#1Palos Verdes Estates
Los Angeles County · 12,559 peopleJanuary low·July high 78°·0 freezing nights a year
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Towns with the mildest winters in California
Palos Verdes Estates has the mildest winters of California’s 757 towns of 2,500+: January nights average a low of 50° (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). The typical town here averages 40°; 735 of the 757 stay above freezing.
The average January low. NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s 5 km grid at each town’s center; one town for each grid cell. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#150°
El Segundo
Los Angeles County · 16,379 peopleJanuary low·July high 74°·0 freezing nights a year
#T2Marina del Rey
unincorporated, Los Angeles County · 9,176 peopleJanuary low·July high 74°·1 freezing nights a year
All 757 towns
January low, highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 715 towns here).
757 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.
#TownJanuary lowNights ≤32°July high
T17Pepperdine University College campusunincorporated, Los Angeles County · 3,087 people080°average high
T318California Polytechnic State University College campusunincorporated, San Luis Obispo County · 7,915 people378°average high
T521University of California-Davis College campusunincorporated, Yolo County · 8,696 people1894°average high
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Which California town has the mildest winters?
Palos Verdes Estates (Los Angeles County): January nights average a low of 50°. El Segundo (50°) and Marina del Rey (50°) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average January low (the coldest month’s nights), highest first, on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals, read from its 5 km grid at each town’s center. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T); the figure and the state rank are the ones on each town’s Climate page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents, one for each of NOAA’s 5 km grid cells (757 in California): where towns share a cell, one of them stands for it, since the grid gives them the same figures. Every town’s own figures are on its Climate page. Every town is on the California page.
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