PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA

NCDC 1961-1990 Monthly Normals

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Mean Max. Temperature (F) 57.2 61.6 64.0 68.4 73.0 76.9 78.4 78.3 77.6 72.9 64.1 57.5 69.2
Highest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 64.0 65.7 68.3 73.6 77.6 84.6 81.4 82.5 85.2 77.0 67.9 62.8 71.4
Year Highest Occurred 1976 1977 1988 1987 1990 1981 1984 1969 1984 1967 1980 1975 1976
Lowest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 53.2 56.1 59.2 58.4 66.7 71.1 72.6 73.5 72.5 69.2 58.2 52.1 66.5
Year Lowest Occurred 1969 1969 1962 1967 1964 1965 1965 1986 1986 1971 1964 1965 1965
Mean Temperature (F) 47.5 51.3 53.6 56.5 60.6 64.7 66.4 66.5 65.1 60.4 53.4 47.7 57.8
Highest Mean Temperature (F) 52.9 56.1 57.7 61.2 64.7 69.6 69.3 69.5 70.1 62.9 57.5 52.3 59.0
Year Highest Occurred 1986 1963 1978 1989 1990 1981 1984 1971 1984 1987 1981 1977 1981
Lowest Mean Temperature (F) 43.4 47.1 50.5 50.2 55.9 61.0 63.3 64.6 61.6 56.8 49.6 42.6 56.2
Year Lowest Occurred 1963 1990 1973 1967 1964 1965 1982 1970 1986 1971 1964 1990 1964
Mean Min. Temperature (F) 37.7 41.0 43.1 44.6 48.2 52.4 54.4 54.7 52.5 47.9 42.5 37.9 46.4
Highest Mean Min. Temperature (F) 44.3 47.9 47.9 49.4 52.4 55.7 57.2 58.4 55.3 52.3 47.1 42.7 48.0
Year Highest Occurred 1986 1968 1978 1989 1987 1969 1988 1971 1971 1987 1981 1977 1986
Lowest Mean Min. Temperature (F) 32.7 35.0 39.8 40.6 43.5 48.1 50.6 51.6 49.2 44.4 38.5 31.4 44.0
Year Lowest Occurred 1982 1964 1977 1975 1977 1980 1982 1982 1964 1971 1978 1990 1982
Mean Precipitation (in.) 3.04 2.50 2.36 1.08 0.19 0.07 0.04 0.06 0.20 0.85 2.09 2.48 14.96
Highest Precipitation (in.) 7.65 7.96 8.54 4.50 1.74 0.47 0.34 0.81 1.09 3.72 6.31 7.49 32.51
Year Highest Occurred 1969 1986 1983 1967 1977 1964 1980 1976 1982 1972 1972 1970 1983
Lowest Precipitation (in.) 0.28 0.13 0.05 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.14 0.01 7.34
Year Lowest Occurred 1976 1967 1988 1977 1990 1989 1989 1990 1988 1978 1986 1989 1976
Heating Degree Days (F) 543. 384. 353. 260. 157. 66. 34. 17. 65. 148. 348. 536. 2911.
Cooling Degree Days (F) 0. 0. 0. 5. 20. 57. 78. 64. 68. 5. 0. 0. 297.

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