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Weather in Fairfax, CA · National Weather Service + NOAA

Fairfax has hot summers

Fairfax has mild winters and hot summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 100°, a January night drops to 40°, and snow is almost unheard of. Normal November highs come to 69°, and lows to 45°.

Winter 62°/41°Spring 79°/52°Summer 97°/68°Fall 81°/54°
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What stands out about Fairfax’s weather

Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.

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Hot summersJuly afternoons average 100°, hotter than 99% of U.S. towns.It hardly ever freezesOnly 90% of years see a night at 32° or below.Snow is rareAbout 0.1 inches in a normal year, so most winters see none.Warming faster than mostThe last 30 years averaged 2.0° warmer than the 1900s, a bigger shift than 95% of U.S. towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Fairfax’s year

Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.

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Winter
62° / 41°
Snow is rare
Spring
79° / 52°
Frost is rare by spring
Summer
97° / 68°
112 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
81° / 54°
Mild well into the fall
Best months to be outside
FebMarAprOctNov
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Fairfax get?Almost none.When is it wettest?January, with 1.9 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+2.0° vs. the 20th century.

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Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Fairfax itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Bakersfield Airport, CA (9 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.