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Weather in South Lake Tahoe, CA · National Weather Service + NOAA

South Lake Tahoe is snow country

South Lake Tahoe has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 81°, a January night drops to 22°, and about 179 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. In November, a normal day reaches 51° and a normal night drops to 27°.

Winter 44°/22°Spring 56°/30°Summer 78°/45°Fall 63°/33°
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Sunrise 9:39 am · sunset 7:48 pm

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What stands out about South Lake Tahoe’s weather

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

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Snow countryAbout 179 inches a winter, more than 1,450 of 1,455 California towns.It hardly ever freezesOnly 100% of years see a night at 32° or below.Among California’s coldest wintersJanuary nights average 22°, colder than 1,577 of 1,618 California towns.Snow that staysSnow covers the ground about 124 days a year.
A normal year

Where today sits in South Lake Tahoe’s year

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

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Winter
44° / 22°
33 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
56° / 30°
Frost is rare by spring
Summer
78° / 45°
1 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
63° / 33°
Mild well into the fall
Best months to be outside
JunJulAugSep
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does South Lake Tahoe get?About 179 inches a winter.When is it wettest?December, with 3.2 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.2° 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 South Lake Tahoe itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Tahoe City, CA (19 mi, snow) and South Lake Tahoe Airport, CA (2 mi, frost, heat and degree days). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.