Lake City weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Lake City, California: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Cedarville, 13 km from Lake City; records cover 1894–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 13.1 in333 mm
- Snow a year
- 22 in56 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 16
- First fall freeze
- Sep 29
- Heating degree days
- 6,004
- Cooling degree days
- 617
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 5°−15° (heating, 99%) and 98°37° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Lake City in January
Highs average 44°6° and lows 22°−6°, with 1.7 in43 mm of precipitation and 6 in15 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 69°21° (1920)
- Record low
- −23°−31° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1001
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lake City in February
Highs average 48°9° and lows 24°−5°, with 1.2 in29 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 72°22° (1908)
- Record low
- −17°−27° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 820
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lake City in March
Highs average 54°12° and lows 28°−2°, with 1.5 in38 mm of precipitation and 2.3 in5.8 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 82°28° (2026)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 747
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lake City in April
Highs average 60°15° and lows 33°0°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation and 0.8 in2 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1946)
- Record low
- 10°−12° (1922)
- Heating degree days
- 567
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lake City in May
Highs average 69°21° and lows 41°5°, with 1.4 in34 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 101°38° (2025)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (2024)
- Heating degree days
- 328
- Cooling degree days
- 14
Lake City in June
Highs average 79°26° and lows 48°9°, with 0.67 in17 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1924)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1895)
- Heating degree days
- 120
- Cooling degree days
- 80
Lake City in July
Highs average 91°33° and lows 56°13°, with 0.24 in6.1 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1932)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1927)
- Heating degree days
- 12
- Cooling degree days
- 260
Lake City in August
Highs average 89°32° and lows 53°11°, with 0.23 in5.8 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 111°44° (1933)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1908)
- Heating degree days
- 19
- Cooling degree days
- 202
Lake City in September
Highs average 81°27° and lows 44°7°, with 0.34 in8.6 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1955)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1908)
- Heating degree days
- 127
- Cooling degree days
- 58
Lake City in OctoberThis month
Highs average 67°20° and lows 34°1°, with 0.94 in24 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1933)
- Record low
- 1°−17° (1925)
- Heating degree days
- 443
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Lake City in November
Highs average 52°11° and lows 27°−3°, with 1.6 in39 mm of precipitation and 2.8 in7.1 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1919)
- Record low
- −7°−22° (1896)
- Heating degree days
- 780
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Lake City in December
Highs average 42°6° and lows 21°−6°, with 2 in52 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 67°19° (2025)
- Record low
- −28°−33° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 1040
- Cooling degree days
- 0