Chico, CA Weather & Climate Normals
Chico's real weather, in one number
Chico, CA scores 54/100 on this site's reading of NOAA's own 30-year normals: strongly seasonal. Comfortable weather is limited to a shorter window; summers, winters, or precipitation swing wide. 5 of the year's 12 months average between 55 and 75°F, the range this site counts as mild.
Chico's hottest and coldest months
Chico's hottest month is Jul, averaging 78°F; its coldest is Jan, averaging 46°F, a 31.9°F swing across the year, a middling gap by national standards.
Rain and snow in Chico
Over a typical year, Chico sees about 27.39in of precipitation a year across roughly 0 days with measurable rain or snow. That station has no snowfall reading, so none is shown rather than assumed.
Where Chico ranks
Chico ranks 911 of 4876 US cities in this dataset for comfort score, and 356 of 429 within CA. About 102,911 people live there.
If you need tomorrow's forecast, not the 30-year average
Everything above is a 30-year average from CHICO UNIV FARM, CA US, 4.7 miles from Chico, not a prediction for any specific day.
More on how this is worked out
Why some cities show no snow or rain figure · How the comfort score is calculated