Days at or above 30 C (86 F) in Los Angeles

Los Angeles has had days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 111 years, most in 1981 with 78. Days per year, season span, streaks and every date.

Key Facts for Los Angeles

Los Angeles has had days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 111 years, 5,024 days in all.
The most in one year was 78 days in 1981.
In 2026, the latest year on file, there were 91 such days.
The earliest first date in a year was 3 January 1994.
The latest last date in a year was 30 December 1980.
The longest run inside a single year was 22 days in 1960.
5 years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of these rankings.

Days per Year

111 years, 5,024 days

Days per year in Los Angeles with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F). The line is the decade average. The most was 78 in 1981. Grey bars are years with under 90 percent of days observed, left out of rankings.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year in Los Angeles
Year	Days	Decade average
1909	31	31
1910	36	31.8
1911	23	31.8
1912	25	31.8
1913	43	31.8
1921	27	26.9
1922	35	26.9
1923	22	26.9
1924	25	26.9
1925	17	26.9
1926	24	26.9
1927	31	26.9
1928	13	26.9
1929	48	26.9
1930	49	36.1
1931	54	36.1
1932	23	36.1
1933	23	36.1
1934	34	36.1
1935	32	36.1
1936	33	36.1
1937	31	36.1
1938	34	36.1
1939	48	36.1
1940	28	32.3
1941	26	32.3
1942	24	32.3
1943	31	32.3
1944	15	32.3
1945	37	32.3
1946	29	32.3
1947	39	32.3
1948	36	32.3
1949	58	32.3
1950	30	46.7
1951	35	46.7
1952	49	46.7
1953	40	46.7
1954	55	46.7
1955	39	46.7
1956	41	46.7
1957	56	46.7
1958	59	46.7
1959	63	46.7
1960	63	44.7
1961	44	44.7
1962	28	44.7
1963	34	44.7
1964	34	44.7
1965	35	44.7
1966	57	44.7
1967	62	44.7
1968	49	44.7
1969	41	44.7
1970	55	47.3
1971	68	47.3
1972	62	47.3
1973	42	47.3
1974	39	47.3
1975	26	47.3
1976	39	47.3
1977	39	47.3
1978	57	47.3
1979	46	47.3
1980	59	59.7
1981	78	59.7
1982	45	59.7
1983	63	59.7
1984	74	59.7
1985	62	59.7
1986	67	59.7
1987	49	59.7
1988	43	59.7
1989	57	59.7
1990	72	59.3
1991	44	59.3
1992	71	59.3
1993	45	59.3
1994	72	59.3
1995	70	59.3
1996	69	59.3
1997	71	59.3
1998	49	59.3
1999	30	59.3
2000	34	42.9
2001	19	42.9
2002	27	42.9
2003	48	42.9
2004	40	42.9
2005	27	42.9
2006	72	42.9
2007	47	42.9
2008	65	42.9
2009	50	42.9
2010	37	52.3
2011	21	52.3
2012	52	52.3
2013	36	52.3
2014	63	52.3
2015	73	52.3
2016	61	52.3
2017	74	52.3
2018	56	52.3
2019	50	52.3
2020	68	58.7
2021	50	58.7
2022	47	58.7
2023	39	58.7
2024	56	58.7
2025	60	58.7
2026	91	58.7

Season Span

earliest 3 January, latest 30 December

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day in Los Angeles meeting 30 C (86 F). Long bars mean a long season.

First to last qualifying date each year in Los Angeles
Year	First date	Last date
1909	1909-04-02	1909-11-03
1910	1910-03-02	1910-10-24
1911	1911-05-20	1911-11-19
1912	1912-01-14	1912-11-27
1913	1913-03-04	1913-11-09
1921	1921-02-24	1921-11-05
1922	1922-04-19	1922-10-24
1923	1923-01-08	1923-10-19
1924	1924-02-13	1924-11-29
1925	1925-04-14	1925-10-20
1926	1926-02-26	1926-11-17
1927	1927-04-21	1927-11-17
1928	1928-05-04	1928-09-28
1929	1929-05-01	1929-12-28
1930	1930-02-16	1930-11-11
1931	1931-03-20	1931-11-04
1932	1932-02-26	1932-11-24
1933	1933-07-25	1933-11-25
1934	1934-03-08	1934-11-05
1935	1935-01-31	1935-10-27
1936	1936-04-11	1936-11-19
1937	1937-04-24	1937-10-11
1938	1938-04-17	1938-12-08
1939	1939-04-06	1939-12-04
1940	1940-04-11	1940-12-07
1941	1941-05-06	1941-11-08
1942	1942-05-19	1942-11-12
1943	1943-02-12	1943-10-10
1944	1944-01-19	1944-09-24
1945	1945-05-15	1945-12-30
1946	1946-04-11	1946-10-25
1947	1947-03-25	1947-10-19
1948	1948-04-15	1948-11-06
1949	1949-04-10	1949-11-18
1950	1950-03-29	1950-12-10
1951	1951-01-25	1951-11-06
1952	1952-03-27	1952-11-04
1953	1953-03-23	1953-11-29
1954	1954-01-31	1954-11-22
1955	1955-03-26	1955-11-07
1956	1956-04-20	1956-11-11
1957	1957-02-12	1957-10-27
1958	1958-04-11	1958-12-10
1959	1959-03-11	1959-11-24
1960	1960-03-19	1960-10-22
1961	1961-04-02	1961-11-05
1962	1962-04-06	1962-10-31
1963	1963-02-03	1963-10-25
1964	1964-04-13	1964-11-30
1965	1965-04-19	1965-12-04
1966	1966-03-31	1966-11-02
1967	1967-02-28	1967-11-11
1968	1968-02-24	1968-11-10
1969	1969-03-25	1969-11-02
1970	1970-05-02	1970-10-29
1971	1971-01-17	1971-11-03
1972	1972-03-04	1972-11-26
1973	1973-05-02	1973-10-31
1974	1974-04-14	1974-11-13
1975	1975-01-14	1975-11-13
1976	1976-01-16	1976-11-16
1977	1977-02-12	1977-11-28
1978	1978-03-16	1978-10-23
1979	1979-05-12	1979-12-05
1980	1980-02-26	1980-12-30
1981	1981-02-16	1981-11-08
1982	1982-02-20	1982-10-23
1983	1983-04-01	1983-11-03
1984	1984-03-19	1984-10-13
1985	1985-02-13	1985-12-24
1986	1986-01-10	1986-11-12
1987	1987-01-26	1987-10-27
1988	1988-02-10	1988-10-31
1989	1989-02-22	1989-12-23
1990	1990-03-20	1990-11-23
1991	1991-02-14	1991-11-12
1992	1992-02-27	1992-11-14
1993	1993-03-06	1993-11-03
1994	1994-01-03	1994-10-31
1995	1995-02-01	1995-11-29
1996	1996-01-07	1996-11-12
1997	1997-03-09	1997-11-03
1998	1998-03-11	1998-12-16
1999	1999-04-15	1999-11-01
2000	2000-04-26	2000-10-17
2001	2001-02-04	2001-10-14
2002	2002-02-21	2002-11-21
2003	2003-01-31	2003-10-28
2004	2004-03-07	2004-09-24
2005	2005-04-06	2005-11-15
2006	2006-02-13	2006-11-20
2007	2007-01-08	2007-11-15
2008	2008-03-22	2008-11-21
2009	2009-01-12	2009-11-01
2010	2010-03-16	2010-11-05
2011	2011-03-31	2011-10-13
2012	2012-01-04	2012-11-24
2013	2013-05-02	2013-11-14
2014	2014-03-16	2014-11-27
2015	2015-02-13	2015-11-21
2016	2016-02-08	2016-11-14
2017	2017-03-09	2017-11-23
2018	2018-01-29	2018-11-03
2019	2019-04-08	2019-11-18
2020	2020-02-01	2020-11-16
2021	2021-01-15	2021-11-14
2022	2022-02-12	2022-10-20
2023	2023-04-21	2023-11-01
2024	2024-06-22	2024-10-23
2025	2025-02-27	2025-12-10
2026	2026-01-31	2026-10-09

Every Year

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year in Los Angeles
Year	Days	First date	Last date	Longest streak in year	Coverage
2026	91	31 January 2026	9 October 2026	22 days	Incomplete, not ranked
2025	60	27 February 2025	10 December 2025	21 days	Complete
2024	56	22 June 2024	23 October 2024	10 days	Complete
2023	39	21 April 2023	1 November 2023	9 days	Complete
2022	47	12 February 2022	20 October 2022	10 days	Complete
2021	50	15 January 2021	14 November 2021	7 days	Complete
2020	68	1 February 2020	16 November 2020	12 days	Complete
2019	50	8 April 2019	18 November 2019	8 days	Complete
2018	56	29 January 2018	3 November 2018	17 days	Complete
2017	74	9 March 2017	23 November 2017	7 days	Complete
2016	61	8 February 2016	14 November 2016	10 days	Complete
2015	73	13 February 2015	21 November 2015	9 days	Complete
2014	63	16 March 2014	27 November 2014	12 days	Complete
2013	36	2 May 2013	14 November 2013	7 days	Complete
2012	52	4 January 2012	24 November 2012	9 days	Complete
2011	21	31 March 2011	13 October 2011	4 days	Complete
2010	37	16 March 2010	5 November 2010	10 days	Complete
2009	50	12 January 2009	1 November 2009	14 days	Complete
2008	65	22 March 2008	21 November 2008	6 days	Complete
2007	47	8 January 2007	15 November 2007	9 days	Complete
2006	72	13 February 2006	20 November 2006	10 days	Complete
2005	27	6 April 2005	15 November 2005	6 days	Complete
2004	40	7 March 2004	24 September 2004	8 days	Complete
2003	48	31 January 2003	28 October 2003	13 days	Complete
2002	27	21 February 2002	21 November 2002	5 days	Complete
2001	19	4 February 2001	14 October 2001	4 days	Complete
2000	34	26 April 2000	17 October 2000	10 days	Complete
1999	30	15 April 1999	1 November 1999	7 days	Complete
1998	49	11 March 1998	16 December 1998	8 days	Complete
1997	71	9 March 1997	3 November 1997	20 days	Complete
1996	69	7 January 1996	12 November 1996	12 days	Complete
1995	70	1 February 1995	29 November 1995	15 days	Complete
1994	72	3 January 1994	31 October 1994	16 days	Complete
1993	45	6 March 1993	3 November 1993	8 days	Complete
1992	71	27 February 1992	14 November 1992	21 days	Complete
1991	44	14 February 1991	12 November 1991	8 days	Complete
1990	72	20 March 1990	23 November 1990	13 days	Complete
1989	57	22 February 1989	23 December 1989	6 days	Complete
1988	43	10 February 1988	31 October 1988	5 days	Complete
1987	49	26 January 1987	27 October 1987	9 days	Complete
1986	67	10 January 1986	12 November 1986	7 days	Complete
1985	62	13 February 1985	24 December 1985	12 days	Complete
1984	74	19 March 1984	13 October 1984	13 days	Complete
1983	63	1 April 1983	3 November 1983	18 days	Complete
1982	45	20 February 1982	23 October 1982	6 days	Complete
1981	78	16 February 1981	8 November 1981	13 days	Complete
1980	59	26 February 1980	30 December 1980	8 days	Complete
1979	46	12 May 1979	5 December 1979	8 days	Complete
1978	57	16 March 1978	23 October 1978	12 days	Complete
1977	39	12 February 1977	28 November 1977	11 days	Complete
1976	39	16 January 1976	16 November 1976	8 days	Complete
1975	26	14 January 1975	13 November 1975	5 days	Complete
1974	39	14 April 1974	13 November 1974	7 days	Complete
1973	42	2 May 1973	31 October 1973	8 days	Complete
1972	62	4 March 1972	26 November 1972	11 days	Complete
1971	68	17 January 1971	3 November 1971	15 days	Complete
1970	55	2 May 1970	29 October 1970	11 days	Complete
1969	41	25 March 1969	2 November 1969	14 days	Complete
1968	49	24 February 1968	10 November 1968	7 days	Complete
1967	62	28 February 1967	11 November 1967	12 days	Complete
1966	57	31 March 1966	2 November 1966	9 days	Complete
1965	35	19 April 1965	4 December 1965	10 days	Complete
1964	34	13 April 1964	30 November 1964	7 days	Complete
1963	34	3 February 1963	25 October 1963	8 days	Complete
1962	28	6 April 1962	31 October 1962	7 days	Complete
1961	44	2 April 1961	5 November 1961	7 days	Complete
1960	63	19 March 1960	22 October 1960	22 days	Complete
1959	63	11 March 1959	24 November 1959	7 days	Complete
1958	59	11 April 1958	10 December 1958	7 days	Complete
1957	56	12 February 1957	27 October 1957	9 days	Complete
1956	41	20 April 1956	11 November 1956	7 days	Complete
1955	39	26 March 1955	7 November 1955	17 days	Complete
1954	55	31 January 1954	22 November 1954	8 days	Complete
1953	40	23 March 1953	29 November 1953	9 days	Complete
1952	49	27 March 1952	4 November 1952	15 days	Complete
1951	35	25 January 1951	6 November 1951	8 days	Complete
1950	30	29 March 1950	10 December 1950	4 days	Complete
1949	58	10 April 1949	18 November 1949	10 days	Complete
1948	36	15 April 1948	6 November 1948	8 days	Complete
1947	39	25 March 1947	19 October 1947	10 days	Complete
1946	29	11 April 1946	25 October 1946	4 days	Complete
1945	37	15 May 1945	30 December 1945	6 days	Complete
1944	15	19 January 1944	24 September 1944	3 days	Complete
1943	31	12 February 1943	10 October 1943	7 days	Complete
1942	24	19 May 1942	12 November 1942	7 days	Complete
1941	26	6 May 1941	8 November 1941	4 days	Complete
1940	28	11 April 1940	7 December 1940	5 days	Complete
1939	48	6 April 1939	4 December 1939	9 days	Complete
1938	34	17 April 1938	8 December 1938	6 days	Complete
1937	31	24 April 1937	11 October 1937	9 days	Complete
1936	33	11 April 1936	19 November 1936	8 days	Complete
1935	32	31 January 1935	27 October 1935	6 days	Complete
1934	34	8 March 1934	5 November 1934	6 days	Complete
1933	23	25 July 1933	25 November 1933	5 days	Complete
1932	23	26 February 1932	24 November 1932	4 days	Complete
1931	54	20 March 1931	4 November 1931	10 days	Complete
1930	49	16 February 1930	11 November 1930	12 days	Complete
1929	48	1 May 1929	28 December 1929	7 days	Complete
1928	13	4 May 1928	28 September 1928	4 days	Complete
1927	31	21 April 1927	17 November 1927	5 days	Complete
1926	24	26 February 1926	17 November 1926	4 days	Complete
1925	17	14 April 1925	20 October 1925	7 days	Complete
1924	25	13 February 1924	29 November 1924	4 days	Complete
1923	22	8 January 1923	19 October 1923	5 days	Complete
1922	35	19 April 1922	24 October 1922	9 days	Complete
1921	27	24 February 1921	5 November 1921	5 days	Complete
1913	43	4 March 1913	9 November 1913	8 days	Complete
1912	25	14 January 1912	27 November 1912	6 days	Complete
1911	23	20 May 1911	19 November 1911	4 days	Complete
1910	36	2 March 1910	24 October 1910	4 days	Complete
1909	31	2 April 1909	3 November 1909	6 days	Complete

Decade averages for Days at or above 30 C (86 F) in Los Angeles
Decade	Average days per year	Years counted
1900s	31.0	1
1910s	31.8	4
1920s	26.9	9
1930s	36.1	10
1940s	32.3	10
1950s	46.7	10
1960s	44.7	10
1970s	47.3	10
1980s	59.7	10
1990s	59.3	10
2000s	42.9	10
2010s	52.3	10
2020s	53.3	6

Compare with your own threshold in the threshold explorer. Fahrenheit thresholds are converted to tenths of a degree Celsius once, rounding half up.

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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site from the threaded city record.

Data as of 2026-10-17. Last revised 17 October 2026 (2026-10-17).