California January Weather

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

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Statewide January Averages
High temperature	54.6 °F
Low temperature	35.0 °F
Precipitation	4.1 inches

California Cities

January 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	39.9	79	19	3.0	n/a
Bakersfield	58.6	39.9	82	14	1.2	0.1
Barstow	59.9	35.3	83	3	0.8	0.0
Berkeley	58.4	44.0	78	25	5.3	0.0
Big Bear Lake	47.6	22.9	71	-25	4.8	16.5
Bishop	54.7	23.4	77	-15	1.1	3.9
Blythe	68.5	43.1	89	5	0.5	n/a
Chula Vista	67.9	47.1	90	24	1.8	0.0
Coalinga	60.0	38.2	81	11	2.1	0.0
Colusa	55.1	38.6	78	17	3.1	0.0
Crescent City	54.7	41.8	75	19	9.8	n/a
Culver City	66.8	48.2	90	24	3.2	0.0
Davis	56.1	38.1	83	18	4.0	0.0
Death Valley	67.4	40.1	90	20	0.4	0.0
El Cajon	70.4	42.9	93	19	2.3	n/a
Escondido	69.0	44.5	92	13	3.0	0.0
Eureka	55.6	41.4	78	25	6.7	0.0
Fairfield	56.7	39.3	78	18	4.7	0.0
Fresno	56.6	39.7	78	18	2.2	0.0
Gilroy	61.5	39.2	80	18	4.3	0.0
Half Moon Bay	59.6	43.2	76	27	5.0	0.0
Hanford	55.7	37.3	77	14	1.7	0.0
Hollister	60.3	39.0	84	14	3.2	0.0
Imperial	70.7	42.5	96	16	0.5	0.0
Indio	71.4	46.5	97	13	0.7	n/a
King City	63.2	38.0	86	15	2.5	0.0
Lake Elsinore	67.8	40.8	91	15	2.8	0.0
Lindsay	59.0	37.2	81	18	2.3	0.2
Livermore	57.6	38.6	77	18	2.8	n/a
Long Beach	67.8	47.0	93	21	2.9	n/a
Los Angeles	66.3	49.4	91	27	2.9	n/a
Los Banos	56.4	38.6	75	14	1.9	0.0
Madera	55.9	37.7	78	15	2.1	n/a
Merced	55.6	37.5	75	16	2.4	n/a
Modesto	56.1	39.7	75	18	2.6	n/a
Monterey	60.3	44.9	90	22	4.4	0.0
Napa	57.3	38.1	85	18	4.4	n/a
Needles	66.1	44.6	85	18	0.7	n/a
Nevada City	50.9	35.5	83	-1	10.4	2.1
Newport Beach	64.0	50.5	87	29	2.2	0.0
Oakland	57.9	42.0	83	25	2.7	n/a
Orland	57.1	38.1	81	17	4.1	0.0
Oroville	57.3	38.0	82	15	5.4	0.0
Oxnard	65.4	46.6	90	26	2.8	n/a
Palm Springs	70.3	46.7	95	19	1.2	n/a
Palmdale	59.6	33.5	85	6	1.2	n/a
Pasadena	68.4	46.9	93	21	4.5	0.0
Paso Robles	62.1	34.1	83	0	3.4	0.0
Petaluma	58.1	39.1	85	18	4.8	0.0
Red Bluff	56.5	38.2	80	17	4.4	n/a
Redding	56.5	37.4	87	16	6.0	n/a
Riverside	68.8	43.3	101	18	2.1	n/a
Sacramento	55.9	39.2	76	19	3.7	n/a
Salinas	62.2	42.0	86	18	2.6	n/a
San Diego	66.0	50.0	88	25	2.0	n/a
San Francisco	58.4	46.9	79	30	4.4	n/a
San Jacinto	68.1	39.5	91	7	2.7	0.0
San Jose	59.5	42.3	79	18	2.8	n/a
San Luis Obispo	65.4	41.7	91	21	4.4	n/a
San Rafael	55.6	42.2	82	23	8.0	0.0
Santa Ana	70.4	48.2	96	16	2.9	0.0
Santa Barbara	65.2	41.0	90	24	3.9	n/a
Santa Cantalina Island	61.9	50.7	85	29	2.3	n/a
Santa Cruz	61.3	41.6	84	20	6.5	0.0
Santa Maria	64.9	40.7	89	20	2.7	n/a
Santa Monica	65.7	49.6	88	26	3.2	n/a
Santa Rosa	58.1	38.2	85	15	6.4	n/a
Sequoia National Park	39.6	17.5	65	-10	7.4	44.4
Sonora	56.3	33.0	75	13	6.5	0.0
St. Helena	59.2	39.7	83	16	6.2	0.0
Stockton	56.0	38.8	78	16	2.7	n/a
Tahoe City	40.8	20.9	60	-15	6.2	36.6
Truckee	42.2	23.7	64	-28	6.1	n/a
Twentynine Palms	64.4	39.4	85	11	0.5	0.0
Ukiah	57.5	37.2	82	12	7.1	n/a
Vacaville	57.1	38.3	81	18	5.3	n/a
Victorville	60.3	32.8	84	-1	1.0	0.0
Visalia	55.9	39.3	80	13	2.2	0.1
Watsonville	61.4	40.6	84	20	4.3	n/a
Yreka	46.0	25.5	67	-11	3.2	4.3