The second largest metro area in the U.S., Los Angeles has a climate of hot and dry summers and cool plus relatively wet winters.
Details below are for the LAX station at Los Angeles International Airport. The most recent climate data is available on weather.gov.
Key climate data
Average daily temperatures
Los Angeles’s official location is near the ocean, so it is considerably cooler than just inland during the summer. Highs range from an average of 65 to 77 degrees, while lows range from 49 to 65 degrees.
Record daily temperatures
Despite its location near the coast, offshore winds can turn the temperature way up. The all-time maximum is 110 degrees in late September 1963. It has also been as cold as 27 degrees.
Record daily precipitation
The most rain in the city on one day is 5.60 inches.
Average monthly precipitation
Winter is the rainy season in Los Angeles, with February the wettest month at around 3 inches. Midsummer often features no rain.
Annual temperature
The annual average temperature in Las Vegas is around 64 degrees. The record warmest year was 1959 with 66.4 degrees.
Annual precipitation
The city averages about 12.3 inches of rain per year. The record is 29.46 inches coming out of a strong El Nino during 1983.
High temperature days
The LAX location averages a handful of 90s per year. It's pretty atypical for highs below 60 degrees.
Low temperature days
It hasn't been at or below freezing since 1968-1969.
Average monthly nice days
Nice days are numerous, although since this does not factor in clouds, the numbers are probably inflated a good deal in some peak summer months like June which is known for its gloom.
Raw data (csv)
Los Angeles (1944). norms: month, day
L.A. Downtown (1877). norms: month, day
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