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Lancaster, CA

34.741°N, 118.213°W · station WJFthr · 1945–2026 · 82 years of record

The Almanac Ribbon

Every day of the year at Lancaster: the record high and record low ever set (outer lines), the everyday normal range (shaded band), and the full record envelope behind it.
020406080100120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDechottestsince.com · coldestsince.com
Record high Record low Normal high–low band (1991–2020) hottest ever 115°F · coldest ever 2°F

Records by Month

MonthRecord highRecord low
Jan80°Jan 7, 19693°Jan 14, 2007
Feb84°Feb 13, 201411°Feb 3, 1948
Mar95°Mar 20, 202617°Mar 4, 2002
Apr98°Apr 22, 194923°Apr 3, 1945
May106°May 28, 200332°May 1, 1967
Jun115°Jun 30, 201338°Jun 2, 1967
Jul115°Jul 7, 202445°Jul 5, 1948
Aug113°Aug 19, 195043°Aug 28, 1945
Sep113°Sep 2, 202227°Sep 26, 1948
Oct104°Oct 2, 202418°Oct 31, 2019
Nov90°Nov 1, 194912°Nov 17, 1958
Dec85°Dec 4, 19582°Dec 24, 1984
All-time115°Jun 30, 20132°Dec 24, 1984

Longest-Standing Records

The daily records that have held the longest — set in the earliest years and never beaten since. Highs power Lancaster on hottestsince.com; lows on coldestsince.com.

Oldest-standing record highs

DateRecordSetStanding
Jan 1476°194581yrs
Jul 24110°194581yrs
Jul 25110°194581yrs
Sep 12108°194581yrs
Jan 272°194680yrs
Apr 2394°194680yrs
Jul 31108°194680yrs
Aug 1110°194680yrs
Aug 2108°194680yrs
Mar 586°194779yrs
Apr 1496°194779yrs
Apr 1595°194779yrs

Oldest-standing record lows

DateRecordSetStanding
Jan 2417°194581yrs
Feb 2620°194581yrs
Apr 223°194581yrs
Apr 1429°194581yrs
Aug 754°194581yrs
Aug 851°194581yrs
Aug 1347°194581yrs
Aug 1449°194581yrs
Aug 2743°194581yrs
Aug 2946°194581yrs
Sep 2338°194581yrs
Sep 2835°194581yrs

All-Time Extremes

Hottest ever

115°F
2013-06-30

Coldest ever

2°F
1984-12-24

Longest heat streak

89 days
≥ 90°F · ended 2018-09-15

The Warming Trend

Lancaster's annual mean temperature, each year a stripe — blue below the 1991–2020 average, red above.
1945: 61.0°F (-1.4 vs 1991–2020)1946: 59.8°F (-2.6 vs 1991–2020)1947: 61.3°F (-1.1 vs 1991–2020)1948: 59.4°F (-3.0 vs 1991–2020)1949: 61.1°F (-1.3 vs 1991–2020)1950: 63.2°F (+0.8 vs 1991–2020)1951: 62.0°F (-0.4 vs 1991–2020)1952: 60.8°F (-1.6 vs 1991–2020)1953: 60.6°F (-1.8 vs 1991–2020)1954: 62.1°F (-0.3 vs 1991–2020)1955: 60.7°F (-1.7 vs 1991–2020)1956: 60.4°F (-2.0 vs 1991–2020)1957: 59.9°F (-2.5 vs 1991–2020)1958: 62.1°F (-0.3 vs 1991–2020)1959: 62.7°F (+0.3 vs 1991–2020)1960: 62.2°F (-0.2 vs 1991–2020)1961: 61.7°F (-0.7 vs 1991–2020)1962: 61.0°F (-1.4 vs 1991–2020)1963: 60.5°F (-1.9 vs 1991–2020)1964: 59.8°F (-2.6 vs 1991–2020)1965: 59.9°F (-2.5 vs 1991–2020)1966: 61.1°F (-1.3 vs 1991–2020)1967: 60.5°F (-1.9 vs 1991–2020)1968: 60.7°F (-1.7 vs 1991–2020)1969: 60.9°F (-1.5 vs 1991–2020)1970: 61.1°F (-1.3 vs 1991–2020)1971: 59.4°F (-3.0 vs 1991–2020)1975: 59.5°F (-2.9 vs 1991–2020)1976: 60.1°F (-2.3 vs 1991–2020)1977: 61.3°F (-1.1 vs 1991–2020)1978: 60.7°F (-1.7 vs 1991–2020)1979: 60.4°F (-2.0 vs 1991–2020)1980: 61.0°F (-1.4 vs 1991–2020)1981: 63.2°F (+0.8 vs 1991–2020)1982: 59.5°F (-2.9 vs 1991–2020)1983: 60.4°F (-2.0 vs 1991–2020)1984: 61.2°F (-1.2 vs 1991–2020)1985: 60.8°F (-1.6 vs 1991–2020)1986: 61.5°F (-0.9 vs 1991–2020)1987: 61.0°F (-1.4 vs 1991–2020)1988: 61.6°F (-0.8 vs 1991–2020)1989: 61.5°F (-0.9 vs 1991–2020)1990: 61.0°F (-1.4 vs 1991–2020)1991: 61.4°F (-1.0 vs 1991–2020)1992: 61.3°F (-1.1 vs 1991–2020)1993: 60.5°F (-1.9 vs 1991–2020)1994: 61.4°F (-1.0 vs 1991–2020)1995: 62.0°F (-0.4 vs 1991–2020)1996: 65.3°F (+2.9 vs 1991–2020)1997: 62.4°F (+0.0 vs 1991–2020)1998: 59.3°F (-3.1 vs 1991–2020)1999: 62.9°F (+0.5 vs 1991–2020)2000: 63.2°F (+0.8 vs 1991–2020)2001: 63.1°F (+0.7 vs 1991–2020)2002: 62.2°F (-0.2 vs 1991–2020)2003: 62.8°F (+0.4 vs 1991–2020)2004: 62.4°F (-0.0 vs 1991–2020)2005: 62.0°F (-0.4 vs 1991–2020)2006: 61.8°F (-0.6 vs 1991–2020)2007: 62.8°F (+0.4 vs 1991–2020)2008: 62.7°F (+0.3 vs 1991–2020)2009: 61.8°F (-0.6 vs 1991–2020)2010: 61.2°F (-1.2 vs 1991–2020)2011: 60.5°F (-1.9 vs 1991–2020)2012: 63.4°F (+1.0 vs 1991–2020)2013: 62.6°F (+0.2 vs 1991–2020)2014: 64.0°F (+1.6 vs 1991–2020)2015: 63.1°F (+0.7 vs 1991–2020)2016: 64.1°F (+1.7 vs 1991–2020)2017: 64.0°F (+1.6 vs 1991–2020)2018: 63.5°F (+1.1 vs 1991–2020)2019: 61.0°F (-1.4 vs 1991–2020)2020: 63.0°F (+0.6 vs 1991–2020)2021: 64.2°F (+1.8 vs 1991–2020)2022: 64.0°F (+1.6 vs 1991–2020)2023: 61.6°F (-0.8 vs 1991–2020)2024: 63.8°F (+1.4 vs 1991–2020)2025: 63.8°F (+1.4 vs 1991–2020)19452025annual mean temperature · warmer ▲ redder

Days Above / Below the Mark

93 days ≥90°F in 2026 · normal 104 · record 139 in 2020
40 days ≤32°F in 2026 · normal 71 · record 114 in 1948

The Full Record

Every day of the year, record and normal high & low with the year each record was set. Type to filter, click a column to sort.
Show me the data — the full daily record
DateRec HighYrNorm HiNorm LoRec LowYr
Jan 174°195956°29°10°1976
Jan 272°194657°30°10°1976
Jan 372°200757°30°12°1976
Jan 472°199457°30°9°1949
Jan 572°201857°31°7°1949
Jan 673°201258°30°9°1950
Jan 780°196958°30°11°1950
Jan 875°194858°31°14°1951
Jan 976°195358°31°17°1964
Jan 1076°194858°31°14°1954
Jan 1174°201458°31°16°1954
Jan 1272°195659°31°13°2007
Jan 1372°199659°31°4°1963
Jan 1476°194559°31°3°2007
Jan 1575°199659°31°7°2007
Jan 1677°197559°31°9°2007
Jan 1776°201159°31°8°2007
Jan 1875°195959°31°13°2007
Jan 1973°195359°31°13°2007
Jan 2080°197159°32°12°1963
Jan 2175°195059°32°14°1948
Jan 2275°194859°32°15°2025
Jan 2377°194860°32°17°2025
Jan 2479°194860°32°17°1945
Jan 2576°197560°32°18°2002
Jan 2678°195160°32°10°1949
Jan 2774°200360°32°13°1950
Jan 2871°198660°32°6°1957
Jan 2977°201460°32°12°1948
Jan 3073°196560°32°12°1957
Jan 3178°200360°32°8°1957
Feb 176°200361°32°12°1946
Feb 276°202561°32°15°1946
Feb 376°201861°33°11°1948
Feb 476°201561°33°11°1979
Feb 581°200161°33°17°1979
Feb 679°196361°33°14°1989
Feb 781°195161°33°16°2003
Feb 878°195162°33°20°1948
Feb 980°195162°34°18°1946
Feb 1078°195162°34°20°1953
Feb 1179°197162°34°17°2002
Feb 1282°201462°35°14°1965
Feb 1384°201462°35°13°1948
Feb 1484°201462°35°13°1949
Feb 1583°201461°35°16°1990
Feb 1682°201561°35°18°2023
Feb 1777°197761°35°21°1956
Feb 1878°197761°35°20°1975
Feb 1980°198161°36°19°1955
Feb 2079°197761°36°14°1953
Feb 2177°196561°36°13°1953
Feb 2276°195461°36°14°1953
Feb 2379°198961°36°18°1984
Feb 2481°202561°37°15°2018
Feb 2581°195461°37°18°2013
Feb 2681°198661°36°20°1945
Feb 2783°198662°37°17°1971
Feb 2884°202662°37°20°1962
Feb 2981°201662°37°18°2021
Mar 184°201663°37°18°1971
Mar 283°201663°37°18°1953
Mar 381°195064°37°17°2002
Mar 484°198664°38°18°1948
Mar 586°194765°38°21°1948
Mar 687°197265°38°23°2008
Mar 784°197266°38°21°1956
Mar 883°197266°38°21°2012
Mar 984°197267°39°24°2009
Mar 1083°197267°39°23°1951
Mar 1186°200768°39°20°1988
Mar 1287°200768°39°19°1950
Mar 1388°201368°39°20°1988
Mar 1488°200768°40°21°1988
Mar 1589°200769°40°26°2019
Mar 1690°202669°40°24°1956
Mar 1793°202669°41°22°1951
Mar 1893°202669°41°24°2002
Mar 1995°202668°41°27°1971
Mar 2090°202668°41°24°1955
Mar 2190°200468°41°23°1948
Mar 2291°200468°41°27°1966
Mar 2391°202669°41°27°2009
Mar 2488°202669°41°28°1987
Mar 2589°202669°41°27°1946
Mar 2688°202669°42°26°1948
Mar 2786°202669°42°25°1948
Mar 2888°202669°42°27°1977
Mar 2988°196669°42°26°1975
Mar 3091°196669°42°27°2009
Mar 3193°196669°42°30°1971
Apr 192°196670°43°25°1975
Apr 296°196170°43°23°1945
Apr 394°196170°43°30°2026
Apr 490°196070°43°24°2009
Apr 594°198970°43°28°1983
Apr 696°198970°43°30°2010
Apr 795°198970°44°25°2012
Apr 894°198970°44°28°2012
Apr 995°198971°44°27°1999
Apr 1091°198971°44°32°1946
Apr 1189°196271°44°33°2006
Apr 1293°200271°44°30°2001
Apr 1393°200272°44°30°1948
Apr 1496°194772°44°29°1945
Apr 1595°194772°45°32°1983
Apr 1696°195473°45°32°1998
Apr 1793°195473°45°28°2026
Apr 1894°195074°45°29°2007
Apr 1997°195074°46°31°1966
Apr 2094°200974°46°32°2002
Apr 2198°194975°47°30°1982
Apr 2298°194975°47°30°1968
Apr 2394°194676°47°30°1968
Apr 2491°198776°48°35°1960
Apr 2591°202077°48°34°1960
Apr 2694°199677°48°32°1971
Apr 2796°200777°49°31°1955
Apr 2895°202078°49°34°1967
Apr 2996°202178°50°32°2011
Apr 3099°194778°50°32°1967
May 1102°194778°50°35°1954
May 2102°194779°51°34°1988
May 3100°194779°51°37°1953
May 497°198979°51°39°1964
May 595°195479°51°33°1978
May 696°200180°51°37°2017
May 798°200180°52°36°2017
May 898°200180°52°38°1964
May 998°202680°52°38°2024
May 1099°196080°53°40°1963
May 1198°201380°53°37°1983
May 1299°201381°53°37°2000
May 1398°197681°53°37°1967
May 1495°200981°53°40°1956
May 15101°200981°53°37°1968
May 16102°195481°54°37°1978
May 17103°195481°54°38°1971
May 18103°200881°54°37°2026
May 19102°200881°54°37°1948
May 2099°196782°55°37°1948
May 21101°196782°55°42°1965
May 22102°200082°55°39°1948
May 23101°200083°55°40°1953
May 24105°195183°55°39°2008
May 25104°197484°56°37°1953
May 26100°200384°56°39°1980
May 27106°200385°56°42°1953
May 28103°202085°57°39°2010
May 29102°200186°57°41°1966
May 30104°200186°58°41°1971
May 31103°201286°58°39°1967
Jun 1105°196087°58°38°1967
Jun 2105°196087°58°38°1967
Jun 3107°196088°59°44°1966
Jun 4103°199688°59°45°1954
Jun 5107°200288°59°44°1967
Jun 6107°201388°59°39°1948
Jun 7108°201388°60°40°1988
Jun 8104°201488°60°44°1952
Jun 9104°202289°60°42°2020
Jun 10104°198589°60°43°1954
Jun 11105°194989°60°42°1947
Jun 12105°194989°60°46°1952
Jun 13108°196190°61°45°1970
Jun 14108°196190°61°46°1962
Jun 15113°202191°61°45°1995
Jun 16111°202191°62°45°1952
Jun 17110°202192°62°49°1952
Jun 18110°201792°62°47°1949
Jun 19110°196193°63°48°1949
Jun 20113°196193°63°45°1949
Jun 21111°195493°64°46°1949
Jun 22110°195494°64°47°1955
Jun 23110°201794°64°47°2023
Jun 24108°201795°64°49°1950
Jun 25106°202195°65°43°1965
Jun 26110°202195°65°45°1965
Jun 27110°195696°65°50°1996
Jun 28111°195696°66°50°1970
Jun 29115°201396°66°45°1970
Jun 30109°195096°66°51°1947
Jul 1110°200196°66°50°1965
Jul 2110°200196°66°50°1975
Jul 3111°200797°67°52°1952
Jul 4113°200797°67°52°1947
Jul 5112°202497°67°45°1948
Jul 6113°202497°67°46°1948
Jul 7115°202497°67°52°1948
Jul 8113°202497°67°51°1952
Jul 9113°202197°67°47°1983
Jul 10113°202197°68°50°1983
Jul 11111°201297°68°52°1974
Jul 12110°202497°68°51°1965
Jul 13109°202397°68°53°1995
Jul 14112°202397°68°52°1948
Jul 15110°197297°68°55°1966
Jul 16109°196097°68°51°1947
Jul 17111°200997°68°51°1987
Jul 18114°196098°68°51°1947
Jul 19114°196098°68°52°1957
Jul 20110°196098°68°54°1965
Jul 21109°202398°68°50°1972
Jul 22111°200698°68°51°1972
Jul 23109°200698°68°52°1972
Jul 24110°194598°68°55°1995
Jul 25110°194599°68°49°1947
Jul 26108°201699°68°49°1957
Jul 27107°198099°68°49°1965
Jul 28109°199599°68°57°1949
Jul 29110°201699°68°52°1956
Jul 30110°201799°67°50°1956
Jul 31108°194699°67°52°1956
Aug 1110°194699°67°56°1997
Aug 2108°194698°67°56°1985
Aug 3109°202198°66°50°1953
Aug 4109°196698°66°50°1957
Aug 5109°199798°66°50°1951
Aug 6109°202498°66°50°1954
Aug 7110°198198°66°54°1945
Aug 8107°201298°66°51°1945
Aug 9109°201298°66°47°1949
Aug 10109°200298°66°47°1949
Aug 11109°200298°66°52°1949
Aug 12108°200298°65°50°1956
Aug 13107°195198°65°47°1945
Aug 14110°195198°65°49°1945
Aug 15109°202098°65°46°1987
Aug 16111°202098°65°49°1964
Aug 17112°195098°65°50°1954
Aug 18113°195098°65°53°1956
Aug 19110°195098°65°47°1959
Aug 20109°202098°65°44°1959
Aug 21108°202098°65°48°1959
Aug 22109°202298°65°47°1947
Aug 23108°201098°64°46°1947
Aug 24107°201097°64°47°1947
Aug 25107°202697°64°46°1947
Aug 26108°201797°64°47°1955
Aug 27109°201797°64°43°1945
Aug 28109°201797°63°50°1953
Aug 29108°195097°63°46°1945
Aug 30109°194897°63°48°1946
Aug 31112°202296°63°46°1957
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Sep 7109°195594°60°46°1946
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Sep 11108°194892°58°40°1985
Sep 12108°194592°58°41°1966
Sep 13109°194892°57°42°1952
Sep 14107°194891°57°43°1966
Sep 15104°195190°57°43°1970
Sep 16103°195190°56°41°2006
Sep 17103°200090°56°41°1946
Sep 18102°194990°55°36°1947
Sep 19101°201690°55°38°1978
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Sep 21106°194989°55°39°1986
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Sep 23103°194789°54°38°1945
Sep 24101°194789°54°35°1958
Sep 25102°194788°54°40°1970
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Sep 27102°201087°53°30°1948
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Sep 29100°195286°52°36°1945
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Oct 1103°202486°51°32°2019
Oct 2104°202485°51°33°1950
Oct 3104°202485°50°36°2017
Oct 4101°202484°50°33°1969
Oct 5101°202484°50°29°1946
Oct 6101°202483°49°33°1946
Oct 7100°202483°49°35°1975
Oct 897°199682°48°35°1946
Oct 998°198082°48°33°1946
Oct 1097°195082°47°29°2019
Oct 1196°195082°47°27°2019
Oct 1297°195082°47°27°2008
Oct 1396°202082°47°32°1986
Oct 1494°195881°46°31°1966
Oct 1595°195881°46°30°2018
Oct 1696°195880°46°29°1946
Oct 1795°202080°46°31°1998
Oct 1894°198879°45°29°1946
Oct 1995°200379°45°31°1949
Oct 2093°200379°45°24°1949
Oct 2195°200378°44°28°1949
Oct 2293°195977°44°25°1996
Oct 2396°195977°44°26°1975
Oct 2493°195976°43°26°1975
Oct 2590°201776°43°29°2006
Oct 2689°201775°42°27°2006
Oct 2790°200375°42°25°1970
Oct 2888°200874°41°24°1971
Oct 2989°200874°41°19°1971
Oct 3086°196673°41°18°2019
Oct 3190°194973°40°17°2019
Nov 190°194972°40°24°1989
Nov 286°201072°40°24°2011
Nov 386°202071°39°16°1946
Nov 487°202371°39°23°1956
Nov 588°195070°38°20°1946
Nov 685°200670°38°22°1947
Nov 785°200670°38°20°1947
Nov 886°195070°37°19°1945
Nov 986°195569°37°17°1946
Nov 1082°198969°37°15°1950
Nov 1181°198969°36°19°2018
Nov 1281°202168°36°19°2012
Nov 1383°202168°36°18°2000
Nov 1487°202167°36°22°1994
Nov 1584°200767°35°21°1956
Nov 1681°200667°35°12°1958
Nov 1782°199566°34°15°1958
Nov 1882°199566°34°15°1958
Nov 1978°194966°34°12°1964
Nov 2078°196266°34°15°1979
Nov 2181°201765°34°16°1958
Nov 2282°201764°33°13°1947
Nov 2387°201764°33°18°1947
Nov 2483°194963°32°18°1993
Nov 2583°201763°32°16°1993
Nov 2680°195362°32°18°2010
Nov 2779°201462°32°17°1948
Nov 2880°195061°32°15°1948
Nov 2980°198061°32°13°1948
Nov 3076°202161°31°14°1948
Dec 176°194960°31°15°1945
Dec 279°195860°31°17°1989
Dec 385°195860°31°12°2006
Dec 481°195860°31°13°2006
Dec 579°197760°31°15°2020
Dec 673°195059°31°13°2011
Dec 772°196259°31°11°1978
Dec 879°201559°31°12°1994
Dec 974°197559°31°11°1956
Dec 1074°195858°31°12°1956
Dec 1177°195058°31°11°1989
Dec 1277°195058°31°11°1945
Dec 1377°197758°30°11°1945
Dec 1473°201658°30°18°1964
Dec 1575°199858°30°14°1975
Dec 1674°198057°30°14°1945
Dec 1775°202557°30°17°1995
Dec 1878°202557°29°15°1945
Dec 1974°202556°29°14°2016
Dec 2075°202556°28°10°2016
Dec 2176°200556°28°3°1990
Dec 2273°196956°28°3°1990
Dec 2372°195056°28°5°1990
Dec 2473°200556°28°2°1984
Dec 2568°201756°28°6°1984
Dec 2672°198056°28°12°1984
Dec 2774°201356°28°12°1954
Dec 2872°202456°28°15°1966
Dec 2976°201156°29°12°1971
Dec 3072°201756°29°11°1990
Dec 3169°196056°29°16°2012
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