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Redding, CA

40.515°N, 122.298°W · station RDDthr · 134 years of record
89°F
forecast high · Oct 17

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Redding.
89°SAT10/1783°SUN10/1869°MON10/1973°TUE10/2076°WED10/2172°THU10/2274°FRI10/23

This Day in History

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

Ranks

#8 / 127
warmest Oct 17 in 127 yrs of record

Warmest Oct 17 ever

98°F
set in 1988

Coolest Oct 17 ever

61°F
set in 1986
Forecast high 89°F — 8th warmest Oct 17 of 127 years · record 98°F (1988) · warmest since 2020.
1893: 70°F1894: 72°F1895: 76°F1896: 87°F1897: 79°F1898: 81°F1899: 74°F1900: 74°F1901: 78°F1902: 79°F1903: 89°F1904: 64°F1905: 66°F1906: 71°F1907: 77°F1908: 62°F1909: 70°F1910: 71°F1911: 92°F1912: 88°F1913: 83°F1914: 66°F1915: 82°F1916: 79°F1917: 71°F1918: 73°F1919: 70°F1920: 62°F1922: 77°F1923: 73°F1924: 64°F1925: 71°F1926: 83°F1927: 75°F1928: 83°F1931: 76°F1932: 71°F1933: 88°F1934: 66°F1935: 79°F1936: 84°F1937: 74°F1938: 67°F1939: 69°F1940: 78°F1941: 86°F1942: 83°F1943: 69°F1944: 86°F1945: 82°F1946: 68°F1947: 72°F1949: 70°F1950: 66°F1951: 72°F1952: 88°F1953: 68°F1954: 78°F1955: 85°F1956: 82°F1957: 76°F1958: 81°F1959: 86°F1960: 88°F1961: 92°F1962: 81°F1963: 82°F1964: 80°F1965: 79°F1966: 87°F1967: 88°F1968: 78°F1969: 64°F1970: 81°F1971: 64°F1972: 72°F1973: 85°F1974: 89°F1975: 76°F1976: 85°F1977: 86°F1978: 90°F1979: 79°F1981: 88°F1982: 78°F1984: 63°F1985: 84°F1986: 61°F1987: 87°F1988: 98°F1989: 86°F1990: 81°F1991: 92°F1992: 82°F1993: 72°F1994: 73°F1995: 85°F1996: 71°F1997: 83°F1998: 79°F1999: 83°F2000: 77°F2001: 83°F2002: 76°F2003: 84°F2004: 72°F2005: 91°F2006: 73°F2007: 62°F2008: 89°F2009: 79°F2010: 67°F2011: 86°F2012: 87°F2013: 85°F2014: 73°F2015: 77°F2016: 67°F2017: 85°F2018: 85°F2019: 71°F2020: 98°F2021: 73°F2022: 81°F2023: 88°F2024: 78°F2025: 80°F89° forecast606570758085909510019001910192019401950196019701990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast high · Oct 1789°F
Hottest this date since2020
This-date record98°F
This-date rank#8 of 127
Hottest at any time since2026
All-time record119°F (2024)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1893–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Redding in each calendar month, and for the whole 1893–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan87°FJan 2, 192016°FJan 17, 2012
Feb87°FFeb 2, 192020°FFeb 9, 1903
Mar93°FMar 17, 191427°FMar 4, 1896
Apr98°FApr 25, 192628°FApr 9, 1999
May109°FMay 31, 202131°FMay 1, 1948
Jun117°FJun 25, 200638°FJun 12, 1952
Jul119°FJul 6, 202448°FJul 3, 1983
Aug118°FAug 10, 197144°FAug 25, 1984
Sep116°FSep 3, 198839°FSep 20, 1947
Oct106°FOct 7, 191729°FOct 30, 1935
Nov99°FNov 1, 192721°FNov 13, 1985
Dec83°FDec 1, 202116°FDec 9, 2009
All-time119°FJul 6, 202416°FDec 9, 2009

2026 Records So Far

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

Record Highs in 2026

3 broke
plus 2 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (93°F)

Record Lows in 2026

0 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

87°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Aug 11, 1971

Coldest high ever

29°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Dec 10, 1932
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan59°FJan 1, 199731°FJan 9, 1937
Feb65°FFeb 9, 202236°FFeb 2, 1939
Mar65°FMar 7, 190538°FMar 2, 1976
Apr72°FApr 29, 198144°FApr 1, 1982
May79°FMay 31, 202151°FMay 11, 1942
Jun86°FJun 15, 200457°FJun 7, 1988
Jul87°FJul 15, 197268°FJul 1, 1916
Aug87°FAug 11, 197167°FAug 18, 1924
Sep83°FSep 19, 200055°FSep 30, 1919
Oct74°FOct 2, 195851°FOct 31, 1900
Nov68°FNov 19, 189541°FNov 28, 2005
Dec59°FDec 9, 198829°FDec 10, 1932
All-time87°FAug 11, 197129°FDec 10, 1932

Hot Streaks

Current run

1 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F

Longest ever

85 days
record run, ended Sep 6 2017

So far in 2026

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

Climate Normals

Normal high & low by month, from Redding's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 79°F · forecast is +10° vs normal.
Jan: 56°FJan: 37°FFeb: 60°FFeb: 40°FMar: 65°FMar: 43°FApr: 71°FApr: 47°FMay: 81°FMay: 54°FJun: 91°FJun: 62°FJul: 99°FJul: 66°FAug: 97°FAug: 64°FSep: 92°FSep: 58°FOct: 79°FOct: 50°FNov: 64°FNov: 41°FDec: 56°FDec: 37°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise6:21 AM
Sunset5:28 PM
Solar noon11:54 AM
Daylight11h 07m · losing 18 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

40.52°N, 122.30°W

Nearby Stations

Mount Shasta, CA55 mi NEureka, CA99 mi WUkiah, CA107 mi SWAlturas, CA112 mi NEKlamath Falls, OR116 mi NMedford, OR131 mi N

The Last 6 Weeks

Redding'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.
Redding, CA — last six weeks of daily high

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Redding's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Redding, CA — 2026 daily high trace
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Every Day Since 1893

Each cell is one day's high at Redding, coloured by temperature — 134 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Redding, CA daily high heat map 1893–2026

Days Above the Mark

How many days a year hit a given high at Redding — counted through Oct 17 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
118 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 8th most in 134 years. Normal for this point: 94. Record: 131 in 1970.

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