Riverside, CA: Spring

31 May 2026: Spring 2026 averaged 68°F in Riverside, CA, the warmest spring on record, in 116 years since 1893 (1896 excluded: 92 of 92 days missing; 1897 excluded: 92 of 92 days missing; 1898 excluded: 92 of 92 days missing; 15 more years excluded for missing days); provisional.

Spring 2026

Mean temperature: 68°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 116, provisional
Precipitation: 0.80 in; Driest since 2022; 18th driest of 110

A normal spring in Riverside, CA (1991 to 2020): 1.45 in of precipitation, between 0.30 in and 5.36 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every spring in Riverside, CA since 1893: 68°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every spring in Riverside, CA from 1893 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	68	1	81.7	4	54.3	2	0.80	92	0
2025	63.3	30	75.1	68	51.5	16	2.33	46	0
2024	61	62	72.3	110	49.7	30	2.64	37	0
2023	60.3	73	71.5	118	49.2	32	4.76	18	0
2022	65.4	14	78.9	19	51.9	11	0.75	94	0
2021	63	35	75.8	50	50.1	27	1.45	72	0
2020	64	20	75.7	55	52.4	8	6.29	8	0
2019	62	44	73.4	97	50.6	21	1.89	60	0
2018	63.6	25	75.6	56	51.7	14	1.80	65	0
2017	65.9	8	79.8	12	52.1	10	0.28	105	0
2016	65.3	15	77.6	27	53	5	1.45	72	0
2015	66.1	6	78.8	21	53.4	4	1.21	84	0
2014	67	3	80.3	9	53.7	3	0.62	97	0
2013	66.2	4	79.3	14	53	5	0.73	95	0
2012	64.2	18	77.4	31	51	18	1.81	64	0
2011	62.7	38	75	70	50.4	22	1.79	66	0
2010	61.7	46	74.3	80	49.2	32	1.40	77	0
2009	63.5	27	76.7	36	50.4	22	0.06	109	0
2008							0.32	102	31
2007							0.30	104	21
2006									45
2005							1.21	84	24
2004							1.30	80	18
2003			75.5	59	49.3	31	5.29	17	10
2002							0.44	101	19
2001							1.46	71	13
2000	65.6	12	79.3	14	51.8	12	2.28	48	3
1999	60.8	66	73.2	100	48.5	44	1.83	62	9
1998	60.7	67	73	104	48.6	42	3.75	26	8
1997	67.9	2	83.1	1	52.4	8	0.12	107	7
1996	65.6	12	80.4	8	50.7	20	1.28	82	4
1995	61.5	51	73.2	100	49.8	29	5.64	14	3
1994	63.1	32	75.4	60	50.9	19	4.30	20	6
1993			80.5	7	52.7	7	0.90	91	11
1992	66	7	77.6	27	54.4	1	3.56	28	1
1991	60.9	63	74.2	82	47.8	53	5.93	11	2
1990	64.4	17	77.1	33	51.7	14	1.11	87	0
1989	66.2	4	80.6	6	51.8	12	0.92	90	2
1988	65.7	9	81.2	5	50.2	26	2.88	34	4
1987	65.7	9	80.1	11	51.5	16	1.64	69	2
1986	63.8	21	79.2	16	48.4	45	3.85	24	0
1985	62.4	40	77.9	25	46.9	63	0.80	92	2
1984	65.7	9	82.5	3	49	35	0.32	102	3
1983	61.7	46	74.2	82	49.2	32	8.62	3	1
1982			73.6	95	48.7	39	5.65	13	10
1981	63.6	25	76.7	36	50.4	22	2.23	49	3
1980	61.3	56	74.6	73	48	50	2.39	42	2
1979	62.5	39	76	47	49	35	4.55	19	0
1978	63.1	32	76.3	42	49.9	28	6.77	6	0
1977	60	81	73.9	90	46.1	77	2.60	40	1
1976	61.5	51	76	47	47.1	62	2.12	52	2
1975	59.2	98	72.4	108	46.1	77	3.85	24	0
1974	62.2	42	75.8	50	48.6	42	2.09	55	1
1973	60.3	73	73.5	96	46.9	63	2.16	51	1
1972	63.8	21	79.1	17	48.4	45	0.06	109	0
1971	60	81	73.9	90	46.1	77	0.59	98	1
1970	61.1	59	76.2	44	46.1	77	1.99	57	2
1969	61.6	49	75.1	68	48.1	48	1.73	67	1
1968	62.8	37	77.6	27	48	50	3.15	30	1
1967	59.2	98	72.2	113	46.1	77	3.67	27	1
1966	63.1	32	77.6	27	48.8	37	0.51	100	3
1965	60.3	73	73.1	102	47.4	58	5.48	16	4
1964	59.2	98	73.8	92	44.8	96	1.84	61	1
1963	58.8	104	72.6	107	45.1	93	2.72	36	2
1962	60.3	73	74.7	72	45.8	86	1.38	78	1
1961	61.1	59	76.1	46	46	83	0.55	99	1
1960	63.8	21	78.9	19	48.7	39	1.42	74	1
1959	63.4	29	78.8	21	47.9	52	0.19	106	2
1958	60.7	67	74.1	86	47.4	58	6.71	7	2
1957	60.4	72	73.4	97	47.5	57	3.02	32	2
1956	61.7	46	76.2	44	46.9	63	1.83	62	4
1955	59.9	83	76	47	44	108	1.70	68	4
1954	59.1	102	72.1	114	46.3	72	2.64	37	1
1953	56.7	116	71.8	115	41.6	118	2.35	45	0
1952	58.7	107	71.6	117	45.9	84	5.50	15	1
1951	59.7	87	74.6	73	44.7	98	1.97	58	0
1950	58.6	108	74.4	76	42.8	115	1.36	79	0
1949	59.4	95	74.5	75	44.3	104	1.30	80	0
1948			74.2	82			2.11	54	19
1947			77.2	32			1.21	84	12
1946	60.6	69	75.4	60	45.8	86	2.76	35	0
1945	57.8	112	72.7	106	42.9	114	3.99	22	0
1944	59.6	90	74.2	82	45.1	93	2.36	44	0
1943	62	44	76.5	39	47.6	55	2.03	56	6
1942	60.1	79	75.6	56	44.6	101	0.97	89	0
1941	61.3	56	74.4	76	48.2	47	9.68	2	0
1940	63.7	24	78.8	21	48.7	39	2.59	41	1
1939	61.4	53	76.3	42	46.5	69	1.63	70	0
1938	59.8	85	74.1	86	45.5	89	10.22	1	1
1937	60.6	69	75.8	50	45.5	89	4.13	21	0
1936	62.4	40	77.9	25	46.9	63	1.42	74	0
1935	57	115	70.2	121	43.8	110	3.40	29	0
1934	65.3	15	82.8	2	47.8	53	0.08	108	4
1933	57.7	113	73.1	102	42.2	117	1.42	74	1
1932	60.1	79	75.4	60	44.8	96	0.71	96	0
1931	63.5	27	79.4	13	47.6	55	2.12	52	0
1930	59.5	94	74.4	76	44.6	101	7.07	5	0
1929	58.8	104	72.9	105	44.7	98	2.38	43	0
1928	61.4	53	76.5	39	46.4	70	1.04	88	5
1927	60.6	69	75.6	56	45.5	89	3.11	31	0
1926	64.2	18	78.1	24	50.4	22			0
1925	60.9	63	75.8	50	46.1	77			0
1924	60.2	78	74.1	86	46.2	75			0
1923	61.4	53	76.9	35	45.8	86			0
1922	58.8	104	73.7	94	43.9	109			0
1921	59.6	90	73.8	92	45.4	92			0
1920	59.1	102	74	89	44.1	106			0
1919	61.1	59	75.2	65	46.9	63			8
1918	60.9	63	75.2	65	46.3	72			3
1917	59.9	83	76.5	39	43.2	113			3
1916	62.2	42	80.2	10	44.1	106			0
1915	61.6	49	75.2	65	48.1	48			0
1914	62.9	36	77	34	48.8	37	2.31	47	0
1913	59.6	90	76.6	38	42.6	116	1.27	83	0
1912	57.7	113	70.9	120	44.5	103	5.81	12	0
1911	60.3	73	74.4	76	46.3	72	2.20	50	0
1910	63.2	31	79.1	17	47.2	60	1.91	59	0
1909	59.6	90	72.3	110	46.9	63			0
1908	59.4	95	75.3	63	43.4	111			0
1907	59.3	97	72.4	108	46.4	70			1
1906	58	110	71.7	116	44.3	104			1
1905	59.2	98	72.3	110	45.9	84	6.20	9	1
1904	59.8	85	74.9	71	44.7	98	3.88	23	1
1903	58.2	109	71.3	119	45.1	93	7.74	4	2
1902	57.9	111	74.3	80	41.5	119	2.62	39	2
1895	61.3	56	75.3	63	47.2	60	2.93	33	0
1894	59.7	87	75.8	50	43.3	112			4
1893	59.7	87	73.3	99	46.2	75	6.00	10	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	68
1997	67.9
2014	67
2013	66.2
1989	66.2
2015	66.1
1992	66
2017	65.9
1988	65.7
1987	65.7
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1953	56.7
1935	57
1933	57.7
1912	57.7
1945	57.8
1902	57.9
1906	58
1903	58.2
1950	58.6
1952	58.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1938	10.22
1941	9.68
1983	8.62
1903	7.74
1930	7.07
1978	6.77
1958	6.71
2020	6.29
1905	6.20
1893	6.00

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2009	0.06
1972	0.06
1934	0.08
1997	0.12
1959	0.19
2017	0.28
2007	0.30
2008	0.32
1984	0.32
2002	0.44

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 102°F; 20 March 2026
Coldest night: 46°F; 28 April 2026, 18 April 2026
Wettest day: 0.30 in; 26 April 2026

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Spring 2026 brought 0.80 in of precipitation in Riverside, CA, the driest spring since 2022, tied 18th driest of 110 (with 1985).
The hottest day of spring 2026 in Riverside, CA: 102°F on Friday 20 March 2026.
The coldest night of spring 2026 in Riverside, CA: a low of 46°F on Tuesday 28 April 2026 and Saturday 18 April 2026.
The wettest day of spring 2026 in Riverside, CA: 0.30 in on Sunday 26 April 2026.