Blue Canyon
Sierra Nevada
The Sierra's orographic bullseye — the wettest station in the range.
78°FJuly mean high
34°FJanuary mean low
62.4″Annual precipitation
29.8°FAnnual range
Source station: BLUE CANYON AP, CA US (USW00023225), 5,276 ft, in Blue Canyon. NOAA/NCEI 1991–2020 monthly normals.
39.277°N, 120.710°W in Sierra Nevada.
39.277°N, 120.710°W. In Sierra Nevada.
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 | 46° | 34° | 40.5° | 10.55″ | — | 17% |
| Jul | 78° | 63° | 70.2° | 0.04″ | — | 0% |
| Year | 78° | 33° | 52.1° | 62.44″ | — | 100% |
Where it sits among the fifty-seven
RANKED AGAINST EVERY OTHER PLACE ON THE SITE1st of 5762.4 inches a year.WETTEST43rd of 57A mean high of 78°F.HOTTEST JULY17th of 57A mean low of 34°F.COLDEST JANUARY NIGHTS9th of 575,280 feet.HIGHEST25th of 5729.8°F between July and January.WIDEST ANNUAL RANGE
Nearby, and nothing like it
The three places within 90 miles of Blue Canyon whose climate differs most — usually because something stands between them.