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Weather extremes
How extreme does Los Angeles's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 30°F hotter than a normal September afternoon in Los Angeles (typical high near 83°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 18°F colder than a normal December night in Los Angeles (typical low near 48°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than Los Angeles usually gets in the whole month of December (typical December total about 2.5 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.
Los Angeles's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — September's 113°F is about 30°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 17 km from the city centre.