January
January · February · December
United States · 1991–2020
January leads for comfortable weather in Alameda: typically 24.7°C by day, 16.2°C at night, with 47 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.
January · February · December
April · March · November
January · February · December
The weakest month is August, scoring 11 against January’s 92 — 243 mm of rain falls, and days average 32.7°C, 9° above the 24°C the score treats as ideal.
Month by month
The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.
| Month | Day | Night | Rain | Wet days | Sea | Daylight | Comfort | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.7°C | 16.2°C | 47 mm | 5.3 | 24.6°C | 10 h 41 | 92 | Strong coverage |
| February | 25.8°C | 17.3°C | 54 mm | 4.8 | 24.5°C | 11 h 15 | 86 | Strong coverage |
| March | 27.1°C | 18.7°C | 62 mm | 4.5 | 24.8°C | 11 h 56 | 78 | Strong coverage |
| April | 28.8°C | 21°C | 85 mm | 5.4 | 25.8°C | 12 h 44 | 64 | Strong coverage |
| May | 30.6°C | 23.1°C | 161 mm | 8.5 | 27.0°C | 13 h 23 | 41 | Strong coverage |
| June | 31.9°C | 24.6°C | 267 mm | 14.9 | 28.3°C | 13 h 44 | 13 | Strong coverage |
| July | 32.7°C | 25.3°C | 187 mm | 14 | 29.2°C | 13 h 36 | 22 | Strong coverage |
| August | 32.7°C | 25.4°C | 243 mm | 16.4 | 29.7°C | 13 h 02 | 11 | Strong coverage |
| September | 31.8°C | 24.9°C | 260 mm | 15.4 | 29.3°C | 12 h 16 | 14 | Strong coverage |
| October | 30.1°C | 23.4°C | 194 mm | 11.3 | 28.3°C | 11 h 30 | 35 | Strong coverage |
| November | 27.5°C | 20.2°C | 90 mm | 6.3 | 26.8°C | 10 h 51 | 68 | Strong coverage |
| December | 25.8°C | 18°C | 62 mm | 5.6 | 25.7°C | 10 h 32 | 83 | Strong coverage |
What has changed
Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.
| Month | Record high | Record low | Wettest day | Wettest / driest month | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C27 Jan 1984 | -1.1°C22 Jan 1985 | 61 mm11 Jan 1973 | 192 mm2016 · driest 1 mm in 1951 | 79 |
| February | 31.7°C14 Feb 1948 | 1.7°C1 Feb 2026 | 115 mm22 Feb 1966 | 205 mm1983 · driest 1 mm in 2001 | 79 |
| March | 33.9°C22 Mar 2003 | 0.0°C3 Mar 1980 | 180 mm20 Mar 1949 | 269 mm1986 · driest 1 mm in 1956 | 79 |
| April | 36.1°C20 Apr 2020 | 5.6°C7 Apr 1950 | 377 mm25 Apr 1979 | 439 mm1979 · driest 1 mm in 1981 | 79 |
| May | 36.7°C28 May 2017 | 12.8°C6 May 1963 | 292 mm4 May 1977 | 480 mm2020 · driest 11 mm in 1965 | 79 |
| June | 36.7°C4 Jun 1985 | 15.6°C3 Jun 1984 | 168 mm1 Jun 1977 | 568 mm1968 · driest 48 mm in 2026 | 79 |
| July | 36.7°C9 Jul 2020 | 20.6°C4 Jul 1985 | 139 mm12 Jul 2017 | 324 mm2002 · driest 45 mm in 1963 | 79 |
| August | 36.7°C9 Aug 1987 | 20.0°C8 Aug 1950 | 167 mm12 Aug 1994 | 423 mm1994 · driest 42 mm in 1954 | 78 |
| September | 36.1°C8 Sep 1987 | 20.0°C30 Sep 1983 | 154 mm10 Sep 1960 | 620 mm1960 · driest 67 mm in 1951 | 78 |
| October | 35.0°C13 Oct 2023 | 11.7°C21 Oct 1989 | 319 mm3 Oct 2000 | 550 mm1991 · driest 18 mm in 2002 | 78 |
| November | 32.8°C1 Nov 2019 | 3.9°C26 Nov 1950 | 192 mm18 Nov 1992 | 352 mm1992 · driest 2 mm in 1970 | 78 |
| December | 31.7°C3 Dec 2023 | -1.1°C25 Dec 1989 | 129 mm10 Dec 2000 | 250 mm2015 · driest 3 mm in 1988 | 78 |
| Month | Days 25°C+ | Days 30°C+ | Heavy rain (10 mm+) |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 18 | <1 | 2 |
| February | 20 | 2 | 2 |
| March | 26 | 5 | 2 |
| April | 29 | 10 | 2 |
| May | 31 | 22 | 4 |
| June | 30 | 27 | 8 |
| July | 31 | 30 | 6 |
| August | 31 | 30 | 8 |
| September | 30 | 28 | 7 |
| October | 31 | 20 | 5 |
| November | 27 | 3 | 2 |
| December | 22 | <1 | 2 |
| Month | Warm & dry days | Wet days | Washouts | Week with 3+ wet days | Daytime mean has ranged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 74% | 16% | 5% | 12% | 22.6–26.2°C |
| February | 78% | 16% | 6% | 11% | 23.2–27.4°C |
| March | 83% | 15% | 6% | 11% | 24.9–28.2°C |
| April | 82% | 18% | 8% | 15% | 27.3–29.5°C |
| May | 72% | 28% | 13% | 38% | 28.8–31.5°C |
| June | 54% | 46% | 22% | 65% | 30.5–32.6°C |
| July | 56% | 44% | 17% | 63% | 31.2–33.2°C |
| August | 51% | 49% | 22% | 72% | 31.0–33.2°C |
| September | 50% | 50% | 23% | 72% | 30.7–32.5°C |
| October | 64% | 36% | 15% | 47% | 28.6–30.7°C |
| November | 77% | 21% | 7% | 20% | 25.8–28.5°C |
| December | 77% | 17% | 5% | 15% | 23.6–26.8°C |
A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.
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