Needles, CA: Summer

31 August 2026: Summer 2026 averaged 98.1°F in Needles, CA (9 days missing), the warmest summer since 2024, 5th warmest of 126.

Summer 2026

Mean temperature: 98.1°F; Warmest since 2024; 5th warmest of 126

A normal summer in Needles, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 95.7°F, between 93.1°F and 97.9°F in eight years of ten and 0.40 in of precipitation, between 0.02 in and 1.74 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every summer in Needles, CA since 1892: 98.1°F in 2026; the highest is 99.4°F, in 2024.

Normal range, 93.1 to 97.9°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every summer in Needles, CA from 1888 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	98.1	5	109.8	10	86.3	3	0.26	95	9
2025	96.6	11	109.8	10	83.4	15	2.01	23	3
2024	99.4	1	112.1	1	86.8	1	0.19	102	0
2023	94.8	29	107.7	38	81.9	29	1.18	39	0
2022	96	17	108.1	31	83.9	9	2.24	15	0
2021	97.7	7	110.1	9	85.4	6	0.77	56	1
2020	97	8	110.6	6	83.3	18	0.00	128	0
2019	96.7	10	109.8	10	83.6	13	0.05	118	0
2018	98.8	2	110.9	5	86.6	2	1.10	42	1
2017	98.6	3	111.4	3	85.8	4	0.16	109	0
2016	97.8	6	110.5	7	85	7	trace	125	1
2015	96.3	12	109	19	83.7	11	1.28	36	0
2014	94.6	33	107.2	46	82	28	4.43	4	0
2013	96.1	15	108.6	23	83.7	11	3.02	8	0
2012	95.8	20	108.1	31	83.4	15	1.69	29	0
2011	95.1	27	108	33	82.2	27	0.21	99	0
2010	95.3	23	107.9	36	82.6	23	0.20	101	0
2009	94.1	37	106.9	52	81.4	35	0.40	80	0
2008	95.5	22	108.4	25	82.6	23	2.19	19	0
2007	96.2	14	108.9	21	83.5	14	0.02	121	0
2006	98.3	4	111	4	85.5	5	0.29	92	0
2005	96	17	109.3	15	82.7	22	0.67	61	0
2004	93.7	46	106.4	62	81	41	0.40	80	0
2003	95.3	23	107.6	40	83	21	0.60	64	0
2002	95.8	20	109	19	82.6	23	0.02	121	0
2001	94.9	28	108	33	81.8	30	0.41	79	2
2000	95.9	19	108.7	22	83.2	19	0.69	59	0
1999	93.1	58	105.9	70	80.4	52	0.91	49	0
1998	94.3	34	107.8	37	80.7	48	0.35	85	0
1997	93.6	48	106.3	63	80.9	42	0.43	78	0
1996	96.3	12	109.4	14	83.1	20	0.49	73	0
1995	94	39	107.7	38	80.2	54	0.19	102	0
1994	96.8	9	110.2	8	83.4	15	0.18	104	0
1993	91.8	84	105.8	73	77.8	95	0.17	107	0
1992	92.9	60	106.1	66	79.6	68	0.80	51	0
1991	92	76	105.6	79	78.5	85	0.10	113	0
1990	93.2	55	105.8	73	80.5	51	1.12	41	0
1989	93.9	42	107	50	80.8	45	0.27	94	0
1988	93.3	53	106	68	80.6	49	2.23	17	0
1987									32
1986	93.8	43	106.6	57	81.1	40	1.60	31	8
1985	94.7	31	108.2	27	81.3	37	0.12	111	0
1984	91.9	79	103.6	110	80.2	54	2.19	19	0
1983	90.7	109	103	114	78.5	85	3.37	7	2
1982	91.1	101	103	114	79.2	71	2.22	18	8
1981	96.1	15	108.2	27	83.9	9	0.40	80	0
1980	93.2	55	106.5	61	79.8	63	1.56	33	8
1979	91.6	91	105.8	73	77.4	99	2.04	22	0
1978	94	39	108.6	23	79.4	70	0.06	117	0
1977	94.3	34	106.8	54	81.8	30	1.65	30	0
1976	91.8	84	104.8	98	78.8	77	0.15	110	0
1975	92.9	60	105.9	70	79.9	60	0.01	124	0
1974	93.7	46	106.6	57	80.8	45	2.50	12	0
1973	93.2	55	107	50	79.5	69	0.32	87	0
1972	93.8	43	106.8	54	80.9	42	0.79	53	0
1971	93	59	105.8	73	80.3	53	2.81	9	0
1970	94.3	34	107.3	45	81.3	37	2.01	23	0
1969	94.1	37	106.6	57	81.5	34	0.25	96	0
1968	91.9	79	105.9	70	77.8	95	1.70	28	0
1967	93.6	48	106.6	57	80.6	49	0.30	90	0
1966	93.8	43	106.7	56	80.9	42	0.28	93	0
1965	90.6	110	103.6	110	77.5	97	0.17	107	0
1964	92.3	69	104.9	96	79.8	63	0.49	73	0
1963	92.1	71	104.5	101	79.8	63	0.36	84	0
1962	93.4	52	106.9	52	79.8	63	0.33	86	0
1961	94.8	29	107.4	44	82.3	26	0.59	65	0
1960	95.2	26	109.1	17	81.3	37	0.07	116	0
1959	94.7	31	107.5	42	81.8	30	2.29	14	0
1958	93.5	50	107.1	47	80	57	0.80	51	0
1957	92.9	60	105	94	80.8	45	1.13	40	0
1956	91.9	79	105.4	84	78.3	89	0.94	47	0
1955	89.9	116	102.7	120	77.1	102	2.77	10	0
1954	91.5	92	104.4	104	78.5	85	0.79	53	0
1953	91.8	84	104.8	98	78.8	77	1.79	26	0
1952	91.7	88	105.3	86	78.1	91	1.24	37	0
1951	91.4	94	104.7	100	78.1	91	4.41	5	0
1950	91.7	88	105.5	82	77.9	93	0.40	80	0
1949	92.1	71	105.5	82	78.6	81	0.21	99	0
1948	92.1	71	105.6	79	78.7	80	0.18	104	0
1947	91.8	84	104.5	101	79.1	73	0.72	58	0
1946	92.8	64	105.3	86	80.2	54	1.31	35	0
1945	91.4	94	103.8	108	78.9	74	2.41	13	0
1944	90.3	112	104.5	101	76.1	108	trace	125	0
1943	92.1	71	105.7	78	78.4	88	0.94	47	0
1942							1.23	38	31
1941	88.7	122	103	114	74.4	116	2.24	15	1
1940	94	39	108.2	27	79.8	63	0.05	118	0
1939	87.5	123	102.9	117	72.2	123	2.68	11	0
1938							0.02	121	62
1937	89.9	116	106	68	73.8	119	0.48	75	0
1936	91.1	101	104.1	106	78.2	90	0.05	118	0
1935	91.4	94	108.3	26	74.5	115	0.48	75	0
1934	89.5	118	102.6	122	76.4	106	0.31	89	0
1933	91	105	105.6	79	76.5	105	0.09	115	0
1932	89.5	118	108.2	27	70.8	125	0.45	77	0
1931	92.7	66	106.3	63	79.2	71	2.12	21	0
1930	90.9	106	106.1	66	75.8	110	0.59	65	0
1929	91.1	101	105.3	86	76.8	104	0.73	57	0
1928	91.4	94	107.1	47	75.7	112	0.12	111	0
1927	90.4	111	105.1	90	75.8	110	0.67	61	0
1926	91.9	79	107.5	42	76.3	107	0.18	104	0
1925	92.3	69	109.3	15	75.3	113	1.08	44	0
1924	92.8	64	111.5	2	74	117	0.32	87	0
1923									31
1922	92.9	60	109.7	13	76.1	108	1.58	32	0
1921	91.3	99	107.6	40	75.1	114	3.88	6	0
1920	89.5	118	105	94	73.9	118	0.68	60	0
1919							0.54	69	31
1918	90.9	106	108	33	73.7	120	4.50	3	0
1917	91.3	99	109.1	17	73.4	121	1.01	46	0
1916	87.2	124	101.2	124	73.2	122	0.58	67	4
1915	87.1	125	102.7	120	71.5	124	0.52	70	1
1914	90	115	101	126	78.9	74	1.06	45	0
1913	90.2	113	101.7	123	78.6	81	0.56	68	0
1912	89.2	121	101.2	124	77.2	101	1.74	27	0
1911	90.9	106	103.1	113	78.6	81	0.52	70	0
1910	93.5	50	107.1	47	79.9	60	1.35	34	0
1909	86.2	126	102.9	117	69.6	126	8.61	1	2
1908									12
1907									37
1906	91.7	88	103.4	112	80	57	6.21	2	0
1905	91.5	92	105.1	90	77.9	93	0.66	63	0
1904	93.3	53	105.3	86	81.4	35	0.90	50	0
1903	95.3	23	105.8	73	84.9	8	0.00	128	0
1902	92.4	68	104.9	96	80	57	0.25	96	0
1901	92.6	67	103.7	109	81.6	33	0.50	72	0
1900	91.4	94	104.2	105	78.6	81	1.10	42	0
1899	92	76	104	107	79.9	60	0.78	55	0
1898									37
1897	92.1	71	105.4	84	78.8	77	0.30	90	0
1896									31
1895	91.1	101	105.1	90	77.1	102	trace	125	0
1894	90.1	114	102.8	119	77.5	97	0.23	98	0
1893	92	76	105.1	90	78.9	74	1.97	25	0
1892	91.9	79	106.3	63	77.4	99	0.10	113	0
1891									40
1889									30
1888									30

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	99.4
2018	98.8
2017	98.6
2006	98.3
2026	98.1
2016	97.8
2021	97.7
2020	97
1994	96.8
2019	96.7

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1909	86.2
1915	87.1
1916	87.2
1939	87.5
1941	88.7
1912	89.2
1934	89.5
1932	89.5
1920	89.5
1955	89.9
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1909	8.61
1906	6.21
1918	4.50
2014	4.43
1951	4.41
1921	3.88
1983	3.37
2013	3.02
1971	2.81
1955	2.77

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2020	0.00
1903	0.00
2016	trace
1944	trace
1895	trace
1975	0.01
2007	0.02
2002	0.02
1938	0.02
2019	0.05
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 120°F; 1 August 2026
Coldest night: 71°F; 29 June 2026
Wettest day: 0.26 in; 12 August 2026

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The hottest day of summer 2026 in Needles, CA: 120°F on Saturday 1 August 2026.
The coldest night of summer 2026 in Needles, CA: a low of 71°F on Monday 29 June 2026.
The wettest day of summer 2026 in Needles, CA: 0.26 in on Wednesday 12 August 2026.