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July 8 in San Diego

Weather forecasts run out after about two weeks. For any date further out than that, the honest answer isn't a single number — it's the range San Diego actually delivers on this date, and how often.

On July 8, San Diego, CA typically reaches 73°F, but has run anywhere from 70°F to 80°F in eight years out of ten. About 99% of July 8s see no measurable precipitation.

Daytime high73°F
70°F8 years in 10 land in here80°F
Overnight low65°F
62°F8 years in 10 land in here69°F

The odds on July 8

99%
Dry day
No measurable precipitation

Odds computed from the last 30 years (19972026).

This date is moving

Highs around July 8 have cooled about 0.3°F per decade since 1970 — roughly 1.5°F across the record. The figures above are shifted along that trend to 2026, so they describe today's climate rather than the average of the last 56 years.

Where this comes from: 840 daily observations from SAN DIEGO INTL AP, covering 19702026. We pool every day within 7 days of July 8 — a single calendar date has only about 56 readings, far too few to place a 10th percentile you'd want to trust.

Why it's not a plain average: A climatology computed straight across 19702026 describes the middle of that period, not today, so as a statement about the present it runs cold. We fit a trend on year and shift each observation to 2026 before taking the range. The probabilities use the last 30 years instead — shifting a temperature along a trend is well defined, shifting “did it rain” is not.

What this is not: Not a forecast. It is what San Diego, CA has actually done on this date, which is the only defensible answer once you're past the two-week horizon where real forecasts stop. Data: NOAA NCEI GHCN-Daily.

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