several zero temperature measurements in the last week of December 1994 and during January 1995. These were interspaced with daily low temperatures in the 40s and 50s. The Almanac questions whether these zero measurements reflected actual minimum temperatures at the time or simply "no data" recordings. The lowest non-zero temperature recorded was 2oF in Lancaster on December 24, 1984.

Source: Western Regional Climate Center



Record Monthly Temperatures & Year of Record
Key Los Angeles County Stations
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Record high temperatures are bolded in red and record low temperatures bolded in blue for each station. Annual record high and low temperatures for each station are listed under "Annual" column. Record years are the latest year in which records were either set or tied.

Measurements are in Degrees Fahrenheit.

Station Temp Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Los Angeles Downtown1 High 95
1971		 95
1995		 99
1879		 106
1989		 103
1896		 112
1990		 109
1891		 106
1885		 113
2010		 108
1987		 100
1966		 92
1938		 113
2010
Low 28
1949		 28
1883		 31
1893		 36
1901		 40
1883		 46
1894		 49
1888		 49
1901		 44
1880		 40
1892		 34
1886		 30
1978		 28
1949
Beverly Hills High 135*
2017		 96
2016		 100
2007		 107
2004		 109
2014		 134*
2016		 119
2018		 113
2020		 119
2010		 112
2012		 103
2012		 93
2015		 135*
2017
Low 14
2017		 36
2013		 34
2006		 37
2011		 43
2011		 45
1999		 51
2012		 51
2010		 10
2006		 44
2013		 18
2014		 35
1998		 10
2006
Station Temp Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Burbank2 High 92
1971		 92
1986		 98
1988		 105
1989		 107
1984		 111
2017		 114
2018		 112
2022		 114
2020		 108
1980		 98
1997		 92
1958		 114
2020
Low 26
2007		 27
1948		 32
1945		 36
1965		 40
1964		 43
1971		 49
1948		 47
1943		 43
1941		 38
1946		 32
1958		 27
1948		 26
2007
Claremont High 90
2003		 89
2016		 93
2004		 100
2004		 103
2014		 107
2016		 112
2018		 107
2017		 113
2020		 104
2012		 98
2010		 84
2004		 113
2020
Low 27
2007		 31
2011		 31
2006		 32
2011		 39
2011		 42
1999		 50
2023		 49
2010		 48
2007		 39
2019		 32
2004		 30
2010		 27
2007
Station Temp Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Hawthorne3 High 91
2003		 91
2016		 94
2015		 101
2008		 95
2007		 95
2006		 99
2018		 94
2009		 111
2010		 106
2017		 101
2010		 87
2010		 111
2010
Low 33
2021		 38
1999		 41
2006		 39
2017		 50
2017		 32
2002		 34
2000		 58
2013		 57
2010		 50
2000		 41
2004		 37
2001		 32
2002
Lancaster4 High 78
2003		 84
2014		 91
2004		 96
2021		 106
2003		 115
2013		 113
2021		 111
2020		 113
2022		 101
2020		 87
2017		 79
2015		 115
2013
Low 3
2007		 11
1979		 17
2002		 23
1945		 32
2011		 38
1967		 45
1948		 43
1945		 27
1948		 18
2019		 12
1964		 2
1984		 2
1984
Station Temp Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Long Beach5 High 93
2003		 92
2016		 98
1988		 105
1989		 104
2004		 109
1981		 109
2018		 105
1967		 111
2010		 111
1961		 101
1966		 92
1958		 111
2010
Low 25
1963		 33
1965		 33
1964		 38
1975		 40
1964		 47
1967		 51
1960		 55
1978		 50
1965		 39
1972		 34
1958		 28
1990		 25
1963
Los Angeles Airport High 91
2003		 92
1963		 95
1988		 102
1989		 97
2014		 104
1981		 97
1985		 98
1955		 110
1963		 106
1961		 101
1966		 94
1958		 110
1963
Low 27
1949		 34
1949		 35
1945		 42
1998		 45
1964		 48
1950		 52
1948		 51
1948		 47
1948		 43
1971		 38
1964		 32
1968		 27
1949
Station Temp Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Palmdale6 High 85
2010		 84
2014		 90
2007		 96
2020		 106
2003		 113
1961		 113
2007		 111
2020		 111
2020		 101
2020		 86
2020		 85
2003		 113
2007
Low 3
1963		 11
1953		 16
1971		 26
1999		 28
1988		 30
1995		 44
1979		 41
1979		 32
1948		 18
1971		 4
1964		 6
1962		 3
1963
Pasadena High 93
1971		 92
2016		 98
1916		 105
1989		 104
2014		 113
1917		 113
2018		 109
2020		 115
2020		 108
1991		 101
2010		 93
1958		 115
2020
Low 21
1913		 26
1929		 29
1922		 31
1917		 32
1915		 41
1998		 45
1933		 43
1912		 41
1916		 36
1920		 26
1919		 25
1916		 21
1913
Station Temp Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
San Gabriel Valley7 High 94
2003		 94
2015		 100
1997		 107
2004		 108
2014		 130
2012		 118
2018		 112
2017		 116
2020		 111
2012		 101
1997		 91
2013		 130
2012
Low 29
2013		 32
2011		 35
2006		 36
2018		 44
2010		 46
2011		 50
2012		 50
2010		 49
2010		 38
1993		 33
2010		 27
1993		 27
1993
Sandberg High 82
2018		 78
2014		 83
2015		 86
2021		 98
2021		 107
2021		 103
2017		 104
2017		 105
2020		 94
1987		 83
2017		 75
2017		 107
2021
Low 3
1937		 13
1989		 14
1987		 22
2011		 26
1975		 30
1967		 40
1940		 40
1968		 35
1948		 21
1971		 21
1964		 11
1990		 3
1937
Station Temp Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Santa Catalina Island8 High 85
2021		 87
1963		 90
1966		 92
2004		 96
1967		 102
2016		 106
2018		 103
1967		 110
2020		 99
2020		 91
2017		 81
2022		 110
2020
Low 29
1949		 32
1949		 18
1976		 39
2019		 43
1964		 45
1967		 49
1952		 50
2010		 48
1948		 41
1949		 37
2000		 34
1967		 18
1976
Santa Clarita9 High 87
2003		 93
2014		 95
2007		 101
1996		 108
2001		 111
2000		 117
2006		 114
1996		 115
2020		 109
2012		 126
2002		 88
2008		 126
2002
Low 0†
1995		 29
1996		 32
2006		 33
2011		 40
2011		 42
1999		 52
2012		 51
2010		 45
2019		 40
1996		 33
2019		 0†
1994		 0†
1994
Station Temp Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Santa Monica10 High 88
2003		 90
2022		 94
2015		 95
2009		 91
2014		 87
2015		 92
2018		 93
2017		 103
2010		 101
2017		 95
2010		 86
2016		 103
2010
Low 32
2007		 38
2002		 39
2006		 42
2011		 47
2023		 51
2011		 56
2005		 54
2010		 51
2010		 47
2019		 38
2010		 37
2015		 32
2007
Torrance11 High 91
2003		 92
1954		 96
2015		 104
1992		 98
1934		 102
1981		 100
1959		 101
1983		 108
1984		 106
2015		 98
1956		 94
1956		 108
1984
Low 24
1987		 27
1995		 28
1935		 28
1944		 37
1945		 36
1955		 42
1965		 44
1945		 41
1957		 36
1962		 29
1989		 27
2019		 24
1987
Station Temp Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Van Nuys12 High 92
2003		 92
2014		 97
2013		 101
2004		 105
2013		 114
2016		 117
2018		 112
2020		 118
2020		 107
2020		 96
2020		 89
2021		 118
2020
Low 22
1949		 27
1949		 32
1962		 36
2011		 38
1950		 46
1949		 50
1949		 47
1949		 45
1949		 35
1949		 31
2004		 28
1949		 22
1949
Westwood13 High 91
1971		 91
1995		 94
1988		 103
1989		 97
2014		 102
1979		 106
2018		 99
1935		 109
1939		 103
1958		 99
2010		 94
1958		 109
1939
Low 30
1949		 33
1942		 34
1936		 37
1933		 43
1933		 44
1950		 51
1941		 50
1943		 47
1945		 40
1971		 33
1958		 25
1941		 25
1941
Station Temp Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Whittier Hills High 92
2003		 93
2016		 98
2015		 100
2009		 103
2014		 102
2008		 112
2018		 109
2020		 114
2010		 108
2017		 102
2010		 87
2010		 114
2010
Low 35
2007		 34
2011		 37
2006		 38
2011		 45
2017		 47
1999		 52
2010		 52
2010		 51
2010		 47
2011		 40
2019		 37
2009		 34
2011
Woodland Hills14 High 93
1975		 94
1986		 101
1988		 105
1989		 113
1984		 113
2016		 119
2006		 116
1985		 120
2020		 110
1980		 101
2006		 96
1958		 120
2020
Low 19
1950		 18
1989		 26
1966		 30
2008		 33
1950		 36
1950		 42
1952		 42
1950		 38
1954		 27
1971		 23
1958		 20
1990		 18
1989

* See comment box above, "Highest & Lowest Temperature Records - Los Angeles County," preceeding the table above.
† There were several zero temperature measurements in the last week of December 1994 and the following January. These were interspaced with daily low temperatures in the 40s and 50s. The Almanac has some question about whether these zero measurements reflected actual minimum temperatures or simply "no data" entries.

1) USC Campus
2) Hollywood Burbank Airport
3) Hawthorne Municipal Airport
4) William J Fox Airfield
5) Long Beach Airport
6) Palmdale Regional Airport
7) Santa Fe Dam Recreational Area, Irwindale
8) Catalina Airport
9) Saugus
10) Santa Monica Airport
11) Torrance Municipal Airport - Zamperini Field
12) Van Nuys Airport
13) UCLA Campus
14) Pierce College Campus

Source: National Weather Service Forecast Office, Los Angeles and NOAA National Climate Data Center.