Paradise climate — normals and trends
Paradise (United States) has a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.0 °C and it receives 147 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 (30.9 °C on average) and the coldest is January (6.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in February.
Paradise averages 25 frost days, 126 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 29 rainy days per year.
Paradise has warmed by +3.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.36 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 42 to 8 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 45.3 °C (on 7 July 2024) and the coldest -13.3 °C (on 3 January 1942).
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
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- coords
- 36.10°, -115.15°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.0°C
Average daily high
24.1°C
Average daily low
11.7°C
Annual rainfall
147mm
Sunshine / day
11.4h
Mean relative humidity
31%
Average peak wind
13.9km/h
Seasonal range
24.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
25 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
126 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
29 d/yr
Annual snowfall
5.7 cm
Average feels-like high
21.2 °C
Average feels-like low
8.3 °C
Average peak gust
34.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
79 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.0 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.74 · 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
45.3 °C
7 July 2024
Coldest day
-13.3 °C
3 January 1942
Wettest day
45 mm
19 September 1966
Windiest day
41.2 km/h
15 April 2002
Strongest gust
99.0 km/h
15 April 2002
Hottest feels-like
44.2 °C
17 July 1998
Coldest feels-like
-18.8 °C
3 January 1942
Snowiest day
12.3 cm
17 December 2008
Sunniest day
14.2 h
22 June 2025
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 | 12.5 °C | +0.5 °C | 1 mm | -18 mm |
| Feb | 18.3 °C | +3.6 °C | 16 mm | -6 mm |
| Mar | 19.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 12 mm | -6 mm |
| Apr | 24.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 1 mm | -8 mm |
| May | 29.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 20 mm | +15 mm |
| Jun | 36.2 °C | +2.2 °C | 8 mm | +6 mm |
| Jul | 37.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 4 mm | -5 mm |
| Aug | 37.9 °C | +2.0 °C | 4 mm | -11 mm |
| Sep | 31.8 °C | -0.1 °C | 6 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 25.3 °C | +0.5 °C | 20 mm | +11 mm |
| Nov | 19.7 °C | +2.6 °C | 42 mm | +30 mm |
| Dec | 16.4 °C | +4.2 °C | 36 mm | +19 mm |
The year's extremes
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Paradise?
Paradise has a cold desert climate (Köppen BWk). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.0 °C and it receives 147 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 July 2024, reaching 45.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Paradise?
The coldest day measured in Paradise between 1940 and 2025 was 3 January 1942, at -13.3 °C.
Does it snow in Paradise?
Yes. Paradise gets on average 5.7 cm of snow per year and has around 25 frost days.
Has the climate of Paradise warmed?
Yes: Paradise warmed by +3.0 °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 19 September 1966, with 45 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Paradise?
The windiest day measured in Paradise between 1940 and 2025 was 15 April 2002, with winds reaching 41.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Paradise?
The warmest month in Paradise is July (30.9 °C on average); the coldest is January (6.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Paradise?
Paradise receives on average 147 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 29 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Paradise?
Paradise gets on average 11.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,161 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 17 December 2008, with 12.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Paradise?
Yes: Paradise has on average 79 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 44.2 °C on 17 July 1998, and the lowest was -18.8 °C on 3 January 1942.
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