Dana Point weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Dana Point, California: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at NEWPORT BEACH HARBOR, 23 km from Dana Point; records cover 1921–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 9.4 in240 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Rare
- First fall freeze
- Rare
- Heating degree days
- 1,318
- Cooling degree days
- 507
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 43°6° (heating, 99%) and 84°29° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Dana Point in January
Highs average 65°18° and lows 50°10°, with 2.2 in56 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1923)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1937)
- Heating degree days
- 238
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Dana Point in February
Highs average 63°17° and lows 51°11°, with 2.4 in60 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2022)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 222
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Dana Point in March
Highs average 65°18° and lows 53°12°, with 1.3 in34 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 91°33° (1951)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1953)
- Heating degree days
- 193
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Dana Point in April
Highs average 66°19° and lows 55°13°, with 0.55 in14 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 101°38° (2022)
- Record low
- 37°3° (1921)
- Heating degree days
- 141
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Dana Point in May
Highs average 67°19° and lows 58°15°, with 0.18 in4.6 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2014)
- Record low
- 39°4° (2000)
- Heating degree days
- 88
- Cooling degree days
- 10
Dana Point in June
Highs average 68°20° and lows 62°16°, with 0.07 in1.8 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1981)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1923)
- Heating degree days
- 30
- Cooling degree days
- 28
Dana Point in July
Highs average 72°22° and lows 65°18°, with 0.02 in0.5 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1985)
- Record low
- 45°7° (1929)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 103
Dana Point in August
Highs average 73°23° and lows 66°19°, with 0 in0 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1955)
- Record low
- 51°11° (1929)
- Heating degree days
- 2
- Cooling degree days
- 138
Dana Point in September
Highs average 74°23° and lows 64°18°, with 0.1 in2.5 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 107°42° (1963)
- Record low
- 45°7° (1929)
- Heating degree days
- 2
- Cooling degree days
- 125
Dana Point in OctoberThis month
Highs average 73°23° and lows 60°16°, with 0.33 in8.4 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1965)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 25
- Cooling degree days
- 70
Dana Point in November
Highs average 68°20° and lows 55°13°, with 0.64 in16 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1950)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1958)
- Heating degree days
- 122
- Cooling degree days
- 15
Dana Point in December
Highs average 64°18° and lows 50°10°, with 1.6 in41 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 86°30° (1924)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 251
- Cooling degree days
- 2