Whitney climate — normals and trends
Whitney (United States) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 126 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 (33.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in February.
Whitney averages 9 frost days, 150 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 25 rainy days per year.
Whitney has warmed by +3.1 °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 18 to 0 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 47.7 °C (on 7 July 2024) and the coldest -9.7 °C (on 13 January 1963).
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°, -115.04°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
20.2°C
Average daily high
26.4°C
Average daily low
14.0°C
Annual rainfall
126mm
Sunshine / day
11.3h
Mean relative humidity
30%
Average peak wind
13.7km/h
Seasonal range
25.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
9 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
150 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
25 d/yr
Annual snowfall
1.9 cm
Average feels-like high
23.7 °C
Average feels-like low
11.1 °C
Average peak gust
31.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
111 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.9 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+3.1 °C
since 1940
+0.4 °C per decade · r² = 0.76 · 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
47.7 °C
7 July 2024
Coldest day
-9.7 °C
13 January 1963
Wettest day
48 mm
18 September 1985
Windiest day
41.7 km/h
30 March 2017
Strongest gust
88.2 km/h
30 March 2017
Hottest feels-like
46.9 °C
10 July 2003
Coldest feels-like
-15.2 °C
12 January 1963
Snowiest day
11.9 cm
17 December 2008
Sunniest day
14.3 h
17 June 1945
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 2 mm | -15 mm |
| Feb | 20.5 °C | +3.6 °C | 8 mm | -11 mm |
| Mar | 21.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 11 mm | -5 mm |
| Apr | 26.8 °C | +1.2 °C | 1 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 32.1 °C | +1.3 °C | 12 mm | +8 mm |
| Jun | 38.7 °C | +2.1 °C | 7 mm | +5 mm |
| Jul | 40.3 °C | +0.7 °C | 3 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 40.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 5 mm | -6 mm |
| Sep | 34.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 5 mm | -4 mm |
| Oct | 27.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 17 mm | +9 mm |
| Nov | 21.4 °C | +2.4 °C | 35 mm | +24 mm |
| Dec | 17.4 °C | +3.5 °C | 22 mm | +7 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Whitney?
Whitney has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 126 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Whitney?
The hottest day measured in Whitney between 1940 and 2025 was 7 July 2024, reaching 47.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Whitney?
The coldest day measured in Whitney between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 1963, at -9.7 °C.
Does it snow in Whitney?
Yes. Whitney gets on average 1.9 cm of snow per year and has around 9 frost days.
Has the climate of Whitney warmed?
Yes: Whitney warmed by +3.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Whitney?
The wettest day measured in Whitney between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 1985, with 48 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Whitney?
The windiest day measured in Whitney between 1940 and 2025 was 30 March 2017, with winds reaching 41.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Whitney?
The warmest month in Whitney is July (33.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Whitney?
Whitney receives on average 126 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 25 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Whitney?
Whitney gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Whitney?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Whitney between 1940 and 2025 was 17 December 2008, with 11.9 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Whitney?
Yes: Whitney has on average 111 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Whitney?
In Whitney, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.9 °C on 10 July 2003, and the lowest was -15.2 °C on 12 January 1963.
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