Needles
Mojave Desert
Regularly the hottest place in the country on days Death Valley is not.
110°FJuly mean high
46°FJanuary mean low
4.3″Annual precipitation
42.3°FAnnual range
Source station: NEEDLES AP, CA US (USW00023179), 890 ft, 5.6 mi from Needles, 395 ft higher. NOAA/NCEI 1991–2020 monthly normals.
34.848°N, 114.614°W in Mojave Desert.
34.848°N, 114.614°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 | 66° | 46° | 56.2° | 0.73″ | — | 17% |
| Jul | 110° | 87° | 98.5° | 0.27″ | — | 6% |
| Year | 110° | 45° | 76.2° | 4.32″ | — | 100% |
Where it sits among the fifty-seven
RANKED AGAINST EVERY OTHER PLACE ON THE SITE54th of 574.3 inches a year.WETTEST2nd of 57A mean high of 110°F.HOTTEST JULY49th of 57A mean low of 46°F.COLDEST JANUARY NIGHTS27th of 57495 feet.HIGHEST2nd of 5742.3°F between July and January.WIDEST ANNUAL RANGE
Nearby, and nothing like it
The three places within 90 miles of Needles whose climate differs most — usually because something stands between them.