Alturas
Modoc Plateau & Northeast
California's most continental climate. It has recorded -40°F.
90°FJuly mean high
21°FJanuary mean low
11.7″Annual precipitation
35.3°FAnnual range
Source station: ALTURAS, CA US (USC00040161), 4,378 ft, 0.2 mi from Alturas. NOAA/NCEI 1991–2020 monthly normals.
41.487°N, 120.542°W in Modoc Plateau & Northeast.
41.487°N, 120.542°W. In Modoc Plateau & Northeast.
The next three days
NATIONAL BLEND OF MODELSDRAWN ON REQUESTThe year, in one picture
NOAA/NCEI 1991–2020 NORMALSThe interactive monthly temperature and precipitation chart loads with JavaScript; the values are tabulated below.
Mean daily high
Mean daily low
Monthly precipitation
Month by month
JANUARY AND JULY ARE FREE| Month | Mean high | Mean low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Share of year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 44° | 21° | 32.7° | 1.49″ | — | 13% |
| Jul | 90° | 46° | 68.0° | 0.23″ | — | 2% |
| Year | 90° | 21° | 48.4° | 11.74″ | — | 100% |
Where it sits among the fifty-seven
RANKED AGAINST EVERY OTHER PLACE ON THE SITE43rd of 5711.7 inches a year.WETTEST22nd of 57A mean high of 90°F.HOTTEST JULY5th of 57A mean low of 21°F.COLDEST JANUARY NIGHTS10th of 574,370 feet.HIGHEST14th of 5735.3°F between July and January.WIDEST ANNUAL RANGE
Nearby, and nothing like it
The three places within 90 miles of Alturas whose climate differs most — usually because something stands between them.