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The driest places in North America in June: ranked by rainfall

Mexicali tops the list at 0.2 mm in June. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in North America.

Top three in June: Mexicali (0.2 mm) , Windhoek (0.4 mm) , San Luis Río Colorado (0.6 mm) . Between first and 50th place the rainfall differs by 9.5 mm.

# Destination Country Rainfall Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Mexicali Mexico 0.2 mm 41 °C 23 °C 0 mm 0 409 h –
2 Windhoek Namibia 0.4 mm 21 °C 6.7 °C 0 mm 0 305 h –
3 San Luis Río Colorado Mexico 0.6 mm 40 °C 23 °C 1 mm 0 408 h –
4 Ensenada Mexico 1.0 mm 24 °C 17 °C 1 mm 0 407 h 18 °C
5 Lancaster United States 1.2 mm 32 °C 16 °C 1 mm 0 416 h –
6 Bakersfield United States 1.3 mm 33 °C 19 °C 1 mm 0 416 h –
7 Henderson United States 1.3 mm 37 °C 23 °C 1 mm 0 416 h –
8 Oxnard United States 1.3 mm 22 °C 15 °C 1 mm 0 408 h 17 °C
9 Long Beach United States 1.4 mm 24 °C 15 °C 1 mm 0 404 h 18 °C
10 Spring Valley United States 1.5 mm 36 °C 21 °C 1 mm 0 417 h –
11 Anaheim United States 1.8 mm 25 °C 15 °C 2 mm 0 405 h 19 °C
12 Las Vegas United States 1.8 mm 37 °C 22 °C 2 mm 0 417 h –
13 Huntington Beach United States 1.9 mm 23 °C 15 °C 2 mm 0 403 h 19 °C
14 Phoenix United States 1.9 mm 40 °C 24 °C 2 mm 0 407 h –
15 San Diego United States 2.0 mm 22 °C 15 °C 2 mm 0 398 h 19 °C
16 Los Angeles United States 2.2 mm 28 °C 15 °C 2 mm 0 404 h 18 °C
17 Mesa United States 2.2 mm 40 °C 23 °C 2 mm 0 408 h –
18 Tijuana Mexico 2.4 mm 22 °C 15 °C 2 mm 0 400 h 19 °C
19 Santa Clarita United States 2.6 mm 29 °C 16 °C 3 mm 0 414 h –
20 Ontario United States 2.6 mm 29 °C 15 °C 3 mm 0 406 h –
21 Oceanside United States 2.7 mm 22 °C 16 °C 3 mm 1 403 h 19 °C
22 Pomona United States 2.7 mm 28 °C 15 °C 3 mm 0 405 h –
23 Salinas United States 2.7 mm 21 °C 12 °C 3 mm 1 398 h 13 °C
24 Glendale United States 2.8 mm 28 °C 15 °C 3 mm 1 413 h –
25 Escondido United States 3.1 mm 25 °C 15 °C 3 mm 1 404 h 19 °C
26 Oakland United States 3.4 mm 25 °C 13 °C 3 mm 1 404 h –
27 Moreno Valley United States 3.4 mm 29 °C 16 °C 3 mm 1 412 h –
28 Riverside United States 3.4 mm 30 °C 15 °C 3 mm 1 409 h –
29 San Francisco United States 3.5 mm 21 °C 12 °C 3 mm 1 404 h 12 °C
30 Modesto United States 3.5 mm 33 °C 16 °C 3 mm 1 410 h –
31 San Bernardino United States 3.5 mm 30 °C 16 °C 4 mm 1 411 h –
32 Hermosillo Mexico 3.6 mm 39 °C 23 °C 4 mm 1 390 h –
33 Fontana United States 3.6 mm 30 °C 15 °C 4 mm 1 412 h –
34 Los Mochis Mexico 3.7 mm 35 °C 24 °C 4 mm 1 388 h 27 °C
35 Palmdale United States 3.7 mm 31 °C 16 °C 4 mm 1 417 h –
36 Sunnyvale United States 4.0 mm 26 °C 13 °C 4 mm 1 405 h 13 °C
37 San Jose United States 4.0 mm 26 °C 13 °C 4 mm 1 405 h –
38 Fremont United States 4.1 mm 26 °C 13 °C 4 mm 1 407 h –
39 Stockton United States 4.1 mm 32 °C 15 °C 4 mm 1 410 h –
40 La Paz Mexico 4.2 mm 34 °C 22 °C 4 mm 1 387 h 25 °C
41 Tucson United States 4.5 mm 38 °C 23 °C 4 mm 1 401 h –
42 Sacramento United States 4.6 mm 33 °C 15 °C 5 mm 1 409 h –
43 Fresno United States 4.8 mm 34 °C 18 °C 5 mm 1 413 h –
44 Elk Grove United States 6.0 mm 31 °C 15 °C 6 mm 1 409 h –
45 Cabo San Lucas Mexico 6.6 mm 29 °C 23 °C 7 mm 1 385 h 23 °C
46 Santa Rosa United States 6.9 mm 28 °C 13 °C 7 mm 1 407 h –
47 Albuquerque United States 8.1 mm 33 °C 18 °C 8 mm 2 409 h –
48 Nogales Mexico 9.0 mm 34 °C 18 °C 9 mm 2 396 h –
49 Ciudad Juárez Mexico 9.6 mm 36 °C 21 °C 10 mm 2 408 h –
50 Ciudad Obregón Mexico 9.7 mm 38 °C 24 °C 10 mm 1 389 h –

Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.

The same ranking one month earlier and later

May: top 5

  1. Los Mochis 0.3 mm
  2. Cabo San Lucas 0.4 mm
  3. Hermosillo 0.4 mm
  4. La Paz 0.5 mm
  5. Ciudad Obregón 0.7 mm

Full ranking for May

July: top 5

  1. Modesto 0.2 mm
  2. Stockton 0.2 mm
  3. Santa Rosa 0.3 mm
  4. Elk Grove 0.4 mm
  5. Sacramento 0.4 mm

Full ranking for July

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Total precipitation, in mm, in June, lowest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in North America with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by fewest wet days.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering is ours.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.