Squaw Valley weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Squaw Valley, California: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Grant Grove, 22 km from Squaw Valley; records cover 1940–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 41.7 in1058 mm
- Snow a year
- 186 in472 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 31
- First fall freeze
- Oct 6
- Heating degree days
- 6,349
- Cooling degree days
- 187
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 11°−12° (heating, 99%) and 85°29° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Squaw Valley in January
Highs average 46°8° and lows 26°−4°, with 8 in204 mm of precipitation and 38 in96 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 67°19° (2015)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (1949)
- Heating degree days
- 901
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Squaw Valley in February
Highs average 46°8° and lows 25°−4°, with 7.3 in186 mm of precipitation and 45 in114 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 69°21° (2016)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (1949)
- Heating degree days
- 826
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Squaw Valley in March
Highs average 48°9° and lows 27°−3°, with 7.8 in198 mm of precipitation and 35 in89 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 74°23° (2026)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (1951)
- Heating degree days
- 845
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Squaw Valley in April
Highs average 52°11° and lows 30°−1°, with 3.6 in91 mm of precipitation and 20 in51 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 75°24° (2012)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (1945)
- Heating degree days
- 720
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Squaw Valley in May
Highs average 60°15° and lows 38°3°, with 1.4 in35 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 83°28° (2003)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 507
- Cooling degree days
- 1
Squaw Valley in June
Highs average 71°22° and lows 46°8°, with 0.53 in13 mm of precipitation and 0.6 in1.5 cm of snow in a typical June.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2013)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (2022)
- Heating degree days
- 222
- Cooling degree days
- 18
Squaw Valley in July
Highs average 79°26° and lows 53°11°, with 0.27 in6.9 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2002)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (2022)
- Heating degree days
- 56
- Cooling degree days
- 76
Squaw Valley in August
Highs average 79°26° and lows 52°11°, with 0.16 in4.1 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2010)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1947)
- Heating degree days
- 55
- Cooling degree days
- 67
Squaw Valley in September
Highs average 73°23° and lows 47°9°, with 0.32 in8.1 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2017)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1986)
- Heating degree days
- 172
- Cooling degree days
- 23
Squaw Valley in OctoberThis month
Highs average 63°17° and lows 39°4°, with 2.4 in60 mm of precipitation and 4 in9 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 83°28° (2024)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 445
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Squaw Valley in November
Highs average 53°11° and lows 32°0°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation and 9 in22 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 75°24° (2009)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (1975)
- Heating degree days
- 684
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Squaw Valley in December
Highs average 46°8° and lows 25°−4°, with 6.6 in168 mm of precipitation and 31 in78 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 70°21° (1958)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 916
- Cooling degree days
- 0