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Has the climate in Turlock changed?

Turlock has warmed about 5.2°F between 1985 and 2024.

About 1.4°F per decade, measured from Turlock's official daily weather records, 1985–2024. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Turlock's climate has warmed faster than most other cities in United States.

What has actually changed

Each card compares the 1970s (the first ten years of the record) with recent years (the last ten) — the same span the headline and the chart use.

Freezing nights
2 more nights
1970s
2 / yr
Recent
4 / yr
Colder winters — more frosts
Average temperature
+3.3°F
1970s
61.1°F
Recent
64.4°F
A steady upward drift
Hot days above 90°F
69 more days
1970s
8 / yr
Recent
77 / yr
More days of serious heat
Rainy days
4 more days
1970s
51 / yr
Recent
55 / yr
Wetter on average

Turlock's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 1985 to 2024.

39°41°43°45°47°49°51°53°55°57°59°61°63°65°67°1985: 40.7°F1986: 63.6°F1987: 62.4°F1988: 62.6°F1989: 61.6°F1990: 62.5°F1991: 62.5°F1992: 63.8°F1993: 62.8°F1994: 63.0°F1995: 63.5°F1996: 64.2°F1997: 64.7°F1998: 62.2°F1999: 61.8°F2000: 62.9°F2001: 64.0°F2002: 63.0°F2003: 63.8°F2004: 63.5°F2005: 66.3°F2006: 63.1°F2007: 60.2°F2008: 65.2°F2009: 63.2°F2010: 61.8°F2011: 59.7°F2014: 66.1°F2015: 63.7°F2016: 65.7°F2017: 65.4°F2018: 64.6°F2019: 64.5°F2020: 65.1°F2021: 64.6°F2022: 64.5°F2023: 63.4°F2024: 65.6°Flong-term trend198519902000201020202024
a warmer-than-average year a cooler-than-average year

Each bar is one year. Most recent years sit above the older ones. Some recent years still came in cool — warming is a slope, not a straight climb.

In day-to-day terms, that long-term shift shows up as about 37 more days above 90°F compared with the 1970s.

When in the year the change shows up

How much warmer each month is now than in the 1970s. Useful if you garden or care about a particular season — otherwise the headline above already has the answer.

0.0°+0.5°+1.0°+1.5°+2.0°+2.5°+3.0°January: +1.1°F+1.1JFebruary: +1.2°F+1.2FMarch: +0.8°F+0.8MApril: +0.2°F+0.2AMay: +0.9°F+0.9MJune: +1.6°F+1.6JJuly: +1.6°F+1.6JAugust: +1.0°F+1.0ASeptember: +1.6°F+1.6SOctober: +0.7°F+0.7ONovember: +1.3°F+1.3NDecember: +2.7°F+2.7D

December has warmed the most — about 2.7°F. The warming runs across the whole year, not just one season.

Methodology & sources

Temperature — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Turlock #2 (NOAA GHCN station USC00049073), inside the city.

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