Nights at or above 20 C (68 F) in Los Angeles

Los Angeles has had nights with a minimum temperature at or above 20 C (68 F) in 106 years, most in 1984 with 78. Days per year, season span, streaks and every date.

Key Facts for Los Angeles

Los Angeles has had nights with a minimum temperature at or above 20 C (68 F) in 106 years, 1,933 days in all.
The most in one year was 78 days in 1984.
In 2026, the latest year on file, there were 47 such days.
The earliest first date in a year was 5 April 1989.
The latest last date in a year was 13 November 1933.
The longest run inside a single year was 49 days in 2018.
5 years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of these rankings.

Days per Year

106 years, 1,933 days

Days per year in Los Angeles with a minimum temperature at or above 20 C (68 F). The line is the decade average. The most was 78 in 1984. Grey bars are years with under 90 percent of days observed, left out of rankings.

Nights at or above 20 C (68 F) per year in Los Angeles
Year	Days	Decade average
1909	6	6
1910	2	3.3
1912	4	3.3
1913	4	3.3
1921	2	5.1
1922	6	5.1
1923	4	5.1
1924	1	5.1
1925	5	5.1
1926	2	5.1
1927	2	5.1
1929	19	5.1
1930	13	12.7
1931	44	12.7
1933	5	12.7
1934	8	12.7
1935	8	12.7
1936	10	12.7
1937	4	12.7
1938	6	12.7
1939	16	12.7
1940	2	4.3
1941	2	4.3
1942	2	4.3
1943	2	4.3
1945	9	4.3
1946	4	4.3
1947	8	4.3
1949	5	4.3
1950	4	13.2
1951	5	13.2
1952	13	13.2
1953	8	13.2
1954	19	13.2
1955	14	13.2
1956	9	13.2
1957	15	13.2
1958	20	13.2
1959	25	13.2
1960	18	17.6
1961	11	17.6
1962	5	17.6
1963	15	17.6
1964	5	17.6
1965	14	17.6
1966	19	17.6
1967	49	17.6
1968	16	17.6
1969	24	17.6
1970	28	23
1971	50	23
1972	31	23
1973	9	23
1974	20	23
1975	12	23
1976	15	23
1977	25	23
1978	19	23
1979	21	23
1980	30	35.8
1981	58	35.8
1982	25	35.8
1983	68	35.8
1984	78	35.8
1985	47	35.8
1986	8	35.8
1987	10	35.8
1988	15	35.8
1989	19	35.8
1990	30	30
1991	10	30
1992	48	30
1993	16	30
1994	49	30
1995	27	30
1996	24	30
1997	52	30
1998	41	30
1999	3	30
2000	6	12.1
2001	2	12.1
2002	3	12.1
2003	12	12.1
2004	13	12.1
2005	7	12.1
2006	39	12.1
2007	11	12.1
2008	13	12.1
2009	15	12.1
2010	16	26.8
2011	9	26.8
2012	24	26.8
2013	11	26.8
2014	25	26.8
2015	51	26.8
2016	16	26.8
2017	36	26.8
2018	54	26.8
2019	26	26.8
2020	24	20.4
2021	19	20.4
2022	17	20.4
2023	22	20.4
2024	6	20.4
2025	8	20.4
2026	47	20.4

Season Span

earliest 5 April, latest 13 November

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day in Los Angeles meeting 20 C (68 F). Long bars mean a long season.

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

Every Year

Nights at or above 20 C (68 F) per year in Los Angeles
Year	Days	First date	Last date	Longest streak in year	Coverage
2026	47	16 July 2026	8 October 2026	12 days	Incomplete, not ranked
2025	8	22 August 2025	19 September 2025	3 days	Complete
2024	6	24 June 2024	9 September 2024	5 days	Complete
2023	22	17 July 2023	11 September 2023	9 days	Complete
2022	17	31 July 2022	14 September 2022	14 days	Complete
2021	19	16 June 2021	6 September 2021	6 days	Complete
2020	24	25 April 2020	3 October 2020	12 days	Complete
2019	26	23 July 2019	27 September 2019	13 days	Complete
2018	54	6 July 2018	3 October 2018	49 days	Complete
2017	36	28 April 2017	25 October 2017	9 days	Complete
2016	16	20 June 2016	29 September 2016	10 days	Complete
2015	51	29 June 2015	29 October 2015	10 days	Complete
2014	25	15 May 2014	17 September 2014	6 days	Complete
2013	11	30 June 2013	7 September 2013	9 days	Complete
2012	24	8 August 2012	2 October 2012	5 days	Complete
2011	9	5 July 2011	13 October 2011	3 days	Complete
2010	16	15 July 2010	2 October 2010	7 days	Complete
2009	15	19 July 2009	8 September 2009	8 days	Complete
2008	13	20 June 2008	1 October 2008	3 days	Complete
2007	11	15 August 2007	4 September 2007	6 days	Complete
2006	39	4 June 2006	7 September 2006	22 days	Complete
2005	7	20 July 2005	27 August 2005	5 days	Complete
2004	13	3 May 2004	15 September 2004	4 days	Complete
2003	12	11 July 2003	15 August 2003	5 days	Complete
2002	3	1 September 2002	5 September 2002	2 days	Complete
2001	2	3 July 2001	4 July 2001	2 days	Complete
2000	6	1 August 2000	17 September 2000	4 days	Complete
1999	3	9 July 1999	13 July 1999	2 days	Complete
1998	41	7 July 1998	10 September 1998	14 days	Complete
1997	52	28 May 1997	3 November 1997	15 days	Complete
1996	24	30 June 1996	8 September 1996	6 days	Complete
1995	27	10 July 1995	16 September 1995	12 days	Complete
1994	49	25 June 1994	10 October 1994	19 days	Complete
1993	16	24 June 1993	2 October 1993	3 days	Complete
1992	48	6 July 1992	30 September 1992	13 days	Complete
1991	10	12 August 1991	12 October 1991	3 days	Complete
1990	30	6 May 1990	14 September 1990	12 days	Complete
1989	19	5 April 1989	19 October 1989	4 days	Complete
1988	15	21 July 1988	10 October 1988	4 days	Complete
1987	10	2 September 1987	27 October 1987	6 days	Complete
1986	8	30 June 1986	29 August 1986	4 days	Complete
1985	47	25 April 1985	6 October 1985	23 days	Complete
1984	78	29 May 1984	29 September 1984	42 days	Complete
1983	68	18 May 1983	30 October 1983	21 days	Complete
1982	25	22 July 1982	23 October 1982	5 days	Complete
1981	58	5 June 1981	19 October 1981	11 days	Complete
1980	30	27 June 1980	17 September 1980	9 days	Complete
1979	21	11 June 1979	23 September 1979	12 days	Complete
1978	19	29 May 1978	30 September 1978	8 days	Complete
1977	25	25 July 1977	8 September 1977	12 days	Complete
1976	15	24 June 1976	9 October 1976	8 days	Complete
1975	12	10 July 1975	26 September 1975	4 days	Complete
1974	20	28 June 1974	16 October 1974	6 days	Complete
1973	9	20 June 1973	18 October 1973	3 days	Complete
1972	31	28 May 1972	6 October 1972	8 days	Complete
1971	50	11 July 1971	11 October 1971	15 days	Complete
1970	28	25 June 1970	3 October 1970	6 days	Complete
1969	24	3 July 1969	30 September 1969	10 days	Complete
1968	16	8 July 1968	25 September 1968	4 days	Complete
1967	49	16 May 1967	19 September 1967	15 days	Complete
1966	19	29 July 1966	23 September 1966	6 days	Complete
1965	14	30 July 1965	24 October 1965	9 days	Complete
1964	5	29 July 1964	6 October 1964	2 days	Complete
1963	15	14 August 1963	1 October 1963	6 days	Complete
1962	5	8 August 1962	23 September 1962	3 days	Complete
1961	11	8 July 1961	15 October 1961	3 days	Complete
1960	18	1 July 1960	6 October 1960	6 days	Complete
1959	25	1 July 1959	13 September 1959	5 days	Complete
1958	20	20 April 1958	18 October 1958	5 days	Complete
1957	15	18 June 1957	26 October 1957	9 days	Complete
1956	9	16 May 1956	29 September 1956	2 days	Complete
1955	14	19 July 1955	14 September 1955	5 days	Complete
1954	19	7 July 1954	2 September 1954	7 days	Complete
1953	8	11 July 1953	6 October 1953	5 days	Complete
1952	13	25 July 1952	22 September 1952	4 days	Complete
1951	5	17 July 1951	8 October 1951	3 days	Complete
1950	4	7 July 1950	13 October 1950	3 days	Complete
1949	5	22 June 1949	23 September 1949	2 days	Complete
1947	8	12 April 1947	2 September 1947	3 days	Complete
1946	4	24 July 1946	30 September 1946	2 days	Complete
1945	9	2 August 1945	3 November 1945	3 days	Complete
1943	2	26 July 1943	27 July 1943	2 days	Complete
1942	2	20 October 1942	21 October 1942	2 days	Complete
1941	2	15 August 1941	5 November 1941	1 days	Complete
1940	2	18 October 1940	19 October 1940	2 days	Complete
1939	16	3 August 1939	30 October 1939	8 days	Complete
1938	6	28 August 1938	13 October 1938	2 days	Complete
1937	4	27 July 1937	14 September 1937	3 days	Complete
1936	10	16 July 1936	8 October 1936	6 days	Complete
1935	8	16 July 1935	26 August 1935	4 days	Complete
1934	8	27 July 1934	19 September 1934	4 days	Complete
1933	5	26 July 1933	13 November 1933	3 days	Complete
1931	44	24 June 1931	30 October 1931	12 days	Complete
1930	13	14 July 1930	6 October 1930	4 days	Complete
1929	19	19 June 1929	21 October 1929	6 days	Complete
1927	2	13 May 1927	20 October 1927	1 days	Complete
1926	2	25 August 1926	6 October 1926	1 days	Complete
1925	5	13 July 1925	17 July 1925	5 days	Complete
1924	1	29 September 1924	29 September 1924	1 days	Complete
1923	4	4 September 1923	13 October 1923	2 days	Complete
1922	6	12 August 1922	17 September 1922	4 days	Complete
1921	2	28 April 1921	26 September 1921	1 days	Complete
1913	4	27 August 1913	18 September 1913	2 days	Complete
1912	4	12 July 1912	16 October 1912	1 days	Complete
1910	2	23 April 1910	14 September 1910	1 days	Complete
1909	6	31 May 1909	24 October 1909	2 days	Complete

Decade averages for Nights at or above 20 C (68 F) in Los Angeles
Decade	Average days per year	Years counted
1900s	6.0	1
1910s	3.3	3
1920s	5.1	8
1930s	12.7	9
1940s	4.3	8
1950s	13.2	10
1960s	17.6	10
1970s	23.0	10
1980s	35.8	10
1990s	30.0	10
2000s	12.1	10
2010s	26.8	10
2020s	16.0	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).