Lancaster, CA: Summer

31 August 2026: Summer 2026 averaged 82.3°F in Lancaster, CA, the warmest summer since 2024, tied 8th warmest of 81 (with 2013).

Summer 2026

Mean temperature: 82.3°F; Warmest since 2024; 8th warmest of 81
Precipitation: a trace; Driest since 2024; 16th driest of 81

A normal summer in Lancaster, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 80.6°F, between 77.3°F and 82.9°F in eight years of ten and 0.02 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 0.35 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every summer in Lancaster, CA since 1945: 82.3°F in 2026; the highest is 84.2°F, in 2021.

Normal range, 77.3 to 82.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every summer in Lancaster, CA from 1945 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	82.3	8	97.1	18	67.4	7	trace	53	0
2025	81.5	15	96.7	22	66.3	13	0.02	40	0
2024	83.7	3	99.7	2	67.7	4	trace	53	0
2023	79.5	33	94.7	52	64.3	31	3.66	1	0
2022	84.1	2	99.3	4	68.8	1	0.51	14	0
2021	84.2	1	99.8	1	68.6	2	0.04	34	0
2020	80.6	23	97	20	64.2	32	trace	53	0
2019	80.6	23	96.7	22	64.5	27	0.04	34	0
2018	82.9	6	97.8	14	67.9	3	0.02	40	0
2017	83.6	4	99.7	2	67.6	5	0.03	36	0
2016	83.2	5	99.2	5	67.3	8	trace	53	0
2015	81	19	95.9	31	66.1	14	2.38	2	0
2014	80.5	25	95.1	43	65.9	16	0.03	36	0
2013	82.3	8	97.9	10	66.6	11	0.02	40	0
2012	81	19	97.2	17	64.9	21	0.02	40	0
2011	78.5	47	94.3	56	62.7	45	0.24	20	0
2010	80	29	95.1	43	64.8	23	trace	53	0
2009	78.9	39	94.5	54	63.3	41	0.01	50	0
2008	82.9	6	98.4	8	67.5	6	trace	53	4
2007	82	10	97.9	10	66.1	14	0.02	40	0
2006	81.5	15	98	9	65	20	0.02	40	0
2005	79.6	31	95.7	35	63.5	38	0.17	24	0
2004	80.4	26	96.4	29	64.4	28	0.00	67	0
2003	81.7	12	97.7	15	65.8	17	0.11	29	0
2002	81.3	18	97.9	10	64.7	25	0.00	67	0
2001	80.8	22	96.7	22	64.9	21	0.02	40	0
2000	79.6	31	94.7	52	64.4	28	0.30	18	4
1999	77.1	73	91.9	73	62.3	52	1.13	4	0
1998	77.3	68	92.2	71	62.4	50	0.16	25	0
1997	77.4	66	92.1	72	62.7	45	0.02	40	0
1996	81.8	11	96.8	21	66.7	9	0.02	40	0
1995	77.3	68	92.9	67	61.7	60	0.20	22	0
1994	81.5	15	96.7	22	66.4	12	0.00	67	0
1993	76.4	77	90	80	62.7	45	0.83	8	0
1992	77.5	62	91.1	76	64	34	0.08	31	0
1991	77	74	90.4	78	63.7	37	0.13	27	0
1990	78.9	39	93.1	64	64.6	26	0.01	50	0
1989	78.5	47	93.1	64	63.8	36	0.00	67	0
1988	78.9	39	93.6	60	64.2	32	0.49	15	0
1987	77.2	72	93.2	63	61.2	65	0.24	20	0
1986	78.9	39	94.3	56	63.5	38	0.16	25	0
1985	80.4	26	95.9	31	64.8	23	trace	53	0
1984	79.3	36	93.6	60	65.1	19	0.70	10	0
1983	75.3	80	89.4	81	61.2	65	2.35	3	0
1982	76.9	75	90.4	78	63.4	40	trace	53	0
1981	81.7	12	96.7	22	66.7	9	0.00	67	0
1980	77.3	68	91.5	74	63.2	42	trace	53	0
1979	77.8	59	92.5	69	63	43	0.05	33	0
1978	78.5	47	93	66	63.9	35	0.44	16	0
1977	79.4	35	93.5	62	65.3	18	1.03	6	0
1976	76.5	76	90.8	77	62.2	54	trace	53	0
1975	77.3	68	92.7	68	62	55	0.01	50	0
1974	78.7	45	95	47	62.5	49	0.71	9	0
1972	78	55	95.5	37	60.5	73	0.91	7	0
1971	78.8	43	96.1	30	61.5	61	0.03	36	0
1970	80	29	97.7	15	62.4	50	trace	53	0
1969	77.9	57	95.3	39	60.5	73	0.25	19	0
1968	77.7	61	94	59	61.4	63	1.04	5	0
1967	78.8	43	95.7	35	62	55	0.63	12	0
1966	78.1	53	95.3	39	60.9	68	0.00	67	0
1965	75.3	80	92.5	69	58.2	80	0.53	13	0
1964	77.8	59	94.2	58	61.5	61	0.00	67	0
1963	75.4	79	91.5	74	59.3	78	0.69	11	0
1962	77.9	57	95.1	43	60.7	71	0.00	67	0
1961	81.7	12	98.9	7	64.4	28	0.00	67	0
1960	80.9	21	99.2	5	62.7	45	0.00	67	0
1959	80.4	26	97.9	10	63	43	0.00	67	0
1958	77.5	62	94.9	51	60.2	76	0.00	67	1
1957	78.1	53	95.5	37	60.7	71	trace	53	0
1956	77.5	62	95.3	39	59.6	77	0.00	67	0
1955	78.6	46	95.2	42	62	55	trace	53	0
1954	78.2	52	95	47	61.4	63	0.13	27	0
1953	78	55	95	47	60.9	68	0.00	67	1
1952	77.5	62	94.4	55	60.5	73	0.06	32	0
1951	79.5	33	96.6	28	62.3	52	0.00	67	0
1950	79.3	36	96.7	22	61.9	58	0.02	40	0
1949	78.3	51	95.9	31	60.8	70	trace	53	0
1948	77.4	66	95.8	34	58.9	79	0.09	30	0
1947	76	78	95	47	57.3	81	0.19	23	3
1946	78.4	50	95.1	43	61.8	59	0.35	17	0
1945	79.1	38	97.1	18	61.1	67	0.03	36	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2021	84.2
2022	84.1
2024	83.7
2017	83.6
2016	83.2
2018	82.9
2008	82.9
2026	82.3
2013	82.3
2007	82

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1983	75.3
1965	75.3
1963	75.4
1947	76
1993	76.4
1976	76.5
1982	76.9
1991	77
1999	77.1
1987	77.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2023	3.66
2015	2.38
1983	2.35
1999	1.13
1968	1.04
1977	1.03
1972	0.91
1993	0.83
1974	0.71
1984	0.70

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2004	0.00
2002	0.00
1994	0.00
1989	0.00
1981	0.00
1966	0.00
1964	0.00
1962	0.00
1961	0.00
1960	0.00
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 107°F; 26 August 2026, 1 August 2026, 31 July 2026, 23 July 2026, 9 July 2026
Coldest night: 51°F; 1 June 2026

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Every answer in words

Summer 2026 brought a trace of precipitation in Lancaster, CA, the driest summer since 2024, tied 16th driest of 81 (with 2024, 2020, 2016 and 10 other years).
The hottest day of summer 2026 in Lancaster, CA: 107°F on Wednesday 26 August 2026, Saturday 1 August 2026, Friday 31 July 2026 and 2 other days.
The coldest night of summer 2026 in Lancaster, CA: a low of 51°F on Monday 1 June 2026.