Needles, CA

California · Records since 1888–2026

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Records for November 12

🔥 Record High

90°F

November 12, 1934

+13° from 77° normal

❄ Record Low

32°F

November 12, 1950

-22° from 54° normal
🌞 Normal high: 77°F 🌑 Normal low: 54°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Needles

🔥
125°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jun 20, 2017
❄
18°F
Coldest Day Ever
Jan 22, 1937
🌧
3.49"
Wettest Day Ever
Aug 19, 1906
☃
12.2"
Most Snow in One Day
Jan 12, 1949

First & Last Dates — Needles

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
357 days
Longest growing season
1974
246 days
Shortest growing season
1922

Top 10 Record Highs — November 12

# Temp Date
🏆 90°F November 12, 1934
2 89°F November 12, 1973
3 86°F November 12, 2021
4 86°F November 12, 2013
5 86°F November 12, 1999
6 85°F November 12, 1989
7 85°F November 12, 1967
8 85°F November 12, 1930
9 85°F November 12, 1913
10 85°F November 12, 1906

Top 5 Record Lows — November 12

# Temp Date
🥶 32°F November 12, 1950
2 33°F November 12, 1935
3 34°F November 12, 1919
4 35°F November 12, 1924
5 35°F November 12, 1915
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1888–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Needles

threshold: 114°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.7
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
118°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
141
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
3
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1888–2026
175
2026 so far
161
Avg/year 1970–2025
178
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
201
Most in a year (1934)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Needles

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 26, 1995 – Aug 10, 1995 16 119°F (Jul 28) 116°F 88°F
2 Jul 7, 1925 – Jul 19, 1925 13 125°F (Jul 16) 118°F 83°F
3 Jul 25, 1889 – Aug 6, 1889 13 119°F (Jul 27) 116°F 88°F
4 Jul 11, 2005 – Jul 22, 2005 12 125°F (Jul 17) 119°F 91°F
5 Jun 16, 2017 – Jun 27, 2017 12 125°F (Jun 20) 120°F 88°F
6 Jul 2, 2024 – Jul 13, 2024 12 123°F (Jul 8) 119°F 89°F
7 Jul 14, 1891 – Jul 25, 1891 12 119°F (Jul 17) 117°F 85°F
8 Jul 12, 2023 – Jul 22, 2023 11 121°F (Jul 15) 118°F 91°F
9 Jul 16, 2024 – Jul 26, 2024 11 120°F (Jul 25) 116°F 93°F
10 Jun 19, 1919 – Jun 29, 1919 11 119°F (Jun 25) 116°F 72°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

59
2026 total
above-normal nights
28.8
Avg / summer
1970–2020
69
Most in a summer
2024

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1888–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1888, annual totals have trended +0.01" per decade, about +0.2" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Needles is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

158 of 296 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

1.78"
2026 YTD
Normal: 3.63"
-1.85"
0.27"
November so far
November normal: 0.34"
-0.07"
0
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Needles is 1.85" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Nov 1 – Nov 11, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 11 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
66.2°F
Average temperature
48th-warmest of 130
-0.7°
vs. average
Normal: 66.9°F (1991–2020)

Average Temperature by Year — Nov 1 – Nov 11

1888–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.45° per decade (warming since 1888)

Precipitation by Year — Nov 1 – Nov 11

1888–2024 · 2026 highlighted · trend -0.01" per decade (drier since 1888)

Warmest Nov 1 – Nov 11 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2016 75.1°F
2 2025 73.4°F
3 2001 73.2°F
4 2007 72.9°F
5 1988 72.7°F
6 1980 71.6°F
7 2017 71.2°F
8 1903 70.5°F
9 2005 70.3°F
10 1962 70.1°F

Coolest Nov 1 – Nov 11 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1919 50.7°F
2 1916 51.3°F
3 1936 53.1°F
4 1946 54.6°F
5 1922 54.7°F
6 1920 56.3°F
7 1889 56.5°F
8 1957 57.8°F
9 1935 58.2°F
10 1933 59.0°F
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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