How extreme does Manhattan Beach's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Manhattan Beach has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 50+ years of daily weather observations (1971–present), from the Los Angeles Intl Ap station 6 km away. Updated through May 2026 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Manhattan Beach has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

106°F Sep 4, 1988

That is about 30°F hotter than a normal September afternoon in Manhattan Beach (typical high near 77°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 106°F Sep 4, 1988

2 105°F Sep 24, 1978

3 105°F Sep 25, 1978

❄️ Coldest night

33°F Dec 8, 1978

About 16°F colder than a normal December night in Manhattan Beach (typical low near 49°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 33°F Dec 8, 1978

2 33°F Jan 17, 1987

3 34°F Jan 29, 1979

🌧️ Most rain in one day

4.53 in Dec 28, 2004

More rain in a single day than Manhattan Beach usually gets in the whole month of December (typical December total about 2.2 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 4.53 in Dec 28, 2004

2 3.50 in Jan 4, 1995

3 3.23 in Jan 6, 1993

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.

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Manhattan Beach's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — September's 106°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

In a normal year, Manhattan Beach's warmest days reach the high 70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the high 40s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 106°F and as low as 33°F. A single day has delivered over 5 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Redondo Beach (NOAA GHCN station USC00047326), about 6 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →

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