How extreme does Rancho Palos Verdes's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Rancho Palos Verdes 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 Torrance Ap station 8 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 Rancho Palos Verdes has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

109°F Jul 19, 1992

That is about 32°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Rancho Palos Verdes (typical high near 77°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 109°F Jul 19, 1992

2 108°F Sep 4, 1988

3 105°F Sep 24, 1978

❄️ Coldest night

5°F Apr 2, 1986

About 47°F colder than a normal April night in Rancho Palos Verdes (typical low near 52°F).

The three most extreme on record

1 5°F Apr 2, 1986

2 5°F Jul 16, 2007

3 17°F Apr 14, 2007

🌧️ Most rain in one day

4.41 in Jan 4, 1995

More rain in a single day than Rancho Palos Verdes usually gets in the whole month of January (typical January total about 3.4 in).

The three most extreme on record

1 4.41 in Jan 4, 1995

2 4.11 in Feb 6, 2010

3 4.00 in Dec 30, 2021

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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Rancho Palos Verdes's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 109°F is about 32°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, Rancho Palos Verdes's warmest days reach the high 70s°F and its coldest nights drop to the mid-40s°F. But across the record it has gone as high as 109°F and as low as 5°F. A single day has delivered over 4 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 10 km from the city centre.

How we build these numbers →

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