Buck Meadows weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Buck Meadows, California: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Cherry Valley Dam, 23 km from Buck Meadows; records cover 1955–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 49.1 in1246 mm
- Snow a year
- 108 in273 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 8
- First fall freeze
- Nov 1
- Heating degree days
- 4,563
- Cooling degree days
- 814
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 18°−8° (heating, 99%) and 97°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Buck Meadows in January
Highs average 49°10° and lows 31°0°, with 9.7 in245 mm of precipitation and 21 in53 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 73°23° (1962)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 764
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Buck Meadows in February
Highs average 51°11° and lows 31°−1°, with 8.3 in210 mm of precipitation and 26 in67 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1986)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 673
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Buck Meadows in March
Highs average 55°13° and lows 33°1°, with 7.4 in187 mm of precipitation and 21 in54 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2026)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 640
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Buck Meadows in April
Highs average 61°16° and lows 37°3°, with 3.9 in100 mm of precipitation and 11 in27 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 85°29° (2012)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 479
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Buck Meadows in May
Highs average 70°21° and lows 44°7°, with 2.6 in65 mm of precipitation and 1.1 in2.8 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2025)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1961)
- Heating degree days
- 275
- Cooling degree days
- 24
Buck Meadows in June
Highs average 81°27° and lows 51°11°, with 0.82 in21 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical June.
- Record high
- 103°39° (2014)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 80
- Cooling degree days
- 109
Buck Meadows in July
Highs average 89°32° and lows 58°15°, with 0.29 in7.4 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1972)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1987)
- Heating degree days
- 5
- Cooling degree days
- 273
Buck Meadows in August
Highs average 89°32° and lows 57°14°, with 0.08 in2 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1981)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1968)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 257
Buck Meadows in September
Highs average 82°28° and lows 53°12°, with 0.43 in11 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 104°40° (2022)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (2022)
- Heating degree days
- 56
- Cooling degree days
- 130
Buck Meadows in OctoberThis month
Highs average 70°21° and lows 45°7°, with 2.7 in70 mm of precipitation and 0.5 in1.3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2024)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 257
- Cooling degree days
- 20
Buck Meadows in November
Highs average 57°14° and lows 36°2°, with 4.6 in117 mm of precipitation and 6 in14 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1966)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 552
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Buck Meadows in December
Highs average 49°9° and lows 31°0°, with 8.3 in211 mm of precipitation and 21 in54 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1958)
- Record low
- −3°−19° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 778
- Cooling degree days
- 0