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Weather extremes
How extreme does Delano's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Delano has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Delano has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 13°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Delano (typical high near 97°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 16°F colder than a normal December night in Delano (typical low near 37°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Delano usually gets in the whole month of December (typical December total about 1.2 in).
The three most extreme on record
Close to a whole typical January's snow in one day (Delano averages about 0 in across the month).
Top recorded days
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
Delano's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 110°F is about 13°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Wasco (NOAA GHCN station USC00049452), about 22 km from the city centre.