Corcoran climate — normals and trends
Corcoran (United States) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.9 °C and it receives 302 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (29.5 °C on average) and the coldest is January (9.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in February.
Corcoran averages 3 frost days, 132 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 43 rainy days per year.
Corcoran has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 5 to 1 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 46.3 °C (on 6 September 2022) and the coldest -6.6 °C (on 23 December 1990).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
CorcoranCalifornia
- coords
- 36.10°, -119.56°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.9°C
Average daily high
25.5°C
Average daily low
13.2°C
Annual rainfall
302mm
Sunshine / day
11.2h
Mean relative humidity
53%
Average peak wind
10.9km/h
Seasonal range
20.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
3 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
132 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
43 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.1 cm
Average feels-like high
24.9 °C
Average feels-like low
11.6 °C
Average peak gust
23.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
72 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.4 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.58 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
46.3 °C
6 September 2022
Coldest day
-6.6 °C
23 December 1990
Wettest day
61 mm
2 January 2006
Windiest day
36.0 km/h
4 January 1995
Strongest gust
78.1 km/h
4 January 1995
Hottest feels-like
49.4 °C
4 July 1991
Coldest feels-like
-10.8 °C
23 December 1990
Snowiest day
2.0 cm
25 January 1999
Sunniest day
14.0 h
20 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 16.4 °C | +1.5 °C | 12 mm | -44 mm |
| Feb | 19.4 °C | +2.2 °C | 56 mm | -0 mm |
| Mar | 19.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 85 mm | +29 mm |
| Apr | 25.2 °C | +1.4 °C | 12 mm | -16 mm |
| May | 31.1 °C | +2.4 °C | 3 mm | -7 mm |
| Jun | 36.2 °C | +2.6 °C | 0 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 37.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 38.9 °C | +2.5 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 34.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 19 mm | +15 mm |
| Oct | 25.9 °C | -1.0 °C | 40 mm | +26 mm |
| Nov | 20.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 74 mm | +43 mm |
| Dec | 15.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 69 mm | +23 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Corcoran?
Corcoran has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.9 °C and it receives 302 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Corcoran?
The hottest day measured in Corcoran between 1940 and 2025 was 6 September 2022, reaching 46.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Corcoran?
The coldest day measured in Corcoran between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 1990, at -6.6 °C.
Does it snow in Corcoran?
Almost never: Corcoran sees virtually no snow, with about 3 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Corcoran warmed?
Yes: Corcoran warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Corcoran?
The wettest day measured in Corcoran between 1940 and 2025 was 2 January 2006, with 61 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Corcoran?
The windiest day measured in Corcoran between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 1995, with winds reaching 36.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Corcoran?
The warmest month in Corcoran is July (29.5 °C on average); the coldest is January (9.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Corcoran?
Corcoran receives on average 302 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 43 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Corcoran?
Corcoran gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Corcoran?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Corcoran between 1940 and 2025 was 25 January 1999, with 2.0 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Corcoran?
Yes: Corcoran has on average 72 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Corcoran?
In Corcoran, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 49.4 °C on 4 July 1991, and the lowest was -10.8 °C on 23 December 1990.
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