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Weather extremes
How extreme does Hawthorne's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Hawthorne 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 Hawthorne has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 45°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Hawthorne (typical high near 77°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 30°F colder than a normal June night in Hawthorne (typical low near 62°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Hawthorne usually gets in the whole month of December (typical December total about 2.2 in).
The three most extreme on record
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.
Hawthorne's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 122°F is about 45°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 Hawthorne Muni AP (NOAA GHCN station USW00003167), about 2 km from the city centre.