Alturas, CA: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 37.6°F in Alturas, CA, the warmest winter since 2015, 2nd warmest of 80.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 37.6°F; Warmest since 2015; 2nd warmest of 80
Precipitation: 4.65 in; Wettest since 2025; 31st wettest of 90

A normal winter in Alturas, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 32.2°F, between 29.7°F and 34.5°F in eight years of ten and 3.48 in of precipitation, between 1.74 in and 6.20 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Alturas, CA since 1936: 37.6°F in 2026; the highest is 38.8°F, in 2015.

Normal range, 29.7 to 34.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter in Alturas, CA from 1936 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	37.6	2	51.3	3	23.8	10	4.65	31	0
2025	33.1	28	45.1	32	21.2	30	6.85	10	2
2024	35.9	7	46.3	17	25.6	3	4.56	34	0
2023	28.4	71	39.3	79	17.5	57	5.21	25	0
2022	31.7	42	46.5	16	16.9	59	2.29	72	0
2021	32.1	37	44.4	38	19.9	40	3.16	58	1
2020	34.1	18	45.9	21	22.4	22	3.26	54	0
2019	31.5	46	41.9	67	21	32	5.85	22	3
2018	33.2	26	47	13	19.3	45	2.10	80	0
2017	29.7	63	39.9	77	19.5	42	8.24	3	0
2016	33.3	23	43.6	50	22.9	16	6.01	20	0
2015	38.8	1	51	4	26.7	1	3.26	54	0
2014	31.2	47	47.4	8	14.9	73	1.77	85	0
2013	27	74	38.7	81	15	71	3.41	52	6
2012	31	48	46.6	15	15.5	66	1.84	83	1
2011	31.9	40	43.2	52	20.7	35	4.00	40	0
2010	33.1	28	44.2	43	22	26	1.93	81	0
2009	30.7	53	43.1	54	18.3	51	2.97	63	0
2008	26.5	76	37.1	85	15.9	63	3.55	48	0
2007	30.1	58	42.8	56	17.5	57	2.64	70	0
2006	33.3	23	44.5	37	22.2	24	6.13	17	2
2005	32.2	35	44.7	35	19.7	41	2.12	78	0
2004	33.1	28	41.9	67	24.4	6	6.08	18	0
2003	35.8	8	47.4	8	24.2	7	3.05	62	2
2002	31.7	42	42.6	60	20.9	33	4.55	35	0
2001	31	48	44.2	43	17.9	56	1.42	89	0
2000	33.7	21	44.6	36	22.7	19	3.88	41	0
1999	29.6	65	40.5	74	18.7	46	4.29	36	0
1998	32.6	33	42.3	65	22.9	16	4.82	28	3
1997	33.3	23	44.1	45	22.5	21	6.78	11	1
1996	35	13	45.9	21	24.1	8	9.96	1	3
1995	33	31	44.8	34	21.3	28	5.03	26	7
1994	31	48	44	46	18.1	55	2.48	71	2
1993			37.6	84			5.56	23	10
1992			47.2	12			0.88	90	10
1991			44.4	38			1.49	88	11
1990	29.8	62	44.4	38	15.2	67	2.11	79	8
1989			38.5	82			2.90	65	11
1988	29	67	42.8	56	15.2	67	3.77	45	9
1987	31.6	44	44.9	33	18.3	51	2.21	76	8
1986	35.1	12	46.2	19	23.8	10	6.45	12	5
1985			42.2	66			1.85	82	11
1984	32.1	37	43.7	49	20.4	36	5.47	24	2
1983	33.7	21	44.3	42	23.1	14	4.01	39	6
1982	30.4	56	42.4	64	18.3	51	3.60	46	2
1981	34	19	48.5	5	19.5	42	3.08	60	1
1980	35.3	10	47	13	23.3	13	6.17	16	9
1979	26.3	78	38.9	80	13.7	76	2.91	64	1
1978	34.6	14	45.2	29	24	9	3.34	53	0
1977	24.7	79	44.4	38	5.1	79	1.56	87	1
1976	32.9	32	45.5	27	20.2	38	2.19	77	0
1975							4.18	37	13
1974							3.81	42	18
1973	27.4	73	39.5	78	15.1	69	3.08	60	1
1972	28.2	72	40.3	76	16.1	61	4.91	27	0
1971	30.2	57	41.9	67	18.7	46	3.80	43	1
1970	34.2	17	45.4	28	22.9	16	7.09	6	1
1969	29.7	63	40.5	74	18.6	48	6.08	18	3
1968	28.7	70	42.5	61	14.8	74	4.80	29	1
1967			47.3	10			4.68	30	10
1966	29.9	60	43.8	48	16	62	2.72	68	3
1965	33.2	26	45.2	29	21.3	28	7.26	4	0
1964	30.7	53	45.9	21	15.6	65	2.73	67	1
1963	37.1	3	52.8	2	21.4	27	3.17	57	1
1962	28.9	68	42.7	58	15	71	4.11	38	0
1961	36.7	5	53.1	1	20.3	37	2.28	73	1
1960	29.2	66	44	46	14.7	75	4.65	31	2
1959	35.4	9	48.4	6	22.6	20	3.44	51	4
1958	36.4	6	48.2	7	24.8	4	6.00	21	1
1957	29.9	60	46.3	17	13.4	77	3.10	59	5
1956	30.9	52	41.6	71	20.1	39	7.24	5	1
1955	26.8	75	41.1	72	12.5	78	2.67	69	2
1954							3.79	44	17
1953							4.57	33	21
1952	26.5	76	38	83	15.1	69	7.05	7	4
1951	34.4	15	45.6	26	23.1	14	3.56	47	0
1950	28.8	69	41.9	67	15.8	64	3.53	50	2
1949	17.2	80	32	87	2.3	80	3.54	49	0
1948	32.2	35	45.9	21	18.3	51	1.83	84	1
1947	32.1	37	45.8	25	18.4	50	2.27	74	5
1946	30.5	55	42.5	61	18.5	49	2.77	66	0
1945	33.8	20	45.2	29	22.4	22	3.21	56	0
1944	31	48	42.5	61	19.5	42	2.27	74	0
1943	31.6	44	41.1	72	22.1	25	6.40	13	7
1942	31.9	40	42.7	58	20.8	34	6.98	9	3
1941	34.4	15	43.5	51	24.8	4	6.21	15	3
1940	36.9	4	47.3	10	26.6	2	6.38	14	0
1939	30.1	58	43.2	52	16.9	59	1.59	86	0
1938	35.2	11	46.1	20	23.7	12	8.93	2	7
1937			36.8	86					17
1936	32.3	34	42.9	55	21.2	30	7.00	8	4

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	38.8
2026	37.6
1963	37.1
1940	36.9
1961	36.7
1958	36.4
2024	35.9
2003	35.8
1959	35.4
1980	35.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1949	17.2
1977	24.7
1979	26.3
2008	26.5
1952	26.5
1955	26.8
2013	27
1973	27.4
1972	28.2
2023	28.4

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1996	9.96
1938	8.93
2017	8.24
1965	7.26
1956	7.24
1970	7.09
1952	7.05
1936	7.00
1942	6.98
2025	6.85

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1992	0.88
2001	1.42
1991	1.49
1977	1.56
1939	1.59
2014	1.77
1948	1.83
2012	1.84
1985	1.85
2010	1.93

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 67°F; 5 February 2026, 4 February 2026
Coldest night: 4°F; 9 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.72 in; 21 December 2025

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 4.65 in of precipitation in Alturas, CA, the wettest winter since 2025, tied 31st wettest of 90 (with 1960).
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Alturas, CA: 67°F on Thursday 5 February 2026 and Wednesday 4 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Alturas, CA: a low of 4°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Alturas, CA: 0.72 in on Sunday 21 December 2025.