Lancaster
Mojave Desert
Antelope Valley: the Mojave's western corner, and windy nearly every spring afternoon.
98°FJuly mean high
31°FJanuary mean low
6.8″Annual precipitation
37.4°FAnnual range
Source station: LANCASTER WM J FOX FLD, CA US (USW00003159), 2,338 ft, 5.2 mi from Lancaster. NOAA/NCEI 1991–2020 monthly normals.
34.698°N, 118.137°W in Mojave Desert.
34.698°N, 118.137°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° | 31° | 45.0° | 1.46″ | — | 21% |
| Jul | 98° | 67° | 82.4° | 0.14″ | — | 2% |
| Year | 98° | 30° | 62.1° | 6.81″ | — | 100% |
Where it sits among the fifty-seven
RANKED AGAINST EVERY OTHER PLACE ON THE SITE48th of 576.8 inches a year.WETTEST12th of 57A mean high of 98°F.HOTTEST JULY14th of 57A mean low of 31°F.COLDEST JANUARY NIGHTS17th of 572,350 feet.HIGHEST8th of 5737.4°F between July and January.WIDEST ANNUAL RANGE
Nearby, and nothing like it
The three places within 90 miles of Lancaster whose climate differs most — usually because something stands between them.