Climate averages 1991–2020

Lancaster weather
in June.

A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 31.6°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 16.0°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall 1.3 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Lancaster · average highYear overview

June is a hot month in Lancaster: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 1.3 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes June a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 26 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Palmdale (13 km away). In June its highs average 30.5°C, 1.1°C cooler than Lancaster, with 3.9 mm of rain.

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Lancaster ranks joint 71st of 498 for the warmest June highs and joint 4th of 498 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 498 cities is 27.9°C; Lancaster is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 34.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.3 mm to 3.8 mm.

The annual picture

June in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 0510152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Lancaster climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Lancaster, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 14.0°C4.5°C4.5°C414.610.110 h
February 15.3°C5.0°C5.0°C475.010.911 h
March 18.6°C6.7°C6.7°C314.011.912 h
April 22.1°C8.7°C8.7°C111.913.013 h
May 26.7°C12.3°C12.3°C3.61.014.014 h
June, selected 31.6°C16.0°C16.0°C1.30.314.414 h
July 34.7°C19.4°C19.4°C3.81.014.214 h
August 34.8°C19.5°C19.5°C1.40.513.513 h
September 31.5°C17.4°C17.4°C3.00.612.412 h
October 25.0°C12.9°C12.9°C8.31.111.311 h
November 18.3°C7.8°C7.8°C9.71.910.410 h
December 13.3°C4.1°C4.1°C303.69.910 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

June in nearby cities

Distance from Lancaster

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Lancaster) is explained once on the Lancaster year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.