Newell weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Newell, California: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Tulelake, 12 km from Newell; records cover 1932–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 10.7 in272 mm
- Snow a year
- 23 in58 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 7
- First fall freeze
- Sep 14
- Heating degree days
- 6,573
- Cooling degree days
- 193
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 2°−17° (heating, 99%) and 95°35° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Newell in January
Highs average 42°6° and lows 21°−6°, with 1.3 in34 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 67°19° (2024)
- Record low
- −28°−33° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1026
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Newell in February
Highs average 47°8° and lows 23°−5°, with 1.1 in29 mm of precipitation and 4 in10 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 70°21° (1935)
- Record low
- −24°−31° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 844
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Newell in March
Highs average 53°12° and lows 26°−3°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation and 2.8 in7.1 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 79°26° (2026)
- Record low
- −2°−19° (1974)
- Heating degree days
- 787
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Newell in April
Highs average 59°15° and lows 30°−1°, with 0.99 in25 mm of precipitation and 1.6 in4.1 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 84°29° (1981)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 618
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Newell in May
Highs average 69°21° and lows 37°3°, with 1.1 in28 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1986)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (2008)
- Heating degree days
- 375
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Newell in June
Highs average 77°25° and lows 42°6°, with 0.8 in20 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 103°39° (2021)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 187
- Cooling degree days
- 22
Newell in July
Highs average 86°30° and lows 47°8°, with 0.21 in5.3 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 102°39° (2022)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1955)
- Heating degree days
- 43
- Cooling degree days
- 97
Newell in August
Highs average 86°30° and lows 44°7°, with 0.25 in6.4 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1972)
- Record low
- 24°−4° (1954)
- Heating degree days
- 61
- Cooling degree days
- 60
Newell in September
Highs average 79°26° and lows 38°3°, with 0.37 in9.4 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 102°39° (2017)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1970)
- Heating degree days
- 209
- Cooling degree days
- 11
Newell in OctoberThis month
Highs average 66°19° and lows 30°−1°, with 0.72 in18 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1933)
- Record low
- 7°−14° (1933)
- Heating degree days
- 526
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Newell in November
Highs average 50°10° and lows 25°−4°, with 1.1 in29 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1936)
- Record low
- −10°−23° (1955)
- Heating degree days
- 828
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Newell in December
Highs average 41°5° and lows 20°−7°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation and 5 in13 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 68°20° (1958)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (1932)
- Heating degree days
- 1069
- Cooling degree days
- 0