Is this weather normal in Los Angeles County?

California · county records since 1895, through September 2026.

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The last 12 months brought 21.2 inches of rain and snow to Los Angeles County, 140% of the usual 15.1. 10 of the last 12 months ran warmer than usual there.

This week

Usual for Oct 28 to Nov 3: highs near 72°, lows near 49°

That is the 1991 to 2020 average for these dates in Los Angeles County. The Weather Service forecast fills in below.

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The last 12 months

September 2026 ran right at the usual: the 28th warmest September of 132 on record.
Top-10 warm months this past year: December 2025 (warmest on record), January 2026 (6th warmest), February 2026 (4th warmest), March 2026 (warmest on record), August 2026 (2nd warmest).
10 of the last 12 months were warmer than usual.

Each bar is a month's average temperature against the usual for that month (1991 to 2020). Ranks compare the same month in every year since 1895.

Every year since 1895

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Warming about 0.6° per decade since 1970.
Warmest year: 2014 (64.8°). Coldest: 1911 (56.8°).
7 of the 10 warmest years came in the last 10.

Rain and drought

21.2 inches in the last 12 months, against a usual 15.1 (140%).
September brought 0.72 in (usual 0.14): the 13th wettest of 132.
Drought reading for September: a little dry (-1.6).

Rain and melted snow against the usual for each month. The drought reading is NOAA's Palmer index for the county.

Month by month in Los Angeles County

Month	Usual high / low	Usual rain	Warmest	Coldest
January	61° / 41°	3.4 in	56.9° 2003	36.9° 1949
February	62° / 41°	3.9 in	58.7° 2016	43.6° 1911
March	66° / 44°	2.4 in	65.5° 2026	46.3° 1952
April	70° / 46°	0.9 in	63.4° 1989	47.2° 1967
May	76° / 52°	0.3 in	70.2° 1997	56.0° 1917
June	83° / 58°	0.1 in	75.0° 2016	62.5° 1944
July	89° / 63°	0.1 in	80.8° 2018	69.8° 1944
August	90° / 63°	0.0 in	80.1° 2022	68.6° 1900
September	86° / 60°	0.1 in	77.7° 2022	63.3° 1900
October	77° / 52°	0.6 in	69.3° 2003	55.2° 1916
November	68° / 45°	0.9 in	61.3° 2021	48.8° 1994
December	60° / 40°	2.5 in	56.4° 2025	43.3° 1971

Warmest and coldest are the month's whole-month average temperature, with the year it happened.

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