Butte Valley weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Butte Valley, California: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at OROVILLE, 19 km from Butte Valley; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 30.6 in776 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Feb 18
- First fall freeze
- Nov 28
- Heating degree days
- 2,215
- Cooling degree days
- 1,699
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 28°−2° (heating, 99%) and 105°41° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Butte Valley in January
Highs average 58°14° and lows 40°4°, with 5.8 in147 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 82°28° (2009)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1913)
- Heating degree days
- 505
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Butte Valley in February
Highs average 62°17° and lows 42°6°, with 5.6 in143 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 84°29° (2022)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1933)
- Heating degree days
- 356
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Butte Valley in March
Highs average 68°20° and lows 46°8°, with 4.7 in120 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2007)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 266
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Butte Valley in April
Highs average 74°23° and lows 48°9°, with 2.2 in57 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1931)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 153
- Cooling degree days
- 30
Butte Valley in May
Highs average 82°28° and lows 54°12°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1910)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1999)
- Heating degree days
- 46
- Cooling degree days
- 143
Butte Valley in June
Highs average 91°33° and lows 59°15°, with 0.59 in15 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 116°47° (1926)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1995)
- Heating degree days
- 8
- Cooling degree days
- 312
Butte Valley in July
Highs average 97°36° and lows 63°17°, with 0.01 in0.3 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 115°46° (1905)
- Record low
- 43°6° (1922)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 462
Butte Valley in August
Highs average 96°35° and lows 61°16°, with 0.13 in3.3 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 115°46° (1933)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1922)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 412
Butte Valley in September
Highs average 90°32° and lows 57°14°, with 0.37 in9.4 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 115°46° (1950)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 6
- Cooling degree days
- 256
Butte Valley in OctoberThis month
Highs average 79°26° and lows 51°11°, with 1.3 in34 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1933)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1946)
- Heating degree days
- 72
- Cooling degree days
- 77
Butte Valley in November
Highs average 66°19° and lows 45°7°, with 2.9 in72 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1967)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 298
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Butte Valley in December
Highs average 58°14° and lows 40°4°, with 5.5 in140 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1985)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 505
- Cooling degree days
- 0