Merced, CA: 2026

9 October 2026: 2026 so far averaged 67.3°F in Merced, CA, the warmest 1 January to 9 October since 2024, 4th warmest of 108.

2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 67.3°F; Warmest since 2024; 4th warmest of 108
Precipitation: 4.23 in; Driest since 2022; 14th driest of 98

A normal 1 January to 9 October in Merced, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 65.1°F, between 63.8°F and 66.8°F in eight years of ten and 7.58 in of precipitation, between 3.94 in and 12.34 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 January to 9 October in Merced, CA since 1902: 67.3°F in 2026; the highest is 68.5°F, in 2014.

Normal range, 63.8 to 66.8°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 January to 9 October in Merced, CA from 1899 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	67.3	4	82.1	8	52.4	4	4.23	84	0
2025	66.1	12	81	27	51.2	18	6.02	63	1
2024	68.2	2	82.5	5	53.8	1	12.20	12	1
2023	64.7	48	78.2	87	51.3	14	14.76	6	0
2022	67.5	3	83.5	3	51.5	10	1.85	98	0
2021	66.7	8	82.6	4	50.9	24	4.76	80	0
2020	66.8	6	81.6	15	52	7	4.58	81	0
2019	65.1	36	79.2	64	51	21	9.40	33	0
2018	65.4	26	80.1	43	50.8	25	6.08	61	0
2017	66.1	12	79.9	49	52.2	6	11.82	16	0
2016	66.1	12	80.8	28	51.5	10	10.98	21	1
2015	66.9	5	81.3	20	52.4	4	3.20	92	5
2014	68.5	1	83.6	2	53.4	2	3.96	89	3
2013	66.3	10	81.1	24	51.5	10	2.88	94	0
2012	66.5	9	81.7	11	51.3	14	5.55	70	1
2011	64.1	69	77.7	97	50.4	37	10.87	24	2
2010	62.8	101	76.1	108	49.4	62	10.90	23	0
2009	64.7	48	79.4	58	50	47	6.28	60	0
2008	65.3	30	80	45	50.6	30	5.98	64	1
2007	63.9	72	78.9	70	49	73	3.74	90	0
2006	64.4	56	78.2	87	50.5	34	9.16	34	2
2005	64.5	53	77.9	94	51.1	19	12.19	13	4
2004	65.3	30	79.8	51	50.7	28	5.80	66	4
2003	64.8	46	79.1	68	50.5	34	5.00	78	1
2002	63.7	77	78.6	80	48.7	79	4.04	86	2
2001	64.4	56	79	69	49.8	51	8.79	37	6
2000	64.5	53	78.4	84	50.6	30	12.07	14	10
1999	62.1	106	75.9	109	48.4	86	7.09	51	2
1998	64.4	56	77.3	106	51.3	14	19.42	2	25
1997					51.8	9	5.18	75	39
1996	66.8	6	82.2	7	51.4	13	10.29	25	10
1995	65.3	30	79.6	53	51	21	14.45	7	7
1994	65.1	36	80.4	34	50.1	46	9.05	35	19
1993					50.4	37	13.67	9	32
1992	65.9	17	81.4	18	50.4	37	7.61	45	3
1991	64.9	44	80.5	31	49.4	62	7.54	46	2
1990	65.4	26	80.5	31	50.3	42	6.64	57	4
1989									87
1988	65.7	22	82	9	49.3	66	5.18	75	11
1987									73
1986	65.3	30	80.2	41	50.4	37	9.73	28	5
1985									43
1984	65.8	19	81.4	18	50.5	34	2.88	94	13
1983									37
1982									47
1981	65.8	19	81.1	24	50.6	30	8.53	38	5
1980	64.2	62	78.7	76	50	47	9.70	29	12
1979			80.3	36			9.99	26	33
1978	63.4	87	79.2	64	47.9	92	17.15	3	7
1977	63.4	87	79.4	58	47.5	99	3.36	91	0
1976	63.6	82	79.4	58	47.9	92	5.14	77	3
1975	63.3	90	78.8	72	47.8	96	8.21	42	3
1974	65.1	36	80.6	30	49.5	59	6.80	54	2
1973	64.9	44	80.3	36	49.4	62	12.53	11	2
1972	66.2	11	81.3	20	51	21	1.98	97	6
1971	64.1	69	79.5	56	48.6	82	4.23	84	9
1970	65.8	19	82.3	6	49.2	67	7.11	50	11
1969	64.2	62	79.6	53	48.9	76	14.85	5	15
1968	65.5	25	81.1	24	49.8	51	5.25	74	8
1967	64.5	53	79.2	64	49.7	56	11.27	20	8
1966	65.6	23	81.7	11	49.6	57	2.42	96	8
1965	63.3	90	78.8	72	47.8	96	5.36	73	0
1964	63.7	77	80	45	47.3	101	4.03	87	7
1963	63.9	72	78.8	72	48.9	76	9.96	27	10
1962	63	95	79.2	64	47	105	8.51	39	6
1961	65.1	36	80.7	29	49.8	51	6.31	59	19
1960	65.4	26	81.7	11	49.2	67	7.05	52	14
1959	64.7	48	81.5	16	48.4	86	8.42	41	23
1958	65.4	26	80.2	41	50.8	25	19.87	1	15
1957					47.4	100	6.79	55	35
1956	64.2	62	80	45	48.4	86	6.75	56	19
1955									31
1954	64.7	48	80.1	43	49.2	67	7.42	47	13
1953	64.2	62	79.3	62	49.1	71	4.01	88	4
1952	64.3	59	79.7	52	49	73	12.64	10	0
1951	65.3	30	81.9	10	48.8	78	4.37	83	19
1950	63.9	72	79.4	58	48.3	90	7.70	44	13
1949	62.9	99	78.6	80	47.1	104	6.05	62	11
1948	61.9	107	78	90	45.7	110	8.51	39	2
1947	63.7	77	79.3	62	48.3	90	3.03	93	5
1946	62.7	103	78.7	76	46.7	106			0
1945	63	95	78.7	76	47.3	101	7.20	48	4
1944	61.4	108	77.7	97	45.2	111	8.86	36	25
1943	63.4	87	79.5	56	47.2	103	8.00	43	2
1942	63.6	82	80.5	31	46.6	107	9.51	31	0
1941	63.7	77	78	90	49.5	59	12.02	15	1
1940	65.1	36	80	45	50.3	42			0
1939	63.8	76	79.9	49	47.8	96	6.48	58	0
1938	63.6	82	78	90	49.2	67	14.03	8	0
1937	63	95	77.5	104	48.4	86	10.96	22	1
1936	65.1	36	80.4	34	49.9	50	11.28	19	2
1935	64.2	62	77.7	97	50.3	42	11.36	18	15
1934	65.9	17	80.3	36	51.1	19	5.45	72	6
1933	63.6	82	77.4	105	49.4	62			17
1932	63.9	72	78.2	87	49.6	57	4.77	79	0
1931	66	16	81.2	22	50.8	25	5.57	69	1
1930	64.1	69	78.8	72	49.1	71	7.20	48	2
1929			78.9	70			5.65	68	32
1928	65.6	23	81.7	11	49.5	59	4.55	82	0
1927	64.7	48	78.7	76	50.7	28	6.95	53	2
1926	66.1	12	80.3	36	52	7	9.62	30	1
1925	64.3	59	78.4	84	50.3	42			0
1924	65	42	81.2	22	48.7	79			0
1923	62.8	101	77.7	97	47.9	92			4
1922	63.3	90	77.9	94	48.6	82			2
1921	64.2	62	78	90	50.4	37			0
1920	63.1	94	77.6	101	48.6	82			0
1919	63.2	93	78.6	80	47.9	92			1
1918	63.7	77	77.6	101	49.8	51			1
1917	63.5	86	78.3	86	48.6	82			0
1916	63	95	77.1	107	49	73			1
1915	64.2	62	77.6	101	50.6	30			4
1914	65	42	80.3	36	49.8	51	9.50	32	2
1913	64.8	46	79.6	53	50	47	5.53	71	0
1912	64.3	59	75.6	110	53	3	5.78	67	4
1911	62.9	99	74.4	111	51.3	14			2
1910									93
1909	62.2	105	77.9	94	46.5	109	11.63	17	2
1908							5.94	65	32
1907									37
1906	65.2	35	81.5	16	48.7	79	15.55	4	12
1905									49
1904			84.1	1					40
1903									47
1902	62.6	104	78.6	80	46.6	107			7
1901									216
1900									109
1899									152

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2014	68.5
2024	68.2
2022	67.5
2026	67.3
2015	66.9
2020	66.8
1996	66.8
2021	66.7
2012	66.5
2013	66.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1944	61.4
1948	61.9
1999	62.1
1909	62.2
1902	62.6
1946	62.7
2010	62.8
1923	62.8
1949	62.9
1911	62.9

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1958	19.87
1998	19.42
1978	17.15
1906	15.55
1969	14.85
2023	14.76
1995	14.45
1938	14.03
1993	13.67
1952	12.64

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2022	1.85
1972	1.98
1966	2.42
2013	2.88
1984	2.88
1947	3.03
2015	3.20
1977	3.36
2007	3.74
2014	3.96

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 105°F; 10 September 2026, 9 August 2026
Coldest night: 29°F; 9 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.67 in; 16 February 2026

Month by month

Month	Mean temperature	Precipitation
January	47.8°F 28th warmest of 119	1.36 in 38th driest of 115
February	53°F 17th warmest of 118	1.94 in 58th wettest of 123
March	62.6°F Warmest of 120	0.01 in 5th driest of 118
April	60.8°F 38th warmest of 117	0.77 in 58th wettest of 116
May	68.4°F 29th warmest of 113	0.15 in 49th driest of 112
June	75.5°F 29th warmest of 113	0.00 in Driest of 110
July	79.1°F 52nd warmest of 112	a trace 17th wettest of 113
August	80.7°F 7th warmest of 122	a trace 14th wettest of 116
September	73.1°F 50th warmest of 123	0.00 in Driest of 115
October so far	78.2°F 2nd warmest of 109	0.00 in Driest of 113

Hot days and freezes

Merced, CA has had 102 days at 90°F or above in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 2024, tied 34th most of 111 (with 2015, 2009, 1988 and 2 other years).
Merced, CA has had 27 days at 100°F or above in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 2024, tied 47th most of 111 (with 1994, 1971, 1958 and 1 other year).
Merced, CA has had 8 freezing nights (a low of 32°F or below) in 2026 through 9 October, the most by that date since 2025, tied 91st most of 111 (with 2015 and 2003).
The last freeze of spring 2026 in Merced, CA came on Saturday 21 February 2026, the latest since 2023, 100th latest of 112.

Daily records set

Date	Record	Value	Before	Check
7 October	Warmest day	100°F	99°F 2024	Confirmed
29 March	Warmest day	86°F	84°F 2015, 2004, 1968, 1923	Provisional
23 March	Warmest day	88°F	86°F 2022	Provisional
21 March	Warmest day	84°F	80°F 1988, 1960, 1914	Provisional
20 March	Warmest day	90°F	86°F 1960	Provisional
19 March	Warmest day	88°F	85°F 1960, 1928	Provisional
18 March	Warmest day	89°F	86°F 1972	Provisional

Daily records set and not listed: 0

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2026 so far brought 4.23 in of precipitation in Merced, CA, the driest 1 January to 9 October since 2022, tied 14th driest of 98 (with 1971).
The hottest day of 2026 so far in Merced, CA: 105°F on Thursday 10 September 2026 and Sunday 9 August 2026.
The coldest night of 2026 so far in Merced, CA: a low of 29°F on Friday 9 January 2026.
The wettest day of 2026 so far in Merced, CA: 0.67 in on Monday 16 February 2026.