Coldest Cities in California.

Cities in California with the lowest average winter temperatures, from 30-year averages at the nearest weather station.

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#	City	Population	Avg Winter Low	Annual Snowfall
1	Truckee	17,066	16°F	206.6"
2	South Lake Tahoe	21,269	19°F	179"
3	Susanville	14,177	23°F	—
4	Big Bear City	11,431	24°F	58.6"
5	Phelan	18,496	25°F	—
6	Lake Arrowhead	10,639	29°F	22.4"
7	Crestline	9,835	29°F	22.4"
8	Tehachapi	11,946	31°F	1.3"
9	Golden Hills	9,891	31°F	—
10	Lancaster	169,169	32°F	0"
11	Ridgecrest	28,225	32°F	0.5"
12	Rosamond	21,473	32°F	1.2"
13	Quartz Hill	11,510	32°F	0"
14	Clearlake	16,659	33°F	0.4"
15	California City	14,414	33°F	1.2"
16	Grass Valley	14,113	33°F	8.6"
17	Victorville	137,627	34°F	0"
18	Apple Valley	75,473	34°F	0"
19	Adelanto	37,964	34°F	0"
20	Spring Valley Lake	9,483	34°F	0"
21	Palmdale	164,634	35°F	0"
22	Paso Robles	31,446	35°F	0"
23	Atascadero	29,712	35°F	0"
24	Martinez	36,903	36°F	0"
25	Shafter	21,193	36°F	0.1"
26	Moreno Valley	211,666	37°F	0"
27	Chico	102,188	37°F	0"
28	Hesperia	100,775	37°F	0"
29	Tracy	96,966	37°F	0"
30	Merced	91,953	37°F	0"
31	Perris	80,511	37°F	0.2"
32	Atwater	32,162	37°F	0"
33	Lemoore	27,102	37°F	0"
34	Barstow	25,100	37°F	0.3"
35	Ramona	22,634	37°F	0"
36	Corcoran	22,491	37°F	0"
37	Yucca Valley	21,770	37°F	1.7"
38	Mead Valley	19,286	37°F	0"
39	Ukiah	16,304	37°F	0"
40	Avenal	13,608	37°F	0"
41	Winton	11,797	37°F	0"
42	Calimesa	10,902	37°F	0"
43	Vacaville	102,596	38°F	0"
44	Redding	93,409	38°F	0.7"
45	San Ramon	85,993	38°F	0"
46	Pleasanton	76,960	38°F	0"
47	Dublin	70,803	38°F	0"
48	Hanford	59,754	38°F	0"
49	Delano	51,679	38°F	0.2"
50	El Dorado Hills	51,026	38°F	0"
51	Danville	43,401	38°F	0"
52	Windsor	26,081	38°F	0"
53	Granite Bay	21,673	38°F	0"
54	Cameron Park	18,315	38°F	0.3"
55	Kerman	16,815	38°F	0"
56	McFarland	14,222	38°F	0.2"
57	Auburn	13,768	38°F	0"
58	North Auburn	13,480	38°F	7.2"
59	Lake Los Angeles	13,051	38°F	1"
60	Kingsburg	12,755	38°F	0"
61	Lindsay	12,643	38°F	0.2"
62	Scotts Valley	12,044	38°F	0.1"
63	Anderson	11,255	38°F	2.6"
64	Valley Center	11,119	38°F	0"
65	Sun Village	11,036	38°F	1"
66	Diamond Springs	10,927	38°F	0.3"
67	Placerville	10,762	38°F	0.3"
68	Exeter	10,258	38°F	0.2"
69	San Diego Country Estates	10,223	38°F	0"
70	Blackhawk	10,137	38°F	0"
71	Bakersfield	411,986	39°F	0.1"
72	Santa Rosa	177,090	39°F	0"
73	Roseville	155,955	39°F	0"
74	Visalia	143,939	39°F	0.1"
75	Tulare	70,945	39°F	0.1"
76	Yuba City	69,471	39°F	0"
77	Madera	67,831	39°F	0"
78	Davis	66,978	39°F	0"
79	Woodland	61,854	39°F	0"
80	Petaluma	59,247	39°F	0"
81	Gilroy	59,004	39°F	0"
82	Lincoln	52,956	39°F	0"
83	Morgan Hill	45,425	39°F	0"
84	Rohnert Park	44,575	39°F	0"
85	Hollister	43,811	39°F	0.1"
86	Oildale	34,687	39°F	0.1"
87	East Niles	28,532	39°F	0.1"
88	Sanger	26,699	39°F	0"
89	Soledad	26,365	39°F	0"
90	Reedley	25,609	39°F	0"
91	Dinuba	25,475	39°F	0.1"
92	Selma	24,659	39°F	0"
93	Linda	23,871	39°F	0"
94	American Canyon	21,691	39°F	0"
95	Greenfield	20,232	39°F	0"
96	Dixon	19,683	39°F	0"
97	Arvin	19,539	39°F	0"
98	Chowchilla	19,020	39°F	0"
99	Rosedale	18,877	39°F	0.1"
100	Olivehurst	18,444	39°F	0"
101	Coalinga	17,203	39°F	0"
102	Rio Linda	16,335	39°F	0"
103	Red Bluff	14,549	39°F	0.1"
104	Parlier	14,507	39°F	0"
105	King City	13,604	39°F	0"
106	Lamont	13,164	39°F	0.1"
107	Marysville	12,726	39°F	0"
108	Mendota	12,577	39°F	0"
109	Newman	12,316	39°F	0"
110	East Bakersfield	11,062	39°F	0.1"
111	Sonoma	10,670	39°F	0"
112	Hillcrest	10,511	39°F	0.1"
113	Farmersville	10,397	39°F	0.1"
114	Potomac Park	10,138	39°F	0.1"
115	Stockton	322,326	40°F	0"
116	Modesto	219,215	40°F	0"
117	Elk Grove	179,155	40°F	0"
118	Hemet	91,326	40°F	0"
119	Manteca	89,043	40°F	0"
120	Livermore	85,522	40°F	0"
121	Lodi	67,607	40°F	0"
122	Palo Alto	67,237	40°F	0"
123	San Jacinto	55,180	40°F	0"
124	West Sacramento	54,927	40°F	0"
125	Watsonville	51,712	40°F	0"
126	Ceres	49,342	40°F	0"
127	Los Banos	47,593	40°F	0"
128	Coachella	43,307	40°F	0"
129	Campbell	42,781	40°F	0"
130	Lathrop	35,052	40°F	0"
131	Los Gatos	32,786	40°F	0"
132	Menlo Park	32,727	40°F	0"
133	Banning	31,093	40°F	0"
134	Saratoga	30,319	40°F	0"
135	East Palo Alto	29,069	40°F	0"
136	Wasco	26,558	40°F	0.2"
137	Galt	25,962	40°F	0"
138	Riverbank	25,166	40°F	0"
139	Patterson	24,693	40°F	0"
140	Oakdale	23,194	40°F	0"
141	Stanford	18,662	40°F	0"
142	McKinleyville	17,113	40°F	0"
143	Ripon	16,201	40°F	0"
144	Parkway	15,397	40°F	0"
145	Lemon Hill	15,312	40°F	0"
146	Salida	13,900	40°F	0"
147	Healdsburg	11,243	40°F	0"
148	Garden Acres	10,667	40°F	0"
149	Country Club	10,161	40°F	0"
150	Fresno	545,970	41°F	0"
151	San Bernardino	222,724	41°F	0"
152	Oceanside	172,242	41°F	0"
153	Clovis	124,725	41°F	0"
154	Fairfield	120,785	41°F	0"
155	Santa Maria	110,462	41°F	0"
156	Redwood City	82,447	41°F	0"
157	Napa	78,239	41°F	0"
158	Redlands	73,375	41°F	0"
159	Porterville	63,157	41°F	0.2"
160	Highland	56,675	41°F	0"
161	San Luis Obispo	48,491	41°F	0"
162	Foster City	32,792	41°F	0"
163	Orcutt	31,454	41°F	0"
164	San Carlos	29,614	41°F	0"
165	Suisun City	29,286	41°F	0"
166	Belmont	27,337	41°F	0"
167	Eureka	26,010	41°F	0"
168	Loma Linda	25,122	41°F	0"
169	Marina	22,563	41°F	0"
170	Oroville	19,752	41°F	0"
171	Prunedale	19,723	41°F	0"
172	Arcata	18,607	41°F	0"
173	Nipomo	17,516	41°F	0"
174	Blythe	17,396	41°F	0"
175	North Fair Oaks	13,100	41°F	0"
176	Muscoy	12,025	41°F	0"
177	Shasta Lake	10,311	41°F	0.7"
178	Sacramento	528,706	42°F	0"
179	Salinas	161,761	42°F	0"
180	Corona	159,670	42°F	0"
181	Concord	124,035	42°F	0"
182	Antioch	116,477	42°F	0"
183	Menifee	110,305	42°F	0.2"
184	Arden-Arcade	94,994	42°F	0"
185	Chino	92,652	42°F	0"
186	Citrus Heights	86,995	42°F	0"
187	Folsom	83,916	42°F	0"
188	Rancho Cordova	81,849	42°F	0"
189	Chino Hills	77,927	42°F	0"
190	Carmichael	76,948	42°F	0"
191	Pittsburg	76,257	42°F	0"
192	Rocklin	73,327	42°F	0"
193	Lake Elsinore	72,461	42°F	0.2"
194	Eastvale	70,633	42°F	0"
195	Walnut Creek	70,088	42°F	0"
196	Brentwood	65,208	42°F	0"
197	Santa Cruz	61,607	42°F	0"
198	Florin	50,211	42°F	0"
199	Antelope	48,301	42°F	0"
200	North Highlands	47,957	42°F	0"
201	Oakley	45,183	42°F	0"
202	Vineyard	43,751	42°F	0"
203	Wildomar	37,277	42°F	0.2"
204	Foothill Farms	36,435	42°F	0"
205	Orangevale	35,958	42°F	0"
206	Pleasant Hill	34,235	42°F	0"
207	Fair Oaks	32,799	42°F	0"
208	Goleta	32,685	42°F	0"
209	Temescal Valley	30,069	42°F	0.2"
210	Eastern Goleta Valley	28,295	42°F	0"
211	Twentynine Palms	27,355	42°F	0.8"
212	Brawley	27,283	42°F	0"
213	Mountain House	25,513	42°F	0"
214	Lafayette	25,285	42°F	0"
215	Norco	25,054	42°F	0"
216	Bay Point	24,231	42°F	0"
217	Rosemont	23,766	42°F	0"
218	Live Oak	16,911	42°F	0"
219	Alpine	15,180	42°F	0"
220	Discovery Bay	14,911	42°F	0"
221	Alamo	14,488	42°F	0"
222	Mill Valley	14,012	42°F	0"
223	Isla Vista	13,920	42°F	0"
224	Larkspur	12,854	42°F	0"
225	Fortuna	12,326	42°F	0.7"
226	Lakeland Village	12,236	42°F	0.2"
227	University of California-Santa Barbara	12,121	42°F	0"
228	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley	12,085	42°F	0"
229	La Riviera	11,492	42°F	0"
230	Canyon Lake	11,119	42°F	0.2"
231	Clayton	10,937	42°F	0"
232	Soquel	10,679	42°F	0"
233	Rio Vista	10,102	42°F	0"
234	Corte Madera	10,077	42°F	0"
235	Riverside	319,069	43°F	0"
236	Fremont	228,295	43°F	0"
237	Glendale	190,748	43°F	0"
238	Sunnyvale	154,236	43°F	0"
239	Pomona	147,943	43°F	0"
240	Simi Valley	125,634	43°F	0"
241	Vallejo	124,268	43°F	0"
242	West Covina	107,037	43°F	0"
243	Burbank	104,546	43°F	0"
244	El Cajon	104,449	43°F	0"
245	Mountain View	83,732	43°F	0"
246	Upland	79,257	43°F	0"
247	Turlock	72,502	43°F	0"
248	Union City	67,464	43°F	0"
249	La Mesa	60,797	43°F	0"
250	San Rafael	60,433	43°F	0"
251	Santee	59,332	43°F	0"
252	Cupertino	58,566	43°F	0"
253	Diamond Bar	53,355	43°F	0"
254	Novato	52,546	43°F	0"
255	Glendora	50,926	43°F	0"
256	Covina	49,888	43°F	0"
257	Azusa	49,031	43°F	0"
258	Lompoc	43,646	43°F	0"
259	Montclair	37,810	43°F	0"
260	Claremont	36,595	43°F	0"
261	San Dimas	33,789	43°F	0"
262	Spring Valley (San Diego County)	31,969	43°F	0"
263	Los Altos	30,698	43°F	0"
264	La Verne	30,600	43°F	0"
265	Walnut	27,611	43°F	0"
266	Benicia	26,749	43°F	0"
267	Hercules	26,302	43°F	0"
268	Calabasas	22,669	43°F	0"
269	Lakeside (San Diego County)	22,447	43°F	0"
270	Winter Gardens	22,131	43°F	0"
271	Imperial	21,430	43°F	0"
272	Rancho San Diego	21,272	43°F	0"
273	Casa de Oro-Mount Helix	19,765	43°F	0"
274	Agoura Hills	19,721	43°F	0"
275	Woodcrest	17,368	43°F	0"
276	South San Jose Hills	16,911	43°F	0"
277	Bostonia	16,765	43°F	0"
278	Vincent	15,340	43°F	0"
279	Livingston	14,606	43°F	0"
280	Oak Park	13,757	43°F	0"
281	San Anselmo	12,679	43°F	0"
282	Half Moon Bay	11,391	43°F	0"
283	Delhi	11,009	43°F	0"
284	Citrus	10,904	43°F	0"
285	San Jose	990,138	44°F	0"
286	Irvine	311,690	44°F	0"
287	Chula Vista	276,375	44°F	0"
288	Hayward	158,801	44°F	0"
289	Santa Clara	130,256	44°F	0"
290	Berkeley	120,257	44°F	0"
291	Jurupa Valley	107,011	44°F	0"
292	Rialto	104,143	44°F	0"
293	Mission Viejo	92,151	44°F	0"
294	San Leandro	87,826	44°F	0"
295	Milpitas	78,578	44°F	0"
296	Castro Valley	65,001	44°F	0"
297	Laguna Niguel	64,139	44°F	0"
298	San Clemente	63,273	44°F	0"
299	Beaumont	56,266	44°F	0"
300	Yucaipa	54,421	44°F	0"
301	Colton	53,772	44°F	0"
302	Aliso Viejo	51,113	44°F	0"
303	Newark	46,903	44°F	0"
304	El Centro	44,240	44°F	0"
305	Calexico	38,585	44°F	0"
306	San Juan Capistrano	35,095	44°F	0"
307	Dana Point	32,790	44°F	0"
308	Seaside	31,814	44°F	0.3"
309	Laguna Hills	30,740	44°F	0"
310	San Lorenzo	29,171	44°F	0"
311	El Cerrito	25,994	44°F	0"
312	Bloomington	25,698	44°F	0"
313	Ladera Ranch	23,793	44°F	0"
314	Laguna Beach	22,710	44°F	0"
315	Ashland	22,210	44°F	0"
316	East Hemet	20,257	44°F	0"
317	Orinda	19,514	44°F	0"
318	Valle Vista	18,602	44°F	0"
319	Arroyo Grande	18,372	44°F	0"
320	Laguna Woods	17,289	44°F	0"
321	Moraga	16,769	44°F	0"
322	Cherryland	14,143	44°F	0"
323	El Sobrante (Riverside County)	13,129	44°F	0"
324	Emeryville	13,081	44°F	0"
325	Grand Terrace	13,078	44°F	0"
326	Grover Beach	12,604	44°F	0"
327	Rancho Mission Viejo	11,971	44°F	0"
328	Fairview	10,745	44°F	0"
329	Home Gardens	10,506	44°F	0"
330	Alum Rock	10,440	44°F	0"
331	Santa Clarita	230,221	45°F	0.1"
332	Fontana	214,169	45°F	0"
333	Ontario	180,547	45°F	0"
334	Rancho Cucamonga	175,411	45°F	0"
335	Escondido	149,668	45°F	0"
336	Pasadena	136,969	45°F	0"
337	Thousand Oaks	125,205	45°F	0"
338	Richmond	115,505	45°F	0"
339	San Mateo	103,105	45°F	0"
340	San Marcos	94,882	45°F	0"
341	Camarillo	70,186	45°F	0"
342	South San Francisco	64,305	45°F	0"
343	Poway	48,713	45°F	0"
344	Altadena	41,705	45°F	0"
345	Moorpark	35,854	45°F	0"
346	San Pablo	31,720	45°F	0"
347	Santa Paula	31,376	45°F	0.1"
348	Burlingame	30,525	45°F	0"
349	Monterey	29,613	45°F	0.3"
350	South Pasadena	26,068	45°F	0"
351	Millbrae	22,689	45°F	0"
352	Stevenson Ranch	20,990	45°F	0.1"
353	La Cañada Flintridge	19,935	45°F	0"
354	Albany	19,414	45°F	0"
355	Pinole	18,761	45°F	0"
356	Castaic	17,999	45°F	0.1"
357	Fillmore	16,816	45°F	0"
358	El Sobrante (Contra Costa County)	16,294	45°F	0"
359	Pacific Grove	14,951	45°F	0.3"
360	San Marino	12,216	45°F	0"
361	Hillsborough	11,099	45°F	0"
362	Sierra Madre	10,940	45°F	0"
363	San Diego	1,389,526	46°F	0"
364	Oakland	439,418	46°F	0"
365	East Los Angeles	111,647	46°F	0"
366	El Monte	106,109	46°F	0"
367	Daly City	101,964	46°F	0"
368	Vista	99,114	46°F	0"
369	Alhambra	81,022	46°F	0"
370	Alameda	77,238	46°F	0"
371	Baldwin Park	70,138	46°F	0"
372	Montebello	61,045	46°F	0"
373	Pico Rivera	60,272	46°F	0"
374	Monterey Park	59,132	46°F	0"
375	Arcadia	55,170	46°F	0"
376	Rosemead	50,013	46°F	0"
377	San Bruno	42,307	46°F	0"
378	San Gabriel	38,392	46°F	0"
379	Bell Gardens	38,229	46°F	0"
380	Monrovia	37,571	46°F	0"
381	Pacifica	37,261	46°F	0"
382	La Puente	37,142	46°F	0"
383	Temple City	35,430	46°F	0"
384	West Whittier-Los Nietos	25,615	46°F	0"
385	San Fernando	23,632	46°F	0"
386	East San Gabriel	23,410	46°F	0"
387	West Puente Valley	22,495	46°F	0"
388	Duarte	22,184	46°F	0"
389	Valinda	20,962	46°F	0"
390	La Crescenta-Montrose	19,660	46°F	0"
391	South El Monte	19,287	46°F	0"
392	Avocado Heights	12,593	46°F	0"
393	Commerce	11,993	46°F	0"
394	Piedmont	10,945	46°F	0"
395	San Francisco	830,235	47°F	0"
396	Long Beach	455,548	47°F	0"
397	Oxnard	200,928	47°F	0"
398	Torrance	142,130	47°F	0"
399	Fullerton	140,968	47°F	0"
400	Murrieta	112,064	47°F	0.2"
401	Temecula	111,167	47°F	0.2"
402	Downey	110,939	47°F	0"
403	Ventura	109,857	47°F	0"
404	Norwalk	99,789	47°F	0"
405	Carson	92,871	47°F	0"
406	Santa Barbara	87,779	47°F	0"
407	Whittier	86,165	47°F	0"
408	Buena Park	82,871	47°F	0"
409	Lakewood	79,850	47°F	0"
410	Bellflower	76,819	47°F	0"
411	Redondo Beach	69,291	47°F	0"
412	La Habra	61,970	47°F	0"
413	National City	58,893	47°F	0"
414	South Whittier	55,650	47°F	0"
415	Hacienda Heights	54,291	47°F	0"
416	Paramount	52,050	47°F	0"
417	Cypress	49,498	47°F	0"
418	Cerritos	47,867	47°F	0"
419	La Mirada	47,180	47°F	0"
420	French Valley	45,269	47°F	0.2"
421	Rancho Palos Verdes	40,864	47°F	0"
422	Stanton	39,402	47°F	0"
423	La Presa	34,962	47°F	0"
424	Desert Hot Springs	33,200	47°F	0"
425	Fallbrook	32,112	47°F	0"
426	Lemon Grove	27,686	47°F	0"
427	Imperial Beach	25,764	47°F	0"
428	Seal Beach	24,722	47°F	0"
429	West Carson	22,143	47°F	0"
430	Port Hueneme	21,582	47°F	0"
431	Lomita	20,225	47°F	0"
432	Hermosa Beach	19,063	47°F	0"
433	Santa Fe Springs	18,871	47°F	0"
434	Artesia	15,889	47°F	0"
435	La Palma	15,272	47°F	0"
436	East Rancho Dominguez	14,603	47°F	0"
437	Los Osos	14,166	47°F	0.1"
438	Hawaiian Gardens	13,691	47°F	0"
439	Carpinteria	13,036	47°F	0"
440	Palos Verdes Estates	12,925	47°F	0"
441	Bonita	12,652	47°F	0"
442	Los Alamitos	11,794	47°F	0"
443	Rossmoor	11,532	47°F	0"
444	Signal Hill	11,468	47°F	0"
445	Morro Bay	10,692	47°F	0.1"
446	East Whittier	9,990	47°F	0"
447	Carlsbad	114,373	48°F	0"
448	Indio	91,950	48°F	0"
449	Lake Forest	86,281	48°F	0"
450	Encinitas	61,480	48°F	0"
451	Cathedral City	52,267	48°F	0"
452	Palm Desert	51,990	48°F	0"
453	Rancho Santa Margarita	46,990	48°F	0"
454	Palm Springs	45,070	48°F	0"
455	Culver City	39,931	48°F	0"
456	La Quinta	38,707	48°F	0"
457	Rancho Mirage	17,563	48°F	0"
458	Coto de Caza	15,190	48°F	0"
459	Solana Beach	12,823	48°F	0"
460	Anaheim	344,521	49°F	0"
461	Santa Ana	312,534	49°F	0"
462	Huntington Beach	195,240	49°F	0"
463	Garden Grove	170,964	49°F	0"
464	Orange	138,266	49°F	0"
465	Costa Mesa	110,330	49°F	0"
466	South Gate	91,483	49°F	0"
467	Westminster	89,860	49°F	0"
468	Tustin	78,981	49°F	0"
469	Yorba Linda	67,170	49°F	0"
470	Florence-Graham	60,690	49°F	0"
471	Fountain Valley	56,258	49°F	0"
472	Huntington Park	53,108	49°F	0"
473	Placentia	52,826	49°F	0"
474	Brea	47,469	49°F	0"
475	Rowland Heights	45,911	49°F	0"
476	Bell	32,476	49°F	0"
477	North Tustin	25,807	49°F	0"
478	Maywood	24,317	49°F	0"
479	Cudahy	22,087	49°F	0"
480	Coronado	19,015	49°F	0"
481	Walnut Park	14,958	49°F	0"
482	View Park-Windsor Hills	11,230	49°F	0"
483	Inglewood	104,569	50°F	0"
484	Compton	92,698	50°F	0"
485	Santa Monica	91,169	50°F	0"
486	Hawthorne	85,191	50°F	0"
487	Newport Beach	83,845	50°F	0"
488	Lynwood	64,578	50°F	0"
489	Gardena	59,422	50°F	0"
490	Manhattan Beach	34,210	50°F	0"
491	Westmont	34,123	50°F	0"
492	Lawndale	30,781	50°F	0"
493	West Rancho Dominguez	23,300	50°F	0"
494	Willowbrook	21,681	50°F	0"
495	Lennox	19,449	50°F	0"
496	El Segundo	16,769	50°F	0"
497	Del Aire	11,115	50°F	0"
498	Malibu	10,421	50°F	0"
499	Los Angeles	3,857,263	51°F	0"
500	West Hollywood	34,884	51°F	0"
501	Beverly Hills	31,624	51°F	0"