Needles, CA

California · Records since 1888–2026

☀️ 107°F
Currently in Needles
As of 11:30 AM PDT
🔥 7° below today's record of 114°F

Records for September 11

🔥 Record High

114°F

September 11, 1990

+9° from 105° normal

❄ Record Low

54°F

September 11, 1906

-25° from 79° normal
🌞 Normal high: 105°F 🌑 Normal low: 79°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 — September 11

# Temp Date
🏆 114°F September 11, 1990
2 112°F September 11, 1971
3 112°F September 11, 1945
4 111°F September 11, 1979
5 111°F September 11, 1963
6 110°F September 11, 2007
7 110°F September 11, 1970
8 110°F September 11, 1955
9 110°F September 11, 1948
10 110°F September 11, 1922

Top 5 Record Lows — September 11

# Temp Date
🥶 54°F September 11, 1906
2 55°F September 11, 1931
3 57°F September 11, 1920
4 60°F September 11, 1928
5 60°F September 11, 1925
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
115
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
3
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1888–2026
146
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

138 of 235 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

0.41"
2026 YTD
Normal: 3.12"
-2.71"
0.04"
September so far
September normal: 0.34"
-0.30"
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 2.71" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Jun 12 – Sep 10, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 91 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
97.7°F
Average temperature
6th-warmest of 127
+1.9°
vs. average
Normal: 95.8°F (1991–2020)

Average Temperature by Year — Jun 12 – Sep 10

1892–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.48° per decade (warming since 1892)

Precipitation by Year — Jun 12 – Sep 10

1892–2024 · 2026 highlighted · trend -0.04" per decade (drier since 1892)

Warmest Jun 12 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2024 99.8°F
2 2018 99.1°F
3 2017 98.9°F
4 2021 98.1°F
5 2006 97.9°F
6 2026 97.7°F
7 2020 97.6°F
8 1994 97.4°F
9 2007 97.4°F
10 2019 97.4°F

Coolest Jun 12 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1909 85.8°F
2 1916 87.4°F
3 1912 87.8°F
4 1915 87.9°F
5 1939 88.3°F
6 1914 89.0°F
7 1920 89.1°F
8 1941 89.2°F
9 1932 90.6°F
10 1894 90.6°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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