California December Weather

California weather averages and all-time records in the month of December from 1991–2020 based on data made available by the NOAA.

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Statewide December Averages
High temperature	53.7 °F
Low temperature	34.2 °F
Precipitation	4.0 inches

California Cities

December weather averages for various places in California, from 1991–2020.

City	Average (°F)		Record (°F)		Monthly (inches)
City	High	Low	High	Low	Precipitation	Snow
Antioch	56.1	40.1	78	14	2.7	n/a
Bakersfield	58.6	39.0	87	13	1.1	0.0
Barstow	58.3	34.5	86	8	0.8	0.3
Berkeley	57.9	43.8	76	24	5.0	0.0
Big Bear Lake	47.5	22.8	70	-14	3.2	10.4
Bishop	53.5	21.9	81	-9	0.7	0.8
Blythe	66.6	41.6	99	15	0.4	n/a
Chula Vista	67.3	46.7	86	28	1.5	0.0
Coalinga	60.5	36.9	84	11	1.2	0.0
Colusa	55.2	37.9	76	14	3.0	0.0
Crescent City	54.4	41.0	80	19	11.4	n/a
Culver City	66.0	47.5	91	30	2.5	0.0
Davis	56.2	38.1	88	12	3.7	0.0
Death Valley	65.8	39.1	88	22	0.2	0.0
El Cajon	69.4	42.6	95	21	1.9	n/a
Escondido	68.3	43.5	96	15	2.0	0.0
Eureka	55.1	40.5	77	21	8.1	0.0
Fairfield	56.9	39.3	78	15	5.3	0.0
Fresno	56.4	39.0	77	18	1.8	0.0
Gilroy	60.9	38.7	80	17	4.3	0.0
Half Moon Bay	59.5	42.8	79	19	4.7	0.0
Hanford	56.0	35.8	80	15	1.4	0.0
Hollister	59.2	38.6	81	14	2.3	0.1
Imperial	69.1	41.7	90	21	0.4	0.0
Indio	69.6	45.7	96	17	0.4	n/a
King City	62.5	36.9	91	14	2.2	0.0
Lake Elsinore	66.9	39.7	90	17	2.0	0.0
Lindsay	59.2	35.6	82	17	1.9	0.0
Livermore	57.9	38.4	79	18	2.8	n/a
Long Beach	67.1	46.4	92	28	2.2	n/a
Los Angeles	66.0	49.1	94	32	2.2	n/a
Los Banos	56.6	37.5	75	14	1.5	0.0
Madera	56.2	37.2	76	16	1.8	n/a
Merced	55.9	36.9	76	15	1.9	n/a
Modesto	56.3	39.1	75	18	2.2	n/a
Monterey	59.2	44.4	89	20	3.8	0.1
Napa	57.5	37.4	81	14	4.3	n/a
Needles	64.3	43.6	83	20	0.4	n/a
Nevada City	48.5	34.4	86	-1	11.8	2.6
Newport Beach	64.4	50.4	86	32	1.6	0.0
Oakland	58.2	42.7	79	25	3.9	n/a
Orland	56.7	37.7	81	15	4.0	0.0
Oroville	56.6	38.9	79	12	5.2	0.0
Oxnard	65.0	46.1	96	28	2.1	n/a
Palm Springs	68.6	45.3	93	23	0.7	n/a
Palmdale	58.2	32.4	84	9	1.1	n/a
Pasadena	67.3	46.0	93	25	3.3	0.0
Paso Robles	61.2	32.5	87	7	2.5	0.0
Petaluma	58.1	38.6	81	16	5.2	0.0
Red Bluff	55.7	37.9	83	13	4.2	n/a
Redding	55.5	37.0	83	16	6.3	n/a
Riverside	67.7	42.4	94	21	1.5	n/a
Sacramento	55.8	38.5	74	17	3.4	n/a
Salinas	61.6	41.1	85	23	2.1	n/a
San Diego	65.5	49.4	88	32	1.7	n/a
San Francisco	58.5	47.2	76	27	4.8	n/a
San Jacinto	66.2	38.6	92	17	1.8	0.0
San Jose	59.3	42.1	79	19	2.4	n/a
San Luis Obispo	65.2	41.2	92	17	3.3	n/a
San Rafael	56.1	42.0	79	20	7.4	0.0
Santa Ana	69.4	47.4	95	22	2.2	0.0
Santa Barbara	64.9	40.1	91	20	2.7	n/a
Santa Cantalina Island	60.7	50.0	81	34	2.2	n/a
Santa Cruz	60.3	41.3	87	19	6.5	0.0
Santa Maria	64.5	39.8	90	20	2.1	n/a
Santa Monica	65.2	49.2	89	30	2.2	n/a
Santa Rosa	57.7	37.7	83	9	6.7	n/a
Sequoia National Park	37.6	17.0	60	-16	7.1	40.3
Sonora	55.7	32.0	81	8	5.9	0.0
St. Helena	58.1	39.1	83	11	7.6	0.0
Stockton	56.1	38.1	76	17	2.4	n/a
Tahoe City	40.9	20.8	60	-16	6.0	36.3
Truckee	40.4	23.1	76	-22	6.1	n/a
Twentynine Palms	63.1	37.8	86	10	0.5	0.3
Ukiah	56.2	36.4	84	13	7.5	n/a
Vacaville	57.4	38.0	80	14	5.2	n/a
Victorville	59.0	32.1	90	6	1.0	0.0
Visalia	56.0	38.7	86	20	1.9	0.0
Watsonville	60.7	40.0	84	12	4.3	n/a
Yreka	44.9	25.2	66	-11	3.7	2.8