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Daly City weather by month — averages, rainfall & climate trends

Average temperatures and rainfall by month, a climate graph, today's conditions versus the long-term average, and how the climate has shifted since 1940 — all on one page for Daly City, United States.

Right now

What it's doing today vs the historical average for this date.
Partly cloudy

Right now

17.0°

17°feels like
83%humidity
14°dew point
22 km/hfrom W
sunrise06:09sunset20:22day length14h 13m
TodayClear18°13°
TueClear19°13°
WedClear21°13°
ThuClear21°14°
FriClear23°13°
SatClear22°14°
SunClear23°14°

On this date — July 27

Today (forecast)
18° / 13°
Average for July 27
18° / 12°

About average

  • Record high: 24.0° · 1943
  • Record low: 10.1° · 1968
  • One year ago: 15.6°

Every July 27 in history — coldest to hottest

Daily highsDaily lows

Dots show daily highs (top) and lows (bottom) for each July 27 on record (n = 87). Outlined dots are today's forecast.

Area we sample

Each city's history comes from one ERA5 grid cell — about 28 km across, shown by the dashed box. Near mountains or coasts, conditions can vary across the cell.

Location & data

Historical weather for Daly City is sampled from the ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis at 37.71°N, 122.46°W, with daily records since 1940.

Coordinates
37.71°N, 122.46°W
Time zone
America/Los Angeles
Period
1940–2026
Data source
ERA5 (ECMWF)

Last 30 days

18 of the last 31 days were warmer than the historical average for that date. Average difference: +0.4°C.

Each bar is one day, from morning low to afternoon high. Warm-colored bars are days whose mean ran above average; cool bars ran below. The dot inside the bar is the daily mean. The shaded band is the typical 10–90% range expected for that date. Average = the day's mean temperature averaged across every year of record (1940–2026) for that calendar date.

This date over the years

One dot per year — the mean temperature on this calendar date. Dots are warmer or cooler than the long-term average (dashed line); the shaded band is the typical 10–90% range, and the highlighted dot is today's forecast. Based on ERA5 reanalysis — modelled estimates, not station readings.

Weather by month

Average temperatures and rainfall for each month — what a typical year looks like, from the full record.

Climate overview

Temperatures in Daly City stay within a narrow band all year — the monthly means sit just 6.2°C apart. The warmest month is September, with a daily mean around 15.5°C and typical afternoon highs of 19.5°C. In January, daily means drop to roughly 9.3°C, with nights dipping to 7.0°C. Frost is essentially unknown.

Rain here skips the warm season: the bulk of it falls from November to March. Daly City picks up roughly 556 mm a year, with a peak of 106 mm in January and as little as 2 mm in July. Rain falls on only around 60 days in a typical year.

Over the full record (since 1940), the annual mean temperature in Daly City has risen by 0.7°C between its first decade and its last. You can follow the shift year by year in the charts above.

Climate graph (climograph)

September is the warmest month, January the coolest — a yearly swing of 6°C. Wettest month: January (~106 mm). Whole year averages ~556 mm of rain.

Bars = average monthly rainfall (right axis). Lines = average daily high and low (left axis). Average = each month's value averaged across every year of record (1940–2026).

Monthly wind

Average daily peak wind at 10 m, by month.

Monthly solar energy

Average daily incoming solar energy in megajoules per square metre — a measured proxy for how sunny the month is.

Daly City month by month — what to expect

Typical conditions for each month, averaged across the full record (since 1940). Daylight is the time from sunrise to sunset. Record high/low are the most extreme values in the ERA5 dataset (modelled since 1940), so they can differ from official weather-station readings.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRainDaylightRecord highRecord low
January12.4°7.0°106 mm9.7 h21.1° (1962)-1.2° (1949)
February13.4°7.9°101 mm10.6 h20.4° (1986)-1.2° (1989)
March14.0°8.7°83 mm11.7 h23.9° (1972)2.7° (1966)
April14.9°9.2°41 mm13.0 h27.4° (2022)4.0° (1976)
May16.0°10.3°18 mm14.0 h30.3° (2008)6.5° (1950)
June17.5°11.4°5 mm14.6 h30.3° (2019)8.0° (1999)
July18.2°12.1°2 mm14.4 h27.2° (1959)9.0° (1955)
August18.6°12.7°3 mm13.5 h30.7° (1968)9.1° (1955)
September19.5°12.9°5 mm12.2 h34.6° (2017)8.9° (1950)
October18.4°11.9°27 mm11.0 h32.5° (1987)6.1° (1946)
November15.3°9.6°65 mm9.9 h25.9° (1949)3.0° (1952)
December12.7°7.5°100 mm9.4 h19.7° (2020)-3.0° (1990)

How it has changed

Year-by-year signals from 1940 to today.

Climate stripes

Annual mean shifted from 1940–1949 to 2016–2025 by +0.7°C.

Each vertical stripe is one year. Color encodes how much that year's annual mean differed from the long-term average. Average = each year's annual mean compared to the average of all years (1940–2026). cooler ← → warmer

Annual mean temperature

Long-term trend: +0.08°C per decade.

One point per year — the temperature averaged across the whole year. The dashed line is the least-squares long-term trend. Based on ERA5 reanalysis — modelled estimates, not station readings.

Seasonal warming

Dec–Feb is warming fastest: +0.14°C per decade.

Each faint line is one three-month period's average per year; the bold dashed line is its long-term trend. Different parts of the year often warm at different rates. Based on ERA5 reanalysis — modelled estimates, not station readings.

Hot days vs frost days

Days ≥ 25°C per year: 3.1 early in the record → 4.2 recently. Frost days: 0 → 0.

Thin lines are raw yearly counts; thick lines are the smoothed trend that removes year-to-year noise. The hot-day threshold is auto-picked per city so the line actually moves. Average = a centered 5-year rolling average to smooth weather noise.

Yearly hot & cold extremes

All-time high in 2017, all-time low in 1990: 34.6°C / -3.0°C.

One point per year — the single hottest and coldest day recorded that year.

Annual rainfall

~556 mm/year on average. Last decade ran +4% vs that average. Long-term trend: +3 mm per decade.

One bar per year of total rainfall. Dashed line is the long-term average. Average = the average annual rainfall across every year of record (1940–2026).

Day-by-day grid

Each tiny square is one calendar day across the full record — ~30,000 days per city. Use the mode switch above the chart: Anomaly colors each day by how far it ran from the historical average for that date (red = warmer, blue = cooler), Daily mean temp shows the absolute mean temperature for the day (useful to see seasons and heatwaves), and Precipitation shows daily rainfall (useful to spot wet/dry seasons and droughts). Average = the long-term average for that calendar date (1940–2026).

Daly City — Frequently asked questions

Which is the warmest month in Daly City?
On long-term average, the warmest month in Daly City is September (mean about 15.5°C) and the coolest is January (about 9.3°C).
How does today's temperature in Daly City compare to the historical average?
On 2026-07-27, Daly City is forecast to reach a high of 17.7°C and a low of 12.7°C. The long-term average for this date (the full record since 1940) is a high of 18.3°C and a low of 12.2°C — today's high is 0.6°C cooler than that average.
How much has Daly City warmed since 1940?
Comparing the first decade of the record (1940–1949) with the most recent (2016–2025), the annual mean temperature in Daly City is about 0.7°C warmer.
How much does it rain in Daly City?
Daly City receives about 556 mm of precipitation per year on long-term average, with January typically the wettest month.
What is the average temperature in Daly City?
Over the full record (since 1940), the annual mean temperature in Daly City is about 12.5°C. The warmest month is September and the coolest is January.
What are the average temperatures in Daly City by month?
Average daily highs and lows for each month in Daly City (°C, full record since 1940): January 12°/7°, February 13°/8°, March 14°/9°, April 15°/9°, May 16°/10°, June 18°/11°, July 18°/12°, August 19°/13°, September 19°/13°, October 18°/12°, November 15°/10°, December 13°/8°.
How many days a year does it rain in Daly City?
On long-term average, Daly City has about 59 days a year with measurable rain, totalling roughly 556 mm.

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