Climate · Ladera Heights

Ladera Heights, CA climate

Ladera Heights has warm winters and pleasant summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 79°, a January night drops to 48°, and snow is almost unheard of.

NOAA 1991-2020 climate normals Updated once a decade
July high
79°
297th coolest of 1,618 California towns
January low
48°
24th mildest of 1,618 California towns
Rain + melted snow
13 in
535th driest of 1,618 California towns
Snow a winter
0.0 in
470th snowiest of 1,499 California towns
A normal year

What a year in Ladera Heights feels like

Winter

67° / 48°
Typical high / low · Snow is rare

Spring

71° / 53°
Typical high / low · Frost is rare by spring

Summer

78° / 62°
Typical high / low · 7 days reach 90° in a normal year

Fall

77° / 57°
Typical high / low · Mild well into the fall
Best months to be outsideJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecHighs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
Month by month

Ladera Heights weather by month

Average highs, lows, rain and snow for every month, from NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals.

MonthHighLowRain + meltSnowWet daysSnow on ground30-yr range
January68°48°3.1" 060 55° – 63°
February67°49°3.5" 060 54° – 64°
March69°51°2.1" 040 55° – 66°
April71°53°0.6" 020 58° – 66°
May72°56°0.2" 010 61° – 69°
June75°60°0.0" 000 65° – 71°
July79°63°0.0" 010 68° – 76°
August81°63°0.0" 000 69° – 76°
September80°62°0.1" 000 68° – 77°
October77°58°0.5" 010 63° – 75°
November73°52°0.9" 030 57° – 66°
December67°48°2.3" 050 55° – 61°
Year73°55°13.2"0.0"290

“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 & snow

Rain and snow in Ladera Heights

Ladera Heights gets 13 inches of rain and melted snow a year. February is the wettest month and August the driest. Rain or snow falls on about 29 days a year.

13 in
Rain + melted snow a year
Less rain than 96% of U.S. towns
0.0 in
Snow in a normal winter
Less snow than 96% of U.S. towns
0 days
With 1"+ of snow on the ground
Fewer than 94% of U.S. towns

Rain + melted snow by month

Inches of water
3.5"

Snowfall by month

No measurable snow in a normal year.
Frost & the growing season

A year-round growing season

🌿 It almost never freezes here, so gardens can grow year-round.
<1
nights at or below 32° in a normal year
0
nights below 0° in a normal year
7
days that reach 90° in a normal year

90° days by month

Average days at 90° or more
Heating & cooling

Heating and cooling a home in Ladera Heights

Engineers use “degree days” to estimate how hard a furnace or air conditioner works. In Ladera Heights, 61% of that work is heating and 39% is cooling.

61%heating
1,240 heating degree daysLess heating than 96% of U.S. towns
795 cooling degree daysLess cooling than 54% of U.S. towns

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.

Around Ladera Heights

Ladera Heights and its neighbors

Ladera Heights borders 3 towns with climate data. January nights across them vary by 0.3°. View Park-Windsor Hills has both the coldest January nights (48°) and the hottest July afternoons (79°). Ladera Heights’s January low is 48° and its July high 79°.

Lennox: January low 48°, July high 79°Los Angeles: January low 49°, July high 78°Hawthorne: January low 49°, July high 77°Westmont: January low 48°, July high 81°Culver City: January low 49°, July high 78°View Park-Windsor Hills: January low 48°, July high 79°Inglewood: January low 48°, July high 79°Ladera Heights: January low 48°, July high 79° Ladera HeightsCulver CityView Park-Windsor HillsInglewood
ColderMilder48° to 49°