Edwards AFB Weather Records (USW00023114)

Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Edwards AFB (USW00023114), California, United States, with 78 years of record.

Key Facts for Edwards AFB

Edwards AFB (USW00023114) is a weather station in California, United States at 34.90 latitude and -117.87 longitude, 706 m (2,316 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1949 to 2026, 78 years of record.
1,464 records set at Edwards AFB still stand.
Records are tracked for no element yet: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.

About the Station

Location: California, United States, 34.90 latitude, -117.87 longitude.
Elevation: 706 m (2,316 ft).
Period of record: 1949 to 2026, 78 years.
Eligible elements: none yet.

Daily Record Envelope and 2026

39 days at or beyond a record

The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Edwards AFB. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 39 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.

Daily record high and record low at Edwards AFB, with 2026 drawn through them
Month	Highest record high	Lowest record low	2026 highest maximum	2026 lowest minimum
Jan	24.4 C (75.9 F)	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	20.3 C (68.5 F)	-7.9 C (17.8 F)
Feb	28.1 C (82.6 F)	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	28.1 C (82.6 F)	-4.1 C (24.6 F)
Mar	30.7 C (87.3 F)	-6.1 C (21.0 F)	30.7 C (87.3 F)	-2.7 C (27.1 F)
Apr	36.1 C (97.0 F)	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	32.4 C (90.3 F)	1.1 C (34.0 F)
May	40.6 C (105.1 F)	0.0 C (32.0 F)	38.7 C (101.7 F)	8.3 C (46.9 F)
Jun	44.4 C (111.9 F)	5.0 C (41.0 F)	41.0 C (105.8 F)	12.6 C (54.7 F)
Jul	45.0 C (113.0 F)	10.6 C (51.1 F)	41.9 C (107.4 F)	13.9 C (57.0 F)
Aug	44.4 C (111.9 F)	8.3 C (46.9 F)	43.0 C (109.4 F)	15.6 C (60.1 F)
Sep	42.8 C (109.0 F)	4.4 C (39.9 F)	37.5 C (99.5 F)	14.3 C (57.7 F)
Oct	37.2 C (99.0 F)	-3.3 C (26.1 F)	32.6 C (90.7 F)	4.2 C (39.6 F)
Nov	29.4 C (84.9 F)	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	29.1 C (84.4 F)	1.2 C (34.2 F)
Dec	28.9 C (84.0 F)	-13.9 C (7.0 F)	25.9 C (78.6 F)	-2.1 C (28.2 F)

Which Years Hold Standing Records

1,464 standing records

1,464 records at Edwards AFB still stand. 1950 holds the most, with 121.

Standing records at Edwards AFB by the year they were set
Year set	Standing records
1949	112
1950	121
1951	62
1952	60
1953	65
1954	72
1955	47
1956	69
1957	78
1958	59
1959	49
1960	58
1961	46
1962	49
1963	53
1964	73
1965	59
1966	47
1967	56
1968	63
1969	35
1970	49
2025	82

Wettest Day of Each Month

Dec: 39.9 mm (1.6 in)

The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Edwards AFB. The most was 39.9 mm (1.6 in) on 29 December 1965.

Record daily precipitation for each month at Edwards AFB
Month	Record daily precipitation (mm)	Date
Jan	25.9 mm (1.0 in)	19 January 1954
Feb	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	11 February 1962
Mar	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	7 March 1952
Apr	16.3 mm (0.6 in)	3 April 1965
May	6.4 mm (0.25 in)	28 May 1953
Jun	3.8 mm (0.15 in)	12 June 1963
Jul	9.4 mm (0.37 in)	9 July 1970
Aug	23.1 mm (0.9 in)	11 August 1965
Sep	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	18 September 1967
Oct	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	9 October 1960
Nov	37.8 mm (1.5 in)	22 November 1965
Dec	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29 December 1965

Period of Record Coverage

1949 to 2025

23 years of record at Edwards AFB, 1949 to 2025. Every year has data for at least 90 percent of its days.

Days with data per year at Edwards AFB
Year	Days with data	Share of year	Complete
1949	365	100%	Yes
1950	365	100%	Yes
1951	365	100%	Yes
1952	366	100%	Yes
1953	365	100%	Yes
1954	365	100%	Yes
1955	365	100%	Yes
1956	366	100%	Yes
1957	365	100%	Yes
1958	365	100%	Yes
1959	365	100%	Yes
1960	366	100%	Yes
1961	365	100%	Yes
1962	365	100%	Yes
1963	365	100%	Yes
1964	366	100%	Yes
1965	365	100%	Yes
1966	365	100%	Yes
1967	365	100%	Yes
1968	365	100%	Yes
1969	334	92%	Yes
1970	365	100%	Yes
2025	350	96%	Yes

Latest Records

No records were set at this station in the latest data.

Climate Trend

22 complete years, 1949 to 2025

One stripe for each of 22 complete years at Edwards AFB, 1949 to 2025. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 16.4 C (61.6 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1964, at 15.4 C (59.6 F), and the warmest was 2025, at 18.6 C (65.4 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 2.2 C (4.0 F).

Annual mean temperature at Edwards AFB as warming stripes, 1949 to 2025
Year	Annual mean temperature	Difference from the station mean
1949	16.1 C	-0.34 C
1950	17.7 C	+1.30 C
1951	16.8 C	+0.40 C
1952	16.3 C	-0.13 C
1953	16.3 C	-0.10 C
1954	17.3 C	+0.88 C
1955	16.3 C	-0.09 C
1956	16.3 C	-0.13 C
1957	16.1 C	-0.37 C
1958	16.6 C	+0.17 C
1959	17.1 C	+0.72 C
1960	16.9 C	+0.51 C
1961	16.4 C	-0.03 C
1962	15.9 C	-0.50 C
1963	15.8 C	-0.67 C
1964	15.4 C	-1.06 C
1965	15.6 C	-0.87 C
1966	16.1 C	-0.30 C
1967	15.8 C	-0.59 C
1968	15.6 C	-0.80 C
1970	16.4 C	-0.05 C
2025	18.6 C	+2.15 C

This station does not have enough complete years (30 are needed) to fit a temperature trend.

A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.

Extremes by Year

1949 to 2026

Yearly extremes at Edwards AFB: the record and the median year
Measure	Record	Year of the record	Median year	Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)	45.0 C (113.0 F)	1961	42.5 C (108.5 F)	24
Coldest night (TNn)	-15.6 C (3.9 F)	1963	-9.7 C (14.5 F)	24
Wettest day (Rx1day)	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	1965	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	23
Wettest five days (Rx5day)	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	1952	23.8 mm (0.9 in)	22
Longest dry spell (CDD)	224 days	1954	163 days	23

Hottest day (TXx)

The hottest day of the year at Edwards AFB, 1949 to 2026. The record is 45.0 C (113.0 F) in 1961, marked on the chart; the median year is 42.5 C (108.5 F).

Hottest day (TXx) at Edwards AFB by year
Year	Hottest day (TXx)
1949	41.7 C (107.1 F)
1950	43.9 C (111.0 F)
1951	41.1 C (106.0 F)
1952	40.6 C (105.1 F)
1953	41.7 C (107.1 F)
1954	43.9 C (111.0 F)
1955	42.8 C (109.0 F)
1956	44.4 C (111.9 F)
1957	41.7 C (107.1 F)
1958	42.2 C (108.0 F)
1959	43.3 C (109.9 F)
1960	44.4 C (111.9 F)
1961	45.0 C (113.0 F)
1962	42.8 C (109.0 F)
1963	40.0 C (104.0 F)
1964	40.6 C (105.1 F)
1965	40.0 C (104.0 F)
1966	44.4 C (111.9 F)
1967	41.7 C (107.1 F)
1968	44.4 C (111.9 F)
1969	41.7 C (107.1 F)
1970	42.2 C (108.0 F)
2025	43.0 C (109.4 F)
2026	43.3 C (109.9 F)

Coldest night (TNn)

The coldest night of the year at Edwards AFB, 1949 to 2026. The record is -15.6 C (3.9 F) in 1963, marked on the chart; the median year is -9.7 C (14.5 F).

Coldest night (TNn) at Edwards AFB by year
Year	Coldest night (TNn)
1949	-12.2 C (10.0 F)
1950	-11.1 C (12.0 F)
1951	-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1952	-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1953	-9.4 C (15.1 F)
1954	-8.3 C (17.1 F)
1955	-7.2 C (19.0 F)
1956	-12.8 C (9.0 F)
1957	-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1958	-8.9 C (16.0 F)
1959	-9.4 C (15.1 F)
1960	-10.6 C (12.9 F)
1961	-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1962	-13.3 C (8.1 F)
1963	-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1964	-10.6 C (12.9 F)
1965	-10.0 C (14.0 F)
1966	-8.9 C (16.0 F)
1967	-7.8 C (18.0 F)
1968	-13.9 C (7.0 F)
1969	-6.1 C (21.0 F)
1970	-11.1 C (12.0 F)
2025	-7.9 C (17.8 F)
2026	-3.5 C (25.7 F)

Wettest day (Rx1day)

The wettest day of the year at Edwards AFB, 1949 to 2026. The record is 39.9 mm (1.6 in) in 1965, marked on the chart; the median year is 15.7 mm (0.6 in).

Wettest day (Rx1day) at Edwards AFB by year
Year	Wettest day (Rx1day)
1949	10.9 mm (0.4 in)
1950	14.2 mm (0.6 in)
1951	13.0 mm (0.5 in)
1952	23.1 mm (0.9 in)
1953	6.9 mm (0.27 in)
1954	25.9 mm (1.0 in)
1955	12.4 mm (0.5 in)
1956	15.7 mm (0.6 in)
1957	23.4 mm (0.9 in)
1958	16.0 mm (0.6 in)
1959	9.9 mm (0.39 in)
1960	14.0 mm (0.6 in)
1961	14.7 mm (0.6 in)
1962	32.3 mm (1.3 in)
1963	17.0 mm (0.7 in)
1964	13.0 mm (0.5 in)
1965	39.9 mm (1.6 in)
1966	16.8 mm (0.7 in)
1967	26.4 mm (1.0 in)
1968	9.9 mm (0.39 in)
1969	22.6 mm (0.9 in)
1970	21.1 mm (0.8 in)
2025	n/a
2026	4.9 mm (0.19 in)

Wettest five days (Rx5day)

The wettest five days of the year at Edwards AFB, 1949 to 2026. The record is 61.5 mm (2.4 in) in 1952, marked on the chart; the median year is 23.8 mm (0.9 in).

Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Edwards AFB by year
Year	Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1949	22.3 mm (0.9 in)
1950	14.2 mm (0.6 in)
1951	17.0 mm (0.7 in)
1952	61.5 mm (2.4 in)
1953	7.7 mm (0.30 in)
1954	28.2 mm (1.1 in)
1955	15.4 mm (0.6 in)
1956	26.1 mm (1.0 in)
1957	25.2 mm (1.0 in)
1958	31.8 mm (1.3 in)
1959	21.1 mm (0.8 in)
1960	14.0 mm (0.6 in)
1961	14.7 mm (0.6 in)
1962	60.3 mm (2.4 in)
1963	17.5 mm (0.7 in)
1964	13.5 mm (0.5 in)
1965	43.9 mm (1.7 in)
1966	39.9 mm (1.6 in)
1967	57.0 mm (2.2 in)
1968	11.2 mm (0.4 in)
1969	48.0 mm (1.9 in)
1970	41.0 mm (1.6 in)
2025	n/a
2026	n/a

Longest dry spell (CDD)

The longest dry spell of the year at Edwards AFB, 1949 to 2026. The record is 224 days in 1954, marked on the chart; the median year is 163 days.

Longest dry spell (CDD) at Edwards AFB by year
Year	Longest dry spell (CDD)
1949	96 days
1950	116 days
1951	163 days
1952	145 days
1953	169 days
1954	224 days
1955	217 days
1956	176 days
1957	176 days
1958	111 days
1959	171 days
1960	164 days
1961	128 days
1962	209 days
1963	55 days
1964	175 days
1965	97 days
1966	176 days
1967	142 days
1968	99 days
1969	179 days
1970	141 days
2025	n/a
2026	2 days

Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.

Frost Dates and Growing Season

22 years with a frost

Across 22 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Edwards AFB falls on 21 March and the median first autumn frost on 11 November, which leaves a median of 230 days between them.

Frost dates and growing season at Edwards AFB
Measure	Median, all years	Earliest period	Recent period (1949 to 2025)	Recent against earliest	Fitted trend
Last spring frost	21 March	n/a	21 March	n/a	n/a
First autumn frost	11 November	n/a	11 November	n/a	n/a
Growing days	230 days	n/a	230 days	n/a	n/a

A frost day is a day with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F). The last spring frost and the first autumn frost are the last and first such days of the cold season, and growing days are the days between them. A negative trend for the last spring frost means it comes earlier.

Download the Data

Data for Edwards AFB standing records by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.
Data for Edwards AFB threshold days by year: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

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). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).