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Mount Shasta, CA

41.315°N, 122.317°W · station MHSthr · 79 years of record
78°F
forecast high · Oct 17

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Mount Shasta.
78°SAT10/1772°SUN10/1859°MON10/1959°TUE10/2064°WED10/2160°THU10/2259°FRI10/23

This Day in History

Every year's high on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Mount Shasta — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.

Ranks

#6 / 74
warmest Oct 17 in 74 yrs of record

Warmest Oct 17 ever

84°F
set in 1955

Coolest Oct 17 ever

46°F
set in 1949
Forecast high 78°F — 6th warmest Oct 17 of 74 years · record 84°F (1955) · warmest since 2002.
1948: 64°F1949: 46°F1950: 52°F1951: 62°F1952: 81°F1953: 53°F1954: 67°F1955: 84°F1956: 69°F1957: 65°F1958: 75°F1959: 81°F1960: 74°F1961: 70°F1962: 63°F1963: 73°F1964: 56°F1965: 66°F1966: 66°F1967: 76°F1968: 60°F1969: 50°F1970: 67°F1971: 48°F1972: 60°F1973: 77°F1974: 77°F1975: 63°F1976: 67°F1977: 80°F1978: 70°F1979: 64°F1980: 55°F1981: 72°F1982: 64°F1983: 65°F1988: 75°F1989: 75°F1990: 67°F1991: 75°F1992: 67°F1993: 53°F1994: 60°F1995: 73°F1996: 52°F1997: 74°F1998: 63°F1999: 68°F2000: 68°F2001: 63°F2002: 79°F2003: 75°F2004: 69°F2005: 75°F2006: 58°F2007: 50°F2008: 73°F2009: 71°F2010: 64°F2011: 74°F2012: 72°F2013: 71°F2014: 60°F2015: 63°F2016: 48°F2017: 76°F2018: 74°F2019: 58°F2020: 77°F2021: 59°F2022: 77°F2023: 66°F2024: 62°F2025: 69°F78° forecast45505560657075808519501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast high · Oct 1778°F
Hottest this date since2002
This-date record84°F
This-date rank#6 of 74
Hottest at any time since2026
All-time record106°F (2022)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1948–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Mount Shasta in each calendar month, and for the whole 1948–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan68°FJan 6, 2015-2°FJan 15, 1950
Feb71°FFeb 27, 1953-3°FFeb 6, 1989
Mar83°FMar 17, 202613°FMar 13, 1990
Apr87°FApr 21, 200914°FApr 27, 1955
May96°FMay 30, 198621°FMay 1, 1954
Jun103°FJun 27, 202125°FJun 12, 1952
Jul106°FJul 29, 202232°FJul 1, 1976
Aug105°FAug 7, 198134°FAug 23, 1960
Sep103°FSep 2, 195525°FSep 17, 1965
Oct93°FOct 2, 198017°FOct 30, 2019
Nov80°FNov 2, 19496°FNov 24, 1993
Dec72°FDec 11, 1958-13°FDec 22, 1990
All-time106°FJul 29, 2022-13°FDec 22, 1990

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Mount Shasta so far this year — through Oct 15.

Record Highs in 2026

8 broke
plus 4 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (83°F)

Record Lows in 2026

3 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

70°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Aug 16, 2023

Coldest high ever

7°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Dec 21, 1990
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan49°FJan 22, 197010°FJan 21, 1962
Feb49°FFeb 5, 196322°FFeb 4, 1989
Mar50°FMar 14, 201527°FMar 7, 1974
Apr53°FApr 19, 198932°FApr 29, 1948
May58°FMay 22, 196738°FMay 23, 1960
Jun63°FJun 20, 198544°FJun 1, 1967
Jul68°FJul 15, 197251°FJul 5, 1948
Aug70°FAug 16, 202350°FAug 20, 1968
Sep65°FSep 3, 195045°FSep 29, 1971
Oct56°FOct 9, 195337°FOct 29, 1948
Nov52°FNov 17, 199530°FNov 20, 1977
Dec49°FDec 22, 19647°FDec 21, 1990
All-time70°FAug 16, 20237°FDec 21, 1990

Hot Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F

Longest ever

24 days
record run, ended Jul 26 2024

So far in 2026

33 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal high & low by month, from Mount Shasta's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 66°F · forecast is +12° vs normal.
Jan: 45°FJan: 28°FFeb: 48°FFeb: 29°FMar: 53°FMar: 32°FApr: 60°FApr: 35°FMay: 69°FMay: 41°FJun: 77°FJun: 47°FJul: 87°FJul: 52°FAug: 86°FAug: 50°FSep: 79°FSep: 44°FOct: 66°FOct: 38°FNov: 52°FNov: 31°FDec: 44°FDec: 27°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise6:22 AM
Sunset5:27 PM
Solar noon11:55 AM
Daylight11h 05m · losing 19 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

41.31°N, 122.32°W

Nearby Stations

Redding, CA55 mi SKlamath Falls, OR65 mi NEMedford, OR78 mi NWAlturas, CA91 mi EEureka, CA102 mi WCrescent City, CA104 mi W

The Last 6 Weeks

Mount Shasta'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.
Mount Shasta, CA — last six weeks of daily high

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Mount Shasta's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Mount Shasta, CA — 2026 daily high trace
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Every Day Since 1948

Each cell is one day's high at Mount Shasta, coloured by temperature — 79 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Mount Shasta, CA daily high heat map 1948–2026

Days Above the Mark

How many days a year hit a given high at Mount Shasta — counted through Oct 17 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
33 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 17th most in 79 years. Normal for this point: 24. Record: 65 in 2021.

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