Climate-Zone.com

HomeCitiesUnited StatesCaliforniaRancho Palos VerdesTools › Climate trends

Has the climate in Rancho Palos Verdes changed?

Rancho Palos Verdes has cooled about 0.9°F since 2012.

About 0.8°F per decade, measured from Rancho Palos Verdes's official daily weather records, 2012–2025. Individual years still bounce around — some recent ones came in cool — but the long-term line has clearly risen.

Is that a lot? Rancho Palos Verdes's climate has warmed more slowly than most other cities in United States.

What has actually changed

Each card compares the 1970s (the first ten years of the record) with recent years (the last ten) — the same span the headline and the chart use.

Freezing nights
about the same
1970s
0 / yr
Recent
0 / yr
Winters about as cold as before
Average temperature
−0.9°F
1970s
63.5°F
Recent
62.6°F
A small downward drift
Hot days above 90°F
2 fewer days
1970s
4 / yr
Recent
2 / yr
Slightly fewer hot days
Rainy days
about the same
1970s
40 / yr
Recent
41 / yr
Rainfall pattern about the same

Rancho Palos Verdes's temperature, year by year

Average temperature for each year from 2012 to 2025.

60°62°64°66°2012: 61.8°F2015: 64.7°F2016: 63.7°F2017: 63.8°F2018: 63.9°F2019: 62.3°F2020: 63.5°F2021: 61.9°F2022: 63.3°F2023: 62.2°F2024: 62.2°F2025: 62.6°Flong-term trend201220202025
a warmer-than-average year a cooler-than-average year

Each bar is one year. Most recent years sit above the older ones. Some recent years still came in cool — warming is a slope, not a straight climb.

Methodology & sources

Temperature — 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 →