French Gulch, CA climate
French Gulch has mild winters and hot summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 94°, a January night drops to 35°, and about 6 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
NOAA 1991-2020 climate normals Updated once a decadeWhat a year in French Gulch feels like
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French Gulch weather by month
Average highs, lows, rain and snow for every month, from NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals.
| Month | High | Low | Rain + melt | Snow | Wet days | Snow on ground | 30-yr range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 51° | 35° | 7.7" | 1.2" | 15 | 0 | 38° – 48° |
| February | 55° | 37° | 8.1" | 1.6" | 12 | 0 | 41° – 52° |
| March | 60° | 39° | 7.7" | 0.3" | 13 | 0 | 42° – 56° |
| April | 66° | 42° | 3.5" | 0 | 10 | 0 | 48° – 59° |
| May | 76° | 48° | 2.1" | 0 | 8 | 0 | 53° – 69° |
| June | 85° | 55° | 1.0" | 0 | 3 | 0 | 64° – 77° |
| July | 94° | 61° | 0.1" | 0 | 1 | 0 | 73° – 82° |
| August | 93° | 59° | 0.1" | 0 | 1 | 0 | 73° – 82° |
| September | 88° | 54° | 0.4" | 0 | 2 | 0 | 68° – 75° |
| October | 75° | 46° | 2.4" | 0 | 5 | 0 | 56° – 66° |
| November | 58° | 40° | 4.8" | 0.6" | 11 | 0 | 41° – 54° |
| December | 49° | 35° | 8.5" | 2.7" | 15 | 1 | 39° – 47° |
| Year | 71° | 46° | 46.6" | 6.4" | 95 | 1 |
“Wet days” have at least 0.01" of rain or melted snow. “Snow on ground” counts days with 1" or more. The 30-year range is the coldest and warmest that month’s average temperature got between 1991 and 2020.
Rain and snow in French Gulch
French Gulch gets 47 inches of rain and melted snow a year. December is the wettest month and July the driest. Rain or snow falls on about 95 days a year.
About 250 frost-free days a year
In half of years the last 32° night comes by March 19 and the first one by November 22. That leaves about 250 frost-free days for gardens, longer than 90% of U.S. towns.
Heating and cooling a home in French Gulch
Engineers use “degree days” to estimate how hard a furnace or air conditioner works. In French Gulch, 68% of that work is heating and 32% is cooling.
Degree days measure how far each day’s average temperature falls below or rises above 65°, added up over a year. Source: NOAA station normals.