McCloud weather by month
What a typical year looks like in McCloud, California: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Mount Shasta, 17 km from McCloud; records cover 1948–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 37.6 in956 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- May 13
- First fall freeze
- Oct 11
- Heating degree days
- 5,628
- Cooling degree days
- 309
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 15°−9° (heating, 99%) and 96°36° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
McCloud in January
Highs average 44°7° and lows 29°−2°, with 6.3 in160 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 68°20° (2015)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 887
- Cooling degree days
- 0
McCloud in February
Highs average 47°8° and lows 29°−2°, with 6.4 in163 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 71°22° (1953)
- Record low
- −3°−19° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 752
- Cooling degree days
- 0
McCloud in March
Highs average 53°11° and lows 32°0°, with 5.6 in142 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 83°28° (2026)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 707
- Cooling degree days
- 0
McCloud in April
Highs average 59°15° and lows 35°2°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 87°31° (2009)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1955)
- Heating degree days
- 541
- Cooling degree days
- 0
McCloud in May
Highs average 69°20° and lows 41°5°, with 2.1 in53 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1986)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1954)
- Heating degree days
- 323
- Cooling degree days
- 8
McCloud in June
Highs average 76°24° and lows 47°8°, with 1.1 in28 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 103°39° (2021)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1952)
- Heating degree days
- 140
- Cooling degree days
- 38
McCloud in July
Highs average 85°30° and lows 52°11°, with 0.28 in7.1 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 106°41° (2022)
- Record low
- 32°0° (1976)
- Heating degree days
- 23
- Cooling degree days
- 130
McCloud in August
Highs average 85°29° and lows 50°10°, with 0.2 in5.1 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1981)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1960)
- Heating degree days
- 30
- Cooling degree days
- 100
McCloud in September
Highs average 78°26° and lows 45°7°, with 0.51 in13 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1955)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 137
- Cooling degree days
- 32
McCloud in OctoberThis month
Highs average 65°18° and lows 38°3°, with 2 in51 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1980)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 432
- Cooling degree days
- 1
McCloud in November
Highs average 51°10° and lows 31°0°, with 3.6 in92 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 80°27° (1949)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (1993)
- Heating degree days
- 722
- Cooling degree days
- 0
McCloud in December
Highs average 42°6° and lows 28°−2°, with 6.6 in168 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 72°22° (1958)
- Record low
- −13°−25° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 934
- Cooling degree days
- 0