Furnace Creek weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Furnace Creek, California: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Death Valley National Park, 4 km from Furnace Creek; records cover 1911–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 2.2 in56 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Jan 18
- First fall freeze
- Dec 7
- Heating degree days
- 953
- Cooling degree days
- 6,019
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 31°−1° (heating, 99%) and 125°52° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Furnace Creek in January
Highs average 67°20° and lows 43°6°, with 0.37 in9.4 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2021)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1913)
- Heating degree days
- 317
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Furnace Creek in February
Highs average 74°23° and lows 49°9°, with 0.52 in13 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1986)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 133
- Cooling degree days
- 31
Furnace Creek in March
Highs average 83°28° and lows 57°14°, with 0.25 in6.4 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 107°42° (2026)
- Record low
- 26°−3° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 31
- Cooling degree days
- 181
Furnace Creek in April
Highs average 91°33° and lows 65°18°, with 0.1 in2.5 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 113°45° (1946)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1921)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 392
Furnace Creek in May
Highs average 101°38° and lows 75°24°, with 0.03 in0.8 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 122°50° (2000)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1921)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 709
Furnace Creek in June
Highs average 111°44° and lows 84°29°, with 0.05 in1.3 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 128°53° (1994)
- Record low
- 49°9° (1923)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 976
Furnace Creek in July
Highs average 117°47° and lows 91°33°, with 0.1 in2.5 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 134°57° (1913)
- Record low
- 62°17° (1927)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 1215
Furnace Creek in August
Highs average 116°47° and lows 89°32°, with 0.1 in2.5 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 130°54° (2020)
- Record low
- 65°18° (1921)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 1156
Furnace Creek in September
Highs average 108°42° and lows 79°26°, with 0.2 in5.1 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 125°52° (2020)
- Record low
- 41°5° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 852
Furnace Creek in OctoberThis month
Highs average 93°34° and lows 64°18°, with 0.12 in3 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 114°46° (2024)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 3
- Cooling degree days
- 432
Furnace Creek in November
Highs average 77°25° and lows 51°10°, with 0.1 in2.5 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1988)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1921)
- Heating degree days
- 102
- Cooling degree days
- 71
Furnace Creek in December
Highs average 66°19° and lows 41°5°, with 0.26 in6.6 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 89°32° (1949)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 363
- Cooling degree days
- 2