Barstow
Mojave Desert
High desert — hot summers, but genuinely freezing winter nights.
102°FJuly mean high
35°FJanuary mean low
5.0″Annual precipitation
39.8°FAnnual range
Source station: BARSTOW, CA US (USC00040521), 2,220 ft, 0.4 mi from Barstow, 45 ft higher. NOAA/NCEI 1991–2020 monthly normals.
34.899°N, 117.023°W in Mojave Desert.
34.899°N, 117.023°W. In Mojave Desert.
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 | 59° | 35° | 47.1° | 0.76″ | — | 15% |
| Jul | 102° | 72° | 86.9° | 0.26″ | — | 5% |
| Year | 102° | 35° | 65.7° | 4.96″ | 0.3″ | 100% |
Where it sits among the fifty-seven
RANKED AGAINST EVERY OTHER PLACE ON THE SITE51st of 575.0 inches a year.WETTEST7th of 57A mean high of 102°F.HOTTEST JULY19th of 57A mean low of 35°F.COLDEST JANUARY NIGHTS18th of 572,175 feet.HIGHEST4th of 5739.8°F between July and January.WIDEST ANNUAL RANGE
Nearby, and nothing like it
The three places within 90 miles of Barstow whose climate differs most — usually because something stands between them.