South Lake Tahoe, CA Weather & Climate Normals
What a normal year in South Lake Tahoe actually looks like
On the 30-year record NOAA keeps for South Lake Tahoe, CA, the comfort score comes out to 45/100, strongly seasonal: Comfortable weather is limited to a shorter window; summers, winters, or precipitation swing wide. Only 3 months a year land in the 55–75°F range this site treats as mild.
How much South Lake Tahoe's weather actually swings
Average temperatures in South Lake Tahoe run from 30°F in Dec up to 62°F in Jul, a 31.1°F seasonal swing, a middling gap by national standards.
How wet South Lake Tahoe actually gets
South Lake Tahoe averages 20.46in of precipitation a year across roughly 75 days with measurable rain or snow; the nearest NOAA station does not record snowfall, so no snow figure is shown rather than guessed.
South Lake Tahoe against the rest of the country
Out of 4876 cities scored here, South Lake Tahoe comes in at 3338; within CA alone it ranks 418 of 429. Population is about 21,225.
Checking the actual forecast
These figures come from SOUTH LAKE TAHOE AP, CA US, the NOAA station 2.2 miles from South Lake Tahoe, averaged over 30 years, not tomorrow's forecast.
More on how this is worked out
Why some cities show no snow or rain figure · What a 30-year climate normal actually is