China Lake climate by month
Averages and records for each calendar month at China Lake , United States, from 1945 to 2026. The warmest month is July, averaging 39.8°C; the coolest is December at 15.3°C.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Record high | Record low | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.5°C | −0.9°C | 31.7°C29 January 2017 | −14.4°C13 January 1963 | 50 / 60 |
| February | 18.2°C | 1.8°C | 32.8°C8 February 2017 | −11.1°C7 February 1989 | 47 / 60 |
| March | 21.8°C | 5.2°C | 35.6°C20 March 2026 | −6.1°C13 March 1990 | 57 / 61 |
| April | 26.2°C | 8.8°C | 40.0°C7 April 1989 | −2.7°C9 April 2011 | 57 / 62 |
| May | 30.6°C | 13.2°C | 42.8°C28 May 2003 | 1.7°C14 May 1998 | 51 / 62 |
| June | 36.4°C | 17.8°C | 47.8°C30 June 1994 | 5.6°C10 June 1954 | 57 / 62 |
| July | 39.8°C | 21.6°C | 48.3°C18 July 1988 | 10.0°C22 July 1987 | 48 / 60 |
| August | 38.9°C | 20.3°C | 48.3°C2 August 1993 | 10.6°C28 August 1991 | 56 / 61 |
| September | 34.8°C | 16.1°C | 45.6°C10 September 1993 | 3.9°C26 September 1986 | 50 / 60 |
| October | 28.0°C | 9.6°C | 41.1°C2 October 2024 | −6.6°C31 October 2019 | 53 / 60 |
| November | 20.5°C | 3.1°C | 33.9°C2 November 2010 | −8.9°C29 November 1989 | 45 / 60 |
| December | 15.3°C | −0.9°C | 27.2°C16 December 1998 | −13.3°C27 December 1962 | 46 / 60 |
Years shows the number behind the average high, then the number holding a record for that month. They differ because a year contributes an average only when the month has at least 25 days of readings, while a single reading is enough to set a record. The average low is withheld on the same 25-day rule and is counted separately again; it is shown as a dash where the archive cannot support it. Across the twelve months here the averages rest on 45 to 57 years each.
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Every figure on this page is computed from NOAA GHCN-Daily observations stored per station, per year, per month. Nothing is modelled, interpolated or estimated, and a month the archive never covered is left out rather than filled in. A station appears here only once all twelve months carry an average from at least 10 years. See how this is built.