South Lake Tahoe
Sierra Nevada
The lake moderates the shoreline; a mile away, it does not.
80°FJuly mean high
18°FJanuary mean low
20.5″Annual precipitation
30.9°FAnnual range
Source station: SOUTH LAKE TAHOE AP, CA US (USW00093230), 6,314 ft, 3.0 mi from South Lake Tahoe, 77 ft higher. NOAA/NCEI 1991–2020 monthly normals.
38.940°N, 119.977°W in Sierra Nevada.
38.940°N, 119.977°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 | 43° | 18° | 30.6° | 2.81″ | — | 14% |
| Jul | 80° | 42° | 61.5° | 0.39″ | — | 2% |
| Year | 80° | 18° | 44.2° | 20.46″ | — | 100% |
Where it sits among the fifty-seven
RANKED AGAINST EVERY OTHER PLACE ON THE SITE23rd of 5720.5 inches a year.WETTEST40th of 57A mean high of 80°F.HOTTEST JULY4th of 57A mean low of 18°F.COLDEST JANUARY NIGHTS4th of 576,237 feet.HIGHEST23rd of 5730.9°F between July and January.WIDEST ANNUAL RANGE
Nearby, and nothing like it
The three places within 90 miles of South Lake Tahoe whose climate differs most — usually because something stands between them.