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Needles, CA 34.768°N, 114.618°W · station EEDthr · 139 years of record
113°F
HOTTEST JUL 15 SINCE 2024
forecast high · Jul 15
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Needles.
107° MON 7/13 110° TUE 7/14 113° WED 7/15 109° THU 7/16 104° FRI 7/17 105° SAT 7/18 108° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 15
Today ranks #40 / 131
warmest Jul 15 in 131 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 15 ever 121°F
set in 2006
Coolest Jul 15 ever 95°F
set in 1914
Hottest Jul 15 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 15 at Needles. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
95 108 121 1888: 108°F 1889: 114°F 1891: 116°F 1892: 106°F 1893: 107°F 1894: 100°F 1895: 112°F 1896: 111°F 1897: 111°F 1899: 105°F 1900: 102°F 1901: 109°F 1902: 111°F 1903: 101°F 1904: 111°F 1905: 102°F 1906: 102°F 1908: 110°F 1909: 110°F 1910: 98°F 1911: 112°F 1912: 97°F 1913: 106°F 1914: 95°F 1915: 105°F 1916: 103°F 1917: 115°F 1918: 107°F 1920: 108°F 1921: 109°F 1922: 116°F 1924: 114°F 1925: 120°F 1926: 116°F 1927: 110°F 1928: 109°F 1929: 112°F 1930: 112°F 1931: 110°F 1932: 109°F 1933: 101°F 1934: 105°F 1935: 114°F 1936: 112°F 1937: 109°F 1939: 110°F 1940: 105°F 1941: 113°F 1942: 96°F 1943: 108°F 1944: 106°F 1945: 100°F 1946: 109°F 1947: 105°F 1948: 114°F 1949: 118°F 1950: 114°F 1951: 110°F 1952: 107°F 1953: 107°F 1954: 115°F 1955: 113°F 1956: 105°F 1957: 113°F 1958: 109°F 1959: 112°F 1960: 114°F 1961: 115°F 1962: 105°F 1963: 113°F 1964: 110°F 1965: 106°F 1966: 112°F 1967: 105°F 1968: 104°F 1969: 110°F 1970: 117°F 1971: 110°F 1972: 117°F 1973: 106°F 1974: 97°F 1975: 109°F 1976: 107°F 1977: 110°F 1978: 116°F 1979: 109°F 1980: 105°F 1981: 108°F 1982: 112°F 1983: 113°F 1984: 105°F 1985: 113°F 1986: 95°F 1988: 111°F 1989: 114°F 1990: 97°F 1991: 111°F 1992: 101°F 1993: 106°F 1994: 110°F 1995: 110°F 1996: 109°F 1997: 115°F 1998: 118°F 1999: 102°F 2000: 111°F 2001: 107°F 2002: 114°F 2003: 117°F 2004: 101°F 2005: 119°F 2006: 121°F 2007: 112°F 2008: 105°F 2009: 111°F 2010: 120°F 2011: 102°F 2012: 102°F 2013: 114°F 2014: 108°F 2015: 108°F 2016: 115°F 2017: 118°F 2018: 111°F 2019: 117°F 2020: 113°F 2021: 110°F 2022: 114°F 2023: 121°F 2024: 113°F 2025: 111°F 113° forecast 1888 2025 2006 Forecast high · Jul 15 113°F Hottest this date since 2024 This-date record 121°F This-date rank #40 of 131
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 125°F (1925) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1888–2026
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Needles in each calendar month, and for the whole 1888–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 85°F 1971 18°F 1937 Feb 92°F 1986 22°F 1933 Mar 106°F 2026 29°F 1917 Apr 107°F 2012 33°F 1909 May 118°F 1910 39°F 1909 Jun 125°F 2016 46°F 1915 Jul 125°F 1925 57°F 1987 Aug 123°F 2020 60°F 1917 Sep 120°F 1950 40°F 1910 Oct 112°F 1917 34°F 1971 Nov 93°F 2020 25°F 1906 Dec 83°F 1977 20°F 1895 All-time 125°F 1925 18°F 1937
Records set or tied at Needles so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 15 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high records this year: Feb (92°F), Mar (106°F)
Record Lows in 2026 0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Current run 5 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 167 days
record run, ended Oct 24 2003
So far in 2026 87 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Needles's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 110°F · forecast is +3° vs normal .
Jan: 66°F Jan: 45°F Feb: 71°F Feb: 47°F Mar: 79°F Mar: 53°F Apr: 86°F Apr: 59°F May: 96°F May: 69°F Jun: 106°F Jun: 78°F Jul: 110°F Jul: 85°F Aug: 109°F Aug: 84°F Sep: 102°F Sep: 76°F Oct: 89°F Oct: 63°F Nov: 75°F Nov: 51°F Dec: 64°F Dec: 44°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:35 AM Sunset 6:53 PM Solar noon 11:44 AM Daylight 14h 18m · losing 6 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 34.77°N, 114.62°W Needles'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 Needles'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 Needles, coloured by temperature — 139 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 Needles — counted through Jul 15 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
87 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 20th most in 139 years. Normal for this point: 73 . Record: 97 in 1910.
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