Los Angeles Climate Records and Averages

Los Angeles possesses a Mediterranean / subtropical climate and lies on a hilly coastal plain with the Pacific Ocean as its southern and western boundaries. The city stretches north to the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains and is bounded by the San Gabriel Mountains to the east. Numerous canyons and valleys also characterize the region, making it an area of diverse climatic conditions. The predominant weather influence is the warm, moist Pacific air, keeping temperatures mild throughout the year. Summers are dry and sunny, the city averages 329 days of sun per year with most of the precipitation occurring during the winter months. Unusual weather phenomena include the Santa Ana winds, which bring hot, dusty winds of up to 50 miles per hour from the surrounding mountains, and the occasional flash floods in the canyon areas, causing mudslides.

Los Angeles averages 12.01 inches of precipitation annually, which mainly occurs during the winter and spring (November through April) with generally moderate rain showers, but usually as heavy rainfall and thunderstorms during winter storms. The coast gets slightly less rainfall, while the mountains get slightly more. The San Fernando Valley Region of Los Angeles can get between 16 and 20 inches of rain per year

												Total Snowfall
	Avg.	High	Year	Low	Year	1 Day Max.		>= 0.01 in.	>= 0.10 in.	>= 0.50 in.	>= 1.00 in.	Mean	High	Year
	in.	in.	-	in.	-	in.	dd/yyyy or yyyymmdd	# Days	# Days	# Days	# Days	in.	in.	-
January	2.70	12.71	1995	0.00	1972	4.56	26/1956	6	4	2	1	0.0	0.0	-
February	2.73	13.79	1998	0.00	1961	3.91	08/1962	6	4	2	1	0.0	0.0	-
March	1.82	6.37	1983	0.00	1956	3.10	07/1968	6	4	1	0	0.0	0.0	-
April	0.77	4.52	1965	0.00	1945	1.35	11/1999	3	2	1	0	0.0	0.0	-
May	0.17	2.55	1977	0.00	1945	1.67	08/1977	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	-
June	0.05	0.74	1993	0.00	1946	0.74	05/1993	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	-
July	0.02	0.32	1992	0.00	1945	0.28	12/1992	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	-
August	0.07	2.47	1977	0.00	1944	2.10	17/1977	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	-
September	0.16	1.91	1983	0.00	1944	1.66	30/1983	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	-
October	0.37	3.78	2004	0.00	1949	1.75	18/1972	2	1	0	0	0.0	0.0	-
November	1.41	7.92	1946	0.00	1948	5.60	21/1967	4	2	1	0	0.0	0.0	-
December	1.73	6.49	2004	0.00	1963	4.53	28/2004	5	3	1	0	0.0	0.0	-

Annual	12.01	29.46	1983	2.95	1947	5.60	19671121	34	21	8	3	0.0	0.0	-

Winter	7.17	21.43	1998	1.33	1961	4.56	19560126	17	12	5	2	0.0	0.0	-
Spring	2.76	9.59	1983	0.00	1997	3.10	19680307	10	6	2	0	0.0	0.0	-
Summer	0.14	2.47	1977	0.00	1946	2.10	19770817	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	-

	Monthly Averages			Daily Extremes				Monthly Extremes
Temperatures in F	Max.	Min.	Avg	High	Date of daily extreme high	Low	Date of daily extreme low	Highest Avg	Year	Lowest Avg	Year
January	65.1	47.5	56.3	91	31/2003	27	04/1949	62.2	1986	47.0	1949
February	65.3	49.0	57.1	92	03/1963	34	12/1948	61.6	1995	51.4	1949
March	65.3	50.5	57.9	95	26/1988	35	05/1945	64.0	1959	53.0	1945
April	67.5	53.0	60.2	102	06/1989	42	04/1945	65.6	1992	56.0	1967
May	69.2	56.4	62.8	97	16/1956	45	07/1964	67.5	1997	58.4	1964
June	71.9	59.7	65.9	104	16/1981	48	08/1950	71.9	1981	62.1	1964
July	75.2	62.9	69.1	97	10/1959	52	06/1947	75.0	1959	65.7	1965
August	76.4	63.8	70.1	98	31/1955	51	09/1948	74.7	1994	65.9	1950
September	76.0	62.6	69.3	110	26/1963	47	26/1948	76.5	1984	65.3	1953
October	73.7	58.5	66.1	106	14/1961	43	30/1946	72.5	1958	61.6	1946
November	70.3	52.4	61.4	101	01/1966	38	23/1947	65.9	1976	56.8	1946
December	66.0	47.9	56.9	94	03/1958	32	21/1968	62.4	1958	52.7	1948

Annual	70.2	55.3	62.8	110	1963/09/26	27	1949/01/04	66.4	1959	59.6	1948

Winter	65.5	48.1	56.8	94	1958/12/03	27	1949/01/04	60.5	1980	50.4	1949
Spring	67.3	53.3	60.3	102	1989/04/06	35	1945/03/05	65.0	1959	56.6	1945
Summer	74.5	62.1	68.3	104	1981/06/16	48	1950/06/08	72.9	1959	65.0	1948
Fall	73.3	57.8	65.6	110	1963/09/26	38	1947/11/23	69.7	1958	61.8	1944

Winter = Dec, Jan, and Feb		Spring = Mar, Apr, and May
Summer = Jun, Jul, and Aug.		Fall = Sep, Oct, and Nov