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Alturas, CA 41.484°N, 120.561°W · station AATthr · 92 years of record
94°F
HOTTEST JUL 17 SINCE 2022
forecast high · Jul 17
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Alturas.
87° MON 7/13 89° TUE 7/14 92° WED 7/15 92° THU 7/16 94° FRI 7/17 92° SAT 7/18 91° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 17
Today ranks #22 / 89
warmest Jul 17 in 89 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 17 ever 101°F
set in 1959
Coolest Jul 17 ever 66°F
set in 1993
Hottest Jul 17 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 17 at Alturas. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
66 84 101 1935: 94°F 1937: 88°F 1938: 94°F 1939: 87°F 1940: 82°F 1941: 90°F 1942: 82°F 1943: 87°F 1944: 89°F 1945: 84°F 1946: 82°F 1947: 90°F 1948: 89°F 1949: 89°F 1950: 88°F 1951: 92°F 1952: 89°F 1953: 90°F 1954: 93°F 1955: 88°F 1956: 87°F 1957: 85°F 1958: 83°F 1959: 101°F 1960: 95°F 1961: 88°F 1962: 91°F 1963: 84°F 1964: 80°F 1965: 91°F 1966: 87°F 1967: 86°F 1968: 84°F 1969: 89°F 1970: 85°F 1971: 95°F 1972: 98°F 1973: 95°F 1974: 83°F 1975: 77°F 1976: 96°F 1977: 95°F 1978: 74°F 1979: 100°F 1980: 87°F 1981: 90°F 1982: 84°F 1983: 77°F 1984: 100°F 1985: 93°F 1986: 68°F 1987: 81°F 1988: 88°F 1989: 79°F 1990: 97°F 1991: 76°F 1992: 91°F 1993: 66°F 1994: 96°F 1995: 90°F 1996: 84°F 1998: 97°F 1999: 80°F 2000: 81°F 2001: 77°F 2002: 92°F 2003: 96°F 2004: 94°F 2005: 98°F 2006: 97°F 2007: 85°F 2008: 88°F 2009: 98°F 2010: 96°F 2011: 81°F 2012: 86°F 2013: 89°F 2014: 96°F 2015: 88°F 2016: 87°F 2017: 90°F 2018: 96°F 2019: 87°F 2020: 97°F 2021: 93°F 2022: 97°F 2023: 93°F 2024: 93°F 2025: 90°F 94° forecast 1935 2025 1959 Forecast high · Jul 17 94°F Hottest this date since 2022 This-date record 101°F This-date rank #22 of 89
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 107°F (1960) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1935–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Alturas in each calendar month, and for the whole 1935–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 69°F 1961 -32°F 1937 Feb 72°F 1986 -33°F 1989 Mar 82°F 1966 -7°F 1971 Apr 85°F 1987 7°F 1997 May 95°F 1983 14°F 2010 Jun 105°F 2021 21°F 1973 Jul 107°F 1960 28°F 1976 Aug 106°F 1961 26°F 1960 Sep 106°F 1955 15°F 1950 Oct 93°F 1961 0°F 2002 Nov 82°F 1962 -17°F 1985 Dec 71°F 1939 -34°F 1972 All-time 107°F 1960 -34°F 1972
Records set or tied at Alturas so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 6 broke
plus 2 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (82°F)
Record Lows in 2026 1 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 5 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 32 days
record run, ended Aug 15 1971
So far in 2026 11 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Alturas's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 89°F · forecast is +5° vs normal .
Jan: 44°F Jan: 20°F Feb: 47°F Feb: 22°F Mar: 53°F Mar: 25°F Apr: 59°F Apr: 29°F May: 68°F May: 36°F Jun: 78°F Jun: 41°F Jul: 89°F Jul: 46°F Aug: 88°F Aug: 43°F Sep: 80°F Sep: 36°F Oct: 66°F Oct: 28°F Nov: 51°F Nov: 24°F Dec: 42°F Dec: 19°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:40 AM Sunset 7:36 PM Solar noon 12:08 PM Daylight 14h 56m · losing 8 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 41.48°N, 120.56°W Alturas's observed daily high for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Alturas's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's high at Alturas, coloured by temperature — 92 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given high at Alturas — counted through Jul 17 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
11 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 23rd most in 92 years. Normal for this point: 9 . Record: 30 in 2021.
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