Paradise climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Paradise?

Paradise has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.1 °C and it receives 1,388 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Paradise?

The hottest day measured in Paradise between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1981, reaching 43.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Paradise?

The coldest day measured in Paradise between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1990, at -17.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Paradise?

Yes. Paradise gets on average 130.8 cm of snow per year and has around 29 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Paradise warmed?

Yes: Paradise warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Paradise?

The wettest day measured in Paradise between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1964, with 178 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Paradise?

The windiest day measured in Paradise between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1969, with winds reaching 40.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Paradise?

The warmest month in Paradise is July (24.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Paradise?

Paradise receives on average 1,388 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 84 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Paradise?

Paradise gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Paradise (United States) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 14.1 °C and it receives 1,388 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 (24.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (5.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Paradise averages 29 frost days, 76 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 84 rainy days per year.

Paradise has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.29 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 41 to 17 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 43.9 °C (on 7 August 1981) and the coldest -17.3 °C (on 22 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

ParadiseCalifornia

coords: 39.76°, -121.62°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

14.1°C

Average daily high

20.5°C

Average daily low

8.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,388mm

Sunshine / day

10.4h

Mean relative humidity

55%

Average peak wind

13.9km/h

Seasonal range

19.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

29 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

76 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

84 d/yr

Annual snowfall

130.8 cm

Average feels-like high

18.6 °C

Average feels-like low

5.1 °C

Average peak gust

38.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

6 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.4 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

43.9 °C

7 August 1981

Coldest day

-17.3 °C

22 December 1990

Wettest day

178 mm

22 December 1964

Windiest day

40.3 km/h

26 January 1969

Strongest gust

128.5 km/h

12 December 1995

Hottest feels-like

43.8 °C

14 July 1972

Coldest feels-like

-23.4 °C

22 December 1990

Snowiest day

38.9 cm

29 January 1968

Sunniest day

14.4 h

25 June 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	37.4 °C12 July 2025	-2.2 °C12 February 2025	15.6 °C	1,620 mm	87	17
2024	42.5 °C6 July 2024	-4.3 °C11 January 2024	15.6 °C	1,856 mm	100	9
2023	40.9 °C16 July 2023	-4.3 °C1 March 2023	14.8 °C	1,535 mm	90	29
2022	42.3 °C6 September 2022	-3.8 °C24 February 2022	15.7 °C	954 mm	99	26
2021	41.0 °C10 July 2021	-3.1 °C11 March 2021	15.4 °C	1,195 mm	91	17
2020	39.4 °C7 September 2020	-2.4 °C15 January 2020	15.7 °C	670 mm	111	16
2019	38.2 °C27 July 2019	-6.7 °C7 February 2019	14.8 °C	1,967 mm	79	22
2018	41.0 °C26 July 2018	-4.6 °C18 March 2018	15.4 °C	1,129 mm	84	19
2017	41.1 °C1 September 2017	-5.9 °C6 January 2017	15.5 °C	1,987 mm	96	19
2016	39.4 °C28 July 2016	-6.3 °C25 December 2016	15.2 °C	1,852 mm	85	15
2015	38.2 °C30 July 2015	-3.7 °C29 November 2015	15.4 °C	748 mm	80	26
2014	38.8 °C30 June 2014	-2.4 °C5 February 2014	15.6 °C	1,249 mm	89	10
2013	40.9 °C8 June 2013	-13.2 °C8 December 2013	14.7 °C	399 mm	75	35
2012	38.7 °C13 August 2012	-6.6 °C17 January 2012	14.7 °C	1,731 mm	96	23
2011	36.8 °C9 September 2011	-7.7 °C20 February 2011	13.6 °C	1,149 mm	78	35
2010	39.7 °C25 August 2010	-6.7 °C29 November 2010	14.0 °C	1,785 mm	71	19
2009	39.0 °C19 July 2009	-5.8 °C9 December 2009	14.7 °C	1,206 mm	84	21
2008	40.8 °C9 July 2008	-8.2 °C18 December 2008	14.9 °C	1,009 mm	96	19
2007	40.2 °C5 July 2007	-4.5 °C14 January 2007	14.6 °C	910 mm	74	26
2006	41.7 °C22 July 2006	-4.0 °C20 January 2006	14.7 °C	1,610 mm	92	29
2005	40.0 °C17 July 2005	-3.0 °C13 January 2005	14.6 °C	1,819 mm	66	7
2004	36.9 °C11 August 2004	-4.0 °C4 January 2004	15.0 °C	1,150 mm	81	11
2003	40.5 °C29 July 2003	-5.2 °C27 December 2003	15.0 °C	1,299 mm	92	16
2002	42.2 °C10 July 2002	-5.6 °C30 January 2002	14.9 °C	1,273 mm	91	25
2001	38.8 °C3 July 2001	-3.1 °C14 February 2001	15.1 °C	1,298 mm	95	29
2000	40.5 °C14 June 2000	-3.1 °C15 November 2000	14.4 °C	1,358 mm	78	15
1999	41.4 °C11 July 1999	-5.5 °C10 February 1999	14.2 °C	1,128 mm	76	33
1998	39.9 °C4 August 1998	-8.4 °C22 December 1998	13.0 °C	2,080 mm	53	29
1997	39.4 °C7 August 1997	-5.1 °C13 January 1997	15.0 °C	1,223 mm	70	17
1996	38.9 °C10 August 1996	-4.8 °C26 February 1996	14.9 °C	2,158 mm	80	14
1995	38.6 °C16 July 1995	-5.1 °C17 January 1995	14.7 °C	2,241 mm	62	13
1994	37.1 °C13 July 1994	-3.9 °C19 November 1994	14.6 °C	1,068 mm	90	33
1993	41.9 °C1 August 1993	-5.7 °C3 January 1993	14.1 °C	1,582 mm	69	24
1992	40.1 °C11 August 1992	-7.2 °C18 December 1992	15.0 °C	1,173 mm	89	24
1991	40.3 °C3 July 1991	-7.4 °C1 January 1991	14.3 °C	1,094 mm	84	25
1990	42.8 °C6 August 1990	-17.3 °C22 December 1990	13.8 °C	927 mm	64	61
1989	38.7 °C7 July 1989	-10.6 °C7 February 1989	13.7 °C	1,240 mm	66	48
1988	42.8 °C19 July 1988	-9.3 °C26 December 1988	14.9 °C	1,033 mm	89	26
1987	40.6 °C14 July 1987	-4.1 °C20 December 1987	14.9 °C	1,222 mm	83	34
1986	38.0 °C20 July 1986	-1.1 °C14 March 1986	14.9 °C	1,775 mm	74	4
1985	40.5 °C11 June 1985	-6.7 °C13 November 1985	13.8 °C	836 mm	71	40
1984	40.6 °C3 July 1984	-5.0 °C18 December 1984	14.3 °C	1,146 mm	85	29
1983	39.2 °C6 August 1983	-3.5 °C22 November 1983	13.8 °C	2,682 mm	60	14
1982	38.1 °C29 July 1982	-5.8 °C22 January 1982	13.0 °C	2,032 mm	56	38
1981	43.9 °C7 August 1981	-3.6 °C31 January 1981	14.9 °C	1,765 mm	89	11
1980	41.1 °C27 July 1980	-3.3 °C10 December 1980	14.0 °C	1,334 mm	62	18
1979	38.9 °C30 July 1979	-6.0 °C1 February 1979	14.3 °C	1,368 mm	72	33
1978	43.1 °C9 August 1978	-8.7 °C20 December 1978	14.3 °C	1,467 mm	68	27
1977	39.7 °C30 July 1977	-6.6 °C8 January 1977	14.1 °C	965 mm	78	36
1976	38.0 °C1 September 1976	-5.8 °C4 March 1976	14.0 °C	604 mm	63	41
1975	41.1 °C25 July 1975	-4.8 °C3 January 1975	13.4 °C	1,433 mm	75	41
1974	39.3 °C29 June 1974	-6.1 °C10 January 1974	14.1 °C	1,435 mm	92	27
1973	39.6 °C26 June 1973	-6.0 °C5 January 1973	14.2 °C	2,128 mm	87	24
1972	43.7 °C14 July 1972	-13.4 °C8 December 1972	13.4 °C	1,164 mm	69	38
1971	42.4 °C10 August 1971	-5.8 °C13 December 1971	13.2 °C	964 mm	83	42
1970	39.5 °C4 July 1970	-4.6 °C23 December 1970	14.5 °C	1,861 mm	102	22
1969	38.1 °C20 July 1969	-6.2 °C31 January 1969	14.0 °C	1,712 mm	89	29
1968	37.8 °C24 June 1968	-6.1 °C22 December 1968	13.8 °C	1,246 mm	71	32
1967	38.9 °C14 August 1967	-4.4 °C23 January 1967	13.9 °C	1,458 mm	99	30
1966	40.2 °C6 August 1966	-4.1 °C1 January 1966	14.3 °C	1,119 mm	75	35
1965	36.8 °C5 August 1965	-9.4 °C1 January 1965	13.3 °C	1,134 mm	49	19
1964	39.3 °C24 July 1964	-3.9 °C14 November 1964	13.4 °C	1,560 mm	65	44
1963	36.1 °C26 July 1963	-5.9 °C15 March 1963	12.9 °C	1,418 mm	65	49
1962	37.4 °C15 August 1962	-7.5 °C27 February 1962	13.6 °C	1,437 mm	68	29
1961	41.4 °C15 June 1961	-4.9 °C11 December 1961	13.8 °C	1,182 mm	82	26
1960	40.2 °C17 July 1960	-6.9 °C2 January 1960	14.0 °C	1,543 mm	84	25
1959	40.6 °C7 August 1959	-6.0 °C9 February 1959	14.8 °C	1,080 mm	77	18
1958	39.1 °C27 July 1958	-5.0 °C17 November 1958	14.7 °C	1,518 mm	87	10
1957	37.6 °C7 September 1957	-8.5 °C9 January 1957	13.3 °C	1,484 mm	61	33
1956	38.8 °C28 June 1956	-7.7 °C7 December 1956	13.2 °C	1,065 mm	59	36
1955	40.3 °C3 September 1955	-6.4 °C28 February 1955	13.2 °C	1,256 mm	69	60
1954	37.7 °C28 July 1954	-4.8 °C12 March 1954	13.5 °C	1,330 mm	62	30
1953	38.0 °C10 September 1953	-3.4 °C2 March 1953	13.3 °C	1,369 mm	66	22
1952	38.3 °C28 July 1952	-6.2 °C3 January 1952	13.5 °C	1,742 mm	84	38
1951	38.1 °C9 September 1951	-5.4 °C31 January 1951	13.8 °C	1,733 mm	75	35
1950	41.1 °C29 June 1950	-7.8 °C15 January 1950	14.2 °C	1,959 mm	75	36
1949	37.2 °C13 June 1949	-10.2 °C23 January 1949	13.2 °C	904 mm	58	59
1948	38.2 °C15 July 1948	-9.5 °C7 February 1948	12.3 °C	1,667 mm	56	49
1947	35.7 °C19 July 1947	-6.5 °C29 January 1947	12.1 °C	1,028 mm	31	50
1946	37.9 °C19 July 1946	-6.0 °C11 February 1946	12.1 °C	735 mm	53	62
1945	38.7 °C26 July 1945	-6.0 °C14 December 1945	12.8 °C	1,507 mm	77	62
1944	38.3 °C12 August 1944	-6.0 °C4 January 1944	12.5 °C	1,308 mm	58	52
1943	37.9 °C28 July 1943	-5.3 °C9 February 1943	13.6 °C	899 mm	68	22
1942	37.7 °C23 July 1942	-7.8 °C3 January 1942	12.5 °C	1,424 mm	54	42
1941	37.9 °C21 July 1941	-7.6 °C24 December 1941	12.4 °C	1,715 mm	39	24
1940	36.7 °C5 July 1940	-5.0 °C15 January 1940	13.1 °C	1,944 mm	65	37

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

22.0 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

87 d/yr

+11

Frost days (< 0 °C)

17 d/yr

-12

Annual rainfall

1620 mm

+232 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	14.1 °C	+3.6 °C	59 mm	-191 mm
Feb	13.5 °C	+1.1 °C	506 mm	+283 mm
Mar	14.1 °C	-0.2 °C	255 mm	+54 mm
Apr	20.1 °C	+2.0 °C	57 mm	-46 mm
May	25.9 °C	+3.0 °C	28 mm	-32 mm
Jun	30.9 °C	+2.8 °C	2 mm	-18 mm
Jul	31.9 °C	-0.5 °C	1 mm	-2 mm
Aug	33.4 °C	+2.0 °C	4 mm	-2 mm
Sep	28.4 °C	-0.1 °C	31 mm	+10 mm
Oct	20.8 °C	-1.5 °C	83 mm	+3 mm
Nov	16.8 °C	+2.1 °C	164 mm	-11 mm
Dec	13.0 °C	+2.4 °C	430 mm	+183 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

37.4 °C

12 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-2.2 °C

12 Feb 2025

Wettest day

132.8 mm

2 Feb 2025

Windiest day

34.5 km/h

24 Dec 2025

Strongest gust

106.2 km/h

25 Dec 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.3 °C

12 Jul 2025

Coldest feels-like

-6.7 °C

12 Feb 2025

Snowiest day

9.6 cm

14 Mar 2025

Sunniest day

14.3 h

9 Jul 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Paradise?

Paradise has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 14.1 °C and it receives 1,388 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Paradise?

The hottest day measured in Paradise between 1940 and 2025 was 7 August 1981, reaching 43.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Paradise?

The coldest day measured in Paradise between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1990, at -17.3 °C.

Does it snow in Paradise?

Yes. Paradise gets on average 130.8 cm of snow per year and has around 29 frost days.

Has the climate of Paradise warmed?

Yes: Paradise warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Paradise?

The wettest day measured in Paradise between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1964, with 178 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Paradise?

The windiest day measured in Paradise between 1940 and 2025 was 26 January 1969, with winds reaching 40.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Paradise?

The warmest month in Paradise is July (24.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (5.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Paradise?

Paradise receives on average 1,388 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 84 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Paradise?

Paradise gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Paradise?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Paradise between 1940 and 2025 was 29 January 1968, with 38.9 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Paradise?

Yes: Paradise has on average 6 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Paradise?

In Paradise, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.8 °C on 14 July 1972, and the lowest was -23.4 °C on 22 December 1990.

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