Editing Malibu, California (section)

== Geography ==
[[File:Malibupacificcoasthighway.jpg|thumb|The Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) in central Malibu]]
[[File:Paradise cove.JPG|thumb|The Paradise Cove pier in Malibu]]
[[File:Malibu, California aerial view in July 2021.jpg|thumb|Residential developments in the mountains above Malibu coast]]
Malibu's eastern end borders the [[Topanga, California|community of Topanga]], which separates it from the city of Los Angeles.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has an area of {{convert|19.8|sqmi|km2}}, over 99% of it is land.

Malibu's dry brush [[chaparral]] and steep clay slopes make it prone to fires, floods, and mudslides.

Beaches on the Malibu coast include Big Rock Beach, Broad Beach, [[County Line Beach]], Dan Blocker Beach, La Costa Beach,<ref>[https://www.californiabeaches.com/beach/la-costa-beach/ La Costa Beach]</ref> Las Flores Beach,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.californiabeaches.com/beach/las-flores-beach/ |title=Las Flores Beach |access-date=August 14, 2020 |archive-date=October 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003210337/https://www.californiabeaches.com/beach/las-flores-beach/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Malibu Beach, [[Point Dume|Point Dume Beach]], [[Surfrider Beach]], [[Topanga, California|Topanga Beach]], and [[Zuma Beach]]. State parks and beaches on the Malibu coast include [[Leo Carrillo State Park|Leo Carrillo State Beach and Park]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=616 |title=Leo Carrillo SB |publisher=Parks.ca.gov |access-date=November 3, 2007 |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004234415/https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=616 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Malibu Creek State Park]], [[Point Mugu State Park]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=630 |title=Pt. Mugu SP |publisher=Parks.ca.gov |access-date=November 3, 2007 |archive-date=November 2, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102010900/http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=630 |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Robert H. Meyer Memorial State Beach]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=633 |title=Robert H. Meyer Memorial SB |publisher=Parks.ca.gov |access-date=November 5, 2007 |archive-date=October 18, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071018082433/http://parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=633 |url-status=live }}</ref> along with individual beaches such as El Matador Beach, El Pescador Beach, La Piedra Beach, Carbon Beach, Surfrider Beach, Westward Beach, and Escondido Beach.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Valentino |first=Silas |date=June 12, 2023 |title=Wealthy homeowners penalized for blocking Calif. beach access |url=https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/malibu-beach-access-blocking-penalized-18145060.php |access-date=June 12, 2023 |website=SFGATE |language=en-US |archive-date=June 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612112326/https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/malibu-beach-access-blocking-penalized-18145060.php |url-status=live }}</ref> Paradise Cove, Pirates Cove, Trancas, and Encinal Bluffs are along the coast in Malibu. [[Point Dume]] forms the northern end of the [[Santa Monica Bay]], and Point Dume Headlands Park affords a vista stretching to the [[Palos Verdes Peninsula]] and [[Santa Catalina Island, California|Santa Catalina Island]].

Like all California beaches, Malibu beaches are public below the mean high tide line. Many large public beaches are easily accessible, but such access is sometimes limited for some of the smaller and more remote beaches.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Carlson |first=Cheri |date=July 13, 2023 |title=Malibu city officials remove signs for publicly owned, hard-to-spot beach |url=https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2023/07/13/malibu-removes-signs-for-publicly-owned-hard-to-spot-beach/70407706007/ |access-date=July 16, 2023 |newspaper=Ventura County Star |language=en-US |archive-date=September 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908082727/https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/2023/07/13/malibu-removes-signs-for-publicly-owned-hard-to-spot-beach/70407706007/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Malibu Bluffs State Park IMG 0986 060826 140616.jpg|thumb|View from Malibu Bluffs Park, facing west toward Point Dume]]
The Malibu Coast lies on the fringe of an extensive [[California chaparral and woodlands|chaparral and woodland]] wilderness area, the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.<ref>[http://www.nps.gov/samo Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908082727/https://www.nps.gov/samo/index.htm |date=September 8, 2024 }} from the [[National Park Service]] website</ref> Various environmental elements collectively create a recipe for natural disasters: the mountainous and geologically unstable terrain; seasonal rainstorms that result in dense vegetation growth; seasonal dry [[Santa Ana winds]]; and a naturally dry topography and climate.

===Wildfires===
{{See also|2007 California wildfires}}
[[File:Looking down on the Corral Canyon brush fire from Latigo Cyn Rd Malibu CA.jpg|thumb|left|Looking down on the Corral Canyon brush fire from Latigo Canyon Road]]
[[File:Woolsey_Fire_evacuation_from_Malibu_on_November_9,_2018.jpg|thumb|left|The smoke plume from the [[Woolsey Fire]], seen from the [[California State Route 1|Pacific Coast Highway]]]]

The Malibu coast has seen dozens of wildfires:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.malibutimes.com/articles/2007/11/24/news/news2.prt |title=Malibu Times Article |publisher=Malibu Times Article |date=November 21, 2007 |access-date=February 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906215925/http://www.malibutimes.com/articles/2007/11/24/news/news2.prt |archive-date=September 6, 2012 |url-status=dead  }}</ref><ref>{{Cite report|author=Citygate Associates, Inc.|date=October 23, 2019|title=DRAFT: Woolsey Fire After Action Report|section=Exhibit A|pages=1–6|url=https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6509012-Citygate-Working-Draft-Woolsey-Fire-Incident-AAR.html|access-date=November 7, 2020|publisher=County of Los Angeles|language=en|archive-date=September 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919015946/https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6509012-Citygate-Working-Draft-Woolsey-Fire-Incident-AAR.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* October 26, 1929 – Malibu Colony, 13 homes burned.<ref name="hazards" />
* 1930 – "Potrero," Decker Canyon Road Corridor, {{convert|15000|acre|km2}}, accidental blaze caused by walnut pickers in Thousand Oaks area.<ref name="hazards" />
* October 23, 1935 – "Malibu" or "Latigo/Sherwood," Kanan/Decker Corridor, {{convert|30000|acre|km2}}.<ref name="hazards" />
* November 23, 1938 – "Topanga," Topanga Canyon, {{convert|14500|acre|km2}}.<ref name="hazards" />
* October 20, 1943 – "Las Flores," Malibu Canyon, {{convert|5800|acre|km2}}.<ref name="hazards" />
* November 6, 1943 – "Woodland Hills (Las Virgenes)," Kanan/Decker Corridor, {{convert|15000|acre|km2}}.<ref name="hazards" />
* December 26, 1956 – "Newton," Kanan/Decker Corridor, {{convert|26000|acre|km2}}, 100 homes, one death, Frank Dickover.<ref name="hazards" />
* December 2, 1958 – "Liberty," Malibu Canyon, {{convert|18000|acre|km2}}, eight firefighters injured, 74 homes destroyed (17 in Corral Canyon).<ref name="hazards" />
* November 6, 1961 – "Topanga," Topanga Canyon, {{convert|8000|acre|km2}}.<ref name="hazards" />
* September 25, 1970 – "Wright," Malibu Canyon, {{convert|28000|acre|km2}}, 10 deaths, 403 homes destroyed.<ref name="la208946" />
* October 30, 1973 – "Topanga," Topanga Canyon, {{convert|2800|acre|km2}}.<ref name="hazards" />
* October 23, 1978 – "Kanan," Kanan/Decker Corridor, {{convert|25000|acre|km2}}, 2 deaths, 230 homes.<ref name="la208946" />
* October 9, 1982 – "Dayton," Malibu Canyon Corridor, {{convert|44000|acre|km2}}, 15 homes in Paradise Cove destroyed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.malibucomplete.com/mc_history_dev_1970s-91_disasters.php |title=MALIBU HISTORY: 1970 TO CITYHOOD IN 1991 |publisher=Malibucomplete.com |access-date=July 25, 2009 |archive-date=August 20, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820061105/http://www.malibucomplete.com/mc_history_dev_1970s-91_disasters.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
* October 14, 1985 – "Piuma," Las Flores area, Topanga Canyon, {{convert|4700|acre|km2}}.<ref name="hazards" />
* October 14, 1985 – "Decker," Kanan/Decker Corridor, {{convert|6600|acre|km2}}. Both arson-caused; six homes destroyed; $1&nbsp;million damage.<ref name="hazards" />
* November 2, 1993 – "Old Topanga/North Malibu." One of the largest fires in Malibu history, which burned 16,516 acres from November 2 to 11.<ref>[http://www.lafire.com/famous_fires/931102_OldTopangaFire/110293_official_report_old_topanga_inci.htm 1993 Fire] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106023234/http://lafire.com/famous_fires/931102_OldTopangaFire/110293_official_report_old_topanga_inci.htm |date=November 6, 2010 }}, LACFD official report</ref> The 1993 firestorm was composed of two separate fires, one ravaging most of central Malibu/Old Topanga, and another, larger fire affecting areas north of Encinal Canyon. Three people died and 739 homes destroyed in the central Malibu/Old Topanga blaze. {{convert|18949|acre|km2|0}} were torched in the north Malibu fire, with no deaths and few homes destroyed in the less densely-populated region. Los Angeles County Fire Department officials announced suspicions that the fire was started by arson.<ref>[http://www.coastal.ca.gov/fire/firerept.html Malibu: Public Safety] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012235708/http://www.coastal.ca.gov/fire/firerept.html |date=October 12, 2007 }} from coastal.ca.gov</ref> The fire and widespread damage to properties and infrastructure resulted in the City of Malibu adopting the strictest fire codes in the country.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1145994|title=Malibu Lessons|website=npr.org|access-date=April 2, 2018|archive-date=July 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180703190824/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1145994|url-status=live}}</ref>
* October 21, 1996 – "Calabasas," Malibu Canyon Corridor, Brush fire ignited by arcing power line, {{convert|13000|acre|km2}}.
* January 6, 2003 – "Trancas", Trancas Canyon, {{convert|759|acre|km2}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.malibutimes.com/news/article_7cd59e64-ed97-55a0-9a98-dc53856bb857.html |title=Malibu burns again; fire contained, damage limited |work=The Malibu Times |date=January 10, 2003 |access-date=September 28, 2016 |archive-date=May 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510104502/http://www.malibutimes.com/news/article_7cd59e64-ed97-55a0-9a98-dc53856bb857.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* January 8, 2007 – At about 5:00&nbsp;pm a fire started in the vicinity of Bluffs Park, south of [[Pacific Coast Highway (California)|Pacific Coast Highway]] in Malibu. The fire hit near the Colony area, burning down four houses on Malibu Road, including the oceanfront home of ''[[Step by Step (TV series)|Step By Step]]'' star [[Suzanne Somers]]. The [[Los Angeles County Fire Department]] announced that a discarded cigarette stub started the blaze.
* October 21, 2007 – At about 5:00&nbsp;am a fire started off of [[Malibu Canyon Road]]. As of 1:00&nbsp;pm there were 500+ personnel on scene. {{convert|1200|acre|km2}} burned with no containment. 200+ homes were evacuated. Five homes were confirmed to have been destroyed, with at least nine others damaged. Two commercial structures were completely destroyed. Castle Kashan and the Malibu Presbyterian Church were both destroyed.
* November 24, 2007 – The "Corral Fire" destroyed 53 homes, damaged 35, and burned over {{convert|4720|acre|km2}}, forcing as many as 14,000 people to evacuate. Damages from the fire were expected to reach more than $100&nbsp;million. The blaze originated at the top of Corral Canyon, where a group of young people who were in closed parkland after dusk had started a bonfire despite the presence of high Santa Ana winds. The individuals responsible for starting the fire were later identified, and are the subject of ongoing civil and criminal litigation.<ref>{{Cite news|title=MHS Newspaper Wins National Awards|url=http://www.malibutimes.com/news/article_65a12e1c-893c-54ab-8312-287113705392.html|first=Judy-Anne|last=Goldman|publisher=The Malibu Times|work=MalibuTimes.com|date=June 4, 2003|access-date=October 1, 2014|archive-date=June 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150625090903/http://www.malibutimes.com/news/article_65a12e1c-893c-54ab-8312-287113705392.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://news.monstersandcritics.com/usa/news/article_1376494.php/Malibu_Thanksgiving_weekend_blaze_claims_53_homes Malibu gossip] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130220023334/http://news.monstersandcritics.com/usa/news/article_1376494.php/Malibu_Thanksgiving_weekend_blaze_claims_53_homes |date=February 20, 2013 }} from monstersandcritics.com</ref>
* November 8, 2018 – The [[Woolsey Fire]], a wildfire that burned from November 8–21 that burned {{convert|96,949|acres|km2|sigfig=3}} and destroyed 1,500 structures and left 341 buildings damaged. The fire also resulted in 3 firefighter injuries and 3 civilian fatalities. In 2020, authorities blamed faulty [[Southern California Edison]] equipment for the blaze.<ref>{{cite web |title=Woolsey Fire Incident Update |url=https://www.fire.lacounty.gov/woolsey-fire-incident/ |website=County of Los Angeles Fire Department |access-date=December 6, 2018 |archive-date=November 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112231819/https://www.fire.lacounty.gov/woolsey-fire-incident/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-08-04/malibu-scraps-anti-mansionization-plan-woolsey-fire-future|title=Malibu wanted to crack down on huge mansions. But fire losses could bring even bigger homes|last=Sharp|first=Sonja|date=August 5, 2019|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|language=en-US|access-date=August 5, 2019|archive-date=August 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805142952/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-08-04/malibu-scraps-anti-mansionization-plan-woolsey-fire-future|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eu.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/simi-valley/2020/10/29/redacted-2018-woolsey-fire-report-authorities-blame-edison-equipment/6057616002/|title=In redacted Woolsey Fire report, authorities blame Edison equipment for blaze|access-date=March 13, 2023|archive-date=September 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908082736/https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/simi-valley/2020/10/29/redacted-2018-woolsey-fire-report-authorities-blame-edison-equipment/6057616002/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* December 9, 2024 – The "Franklin Fire" began shortly before 11:00 pm on December 9 near Malibu Canyon Road. The fire spread quickly under strong Santa Ana winds, burning a total of {{convert|4,037|acres|km2|sigfig=3}} over the next few days. The fire prompted mandatory evacuations for much of Malibu and destroyed a total of 19 structures.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Franklin Fire |url=https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/2024/12/9/franklin-fire/ |access-date=December 10, 2024 |website=www.fire.ca.gov |publisher=[[California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection]] (Cal Fire)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abc7.com/live-updates/malibu-fire-wildfire-los-angeles-area-pepperdine-university-spreads-amid-strong-santa-ana-winds-red-flag-warning/15634926/|title=Franklin Fire in Malibu grows to 4,000+ acres with 30% containment after homes destroyed|last=Garcia|first=Sid|date=December 12, 2024|website=[[KABC-TV|ABC7]]|language=en-US|access-date=December 12, 2024}}</ref>
* January 7, 2025 – The [[January 2025 Southern California wildfires]] caused deaths, evacuations, and heavy damage to homes and property, including in Malibu. The [[Palisades Fire]] began around 10:30&nbsp;a.m. on January 7 and initially burnt nearly 3,000 acres between Santa Monica and Malibu. The uncontrollable blaze, which continued to consume buildings, has wound up burning more than 11,000 acres between the two beach towns.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Limehouse |first=Jonathan |date=January 8, 2025 |title=Malibu fire damage: Photos capture destruction and firefighters' heroic efforts |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/08/malibu-fire-damage-california/77551438007/ |access-date=January 26, 2025 |work=USA Today}}</ref>

===Mudslides===
One of the most problematic side effects of the fires that periodically rage through Malibu is the destruction of vegetation, which normally provides some degree of topographical stability to the loosely packed shale and sandstone hills during periods of heavy precipitation. Rainstorms following large wildfires can thus cause mudslides, in which water-saturated earth and rock moves quickly down mountainsides, or entire slices of mountainside abruptly detach and fall downward.

After the 1993 wildfire stripped the surrounding mountains of their earth-hugging [[chaparral]], torrential rainstorms in early 1994 caused a massive mudslide near Las Flores Canyon that closed down the Pacific Coast Highway for months. Thousands of tons of mud, rocks, and water rained down on the highway. The destruction to property and infrastructure was exacerbated by the road's narrowness at that point, with beachside houses abutting the highway with little or no frontage land as a buffer to the mudslide.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/research/qr/qr107.html |title=Mudslides in Malibu, etc |publisher=Colorado.edu |access-date=November 3, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070713111554/http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/research/qr/qr107.html |archive-date=July 13, 2007 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> Another large mudslide occurred on [[Malibu Canyon Road]], between the [[Pepperdine University]] campus and HRL Laboratories LLC, closing down Malibu Canyon for two months.<ref>[http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/sgx/document/weatherhistory.pdf Malibu Mudslides] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120153201/http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/sgx/document/weatherhistory.pdf |date=January 20, 2016 }} from noaa.gov</ref> Yet another behemoth slide occurred on [[Kanan Road/Kanan Dume Road|Kanan Dume Road]], about {{convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}} up the canyon from the Pacific Coast Highway. This closure lasted many months, with Kanan finally fixed by the California Department of Transportation (Cal-Trans)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dot.ca.gov/ |title=Cal-Trans official web site |publisher=Dot.ca.gov |access-date=November 3, 2007 |archive-date=February 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204232255/http://dot.ca.gov/ |url-status=live }}</ref> over a year after the road collapsed.

Mudslides can occur at any time in Malibu, whether a recent fire or rainstorm has occurred or not. [[California State Route 1|Pacific Coast Highway]], [[Kanan Dume Road]], and [[Malibu Canyon Road]] (as well as many other local roads) have all been prone to many subsequent mudslide-related closures. During any period of prolonged or intense rain, Caltrans snowplows patrol most canyon roads in the area, clearing mud, rocks, and other debris from the roads. Such efforts keep most roads passable, but it is nevertheless typical for one or more of the major roads leading into and out of Malibu to be temporarily closed during the rainy season.

===Storms===
Malibu is periodically subject to intense coastal storms. Occasionally, these unearth remnants of the [[Hueneme, Malibu and Port Los Angeles Railway|Rindge railroad]] that was built through Malibu in the early 20th century.

On January 25, 2008, during an unusually large storm for Southern California, a tornado came ashore and struck a naval base's hangar, ripping off the roof. It was the first tornado to strike Malibu's shoreline in recorded history.<ref>{{cite news|title=Small Tornado Strikes Point Mugu|url=http://www.vcstar.com/news/2008/jan/25/small-tornado-strikes-point-mugu/|access-date=September 28, 2012|newspaper=Ventura County Star|date=January 25, 2008|archive-date=July 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729082431/http://www.vcstar.com/news/2008/jan/25/small-tornado-strikes-point-mugu/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Earthquakes===
Malibu is within {{convert|50|mi|km}} of the [[San Andreas Fault]], a fault over {{convert|800|mi|km}} long that can produce an earthquake over magnitude 8. Several faults are in the region, making the area prone to earthquakes.

The 1994 [[Northridge earthquake]] and the [[1971 Sylmar earthquake]] (magnitudes 6.7 and 6.6, respectively) shook the area. Smaller earthquakes happen more often.

===Climate===
This region experiences warm and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above {{convert|71.6|°F|°C|abbr=on}}. According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Malibu has a [[Mediterranean climate#Warm-summer Mediterranean climate|warm-summer Mediterranean climate]], abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=941640&cityname=Malibu,+California,+United+States+of+America&units=|title=Malibu, California Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)|website=Weatherbase|access-date=July 3, 2018|archive-date=September 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921173043/http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=941640&cityname=Malibu%2C+California%2C+United+States+of+America&units=|url-status=live}}</ref> The city's climate is influenced by the Pacific Ocean, resulting in far more moderate temperatures than locations further inland experience. Snow in Malibu is extremely rare, but flurries with higher accumulations in the nearby mountains occurred on January 17, 2007. More recently, snow fell in the city on January 25, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.9news.com/article/weather/accuweather/malibu-snow-snowfall-photos-weather-forecast/507-c4f6e6a1-ce70-4153-859c-273beb266ad7|title=Snow in Malibu? Weather provides surprise in Southern California|date=January 25, 2021|access-date=January 28, 2021|archive-date=May 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220509050503/https://www.9news.com/article/weather/accuweather/malibu-snow-snowfall-photos-weather-forecast/507-c4f6e6a1-ce70-4153-859c-273beb266ad7|url-status=live}}</ref> The record high temperature of {{convert|104|°F|°C|abbr=on}} was observed on September 27, 2010, while the record low temperature of {{convert|26|°F|°C|abbr=on}} was observed on January 14, 2007.<ref name="MSN" />

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| location    = Malibu, California ([[Point Mugu State Park]], 1991–2020 normals)
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| Jan record high F = 88
| Feb record high F = 91
| Mar record high F = 94
| Apr record high F = 100
| May record high F = 98
| Jun record high F = 102
| Jul record high F = 101
| Aug record high F = 98
| Sep record high F = 104
| Oct record high F = 103
| Nov record high F = 98
| Dec record high F = 96
| year record high F = 104
| Jan high F = 66.2
| Feb high F = 64.7
| Mar high F = 65.5
| Apr high F = 66.6
| May high F = 67.5
| Jun high F = 69.9
| Jul high F = 72.8
| Aug high F = 73.7
| Sep high F = 73.1
| Oct high F = 73.1
| Nov high F = 70.6
| Dec high F = 66.0
| year high F = 69.1
| Jan low F = 45.6
| Feb low F = 45.8
| Mar low F = 47.7
| Apr low F = 48.3
| May low F = 51.8
| Jun low F = 55.5
| Jul low F = 58.4
| Aug low F = 58.3
| Sep low F = 57.0
| Oct low F = 54.2
| Nov low F = 48.1
| Dec low F = 44.0
| year low F = 51.2
| Jan record low F = 26
| Feb record low F = 28
| Mar record low F = 31
| Apr record low F = 31
| May record low F = 34
| Jun record low F = 37
| Jul record low F = 42
| Aug record low F = 43
| Sep record low F = 40
| Oct record low F = 35
| Nov record low F = 28
| Dec record low F = 28
| year record low F = 26
| Jan precipitation inch = 2.36
| Feb precipitation inch = 3.93
| Mar precipitation inch = 2.17
| Apr precipitation inch = 0.48
| May precipitation inch = 0.38
| Jun precipitation inch = 0.11
| Jul precipitation inch = 0.02
| Aug precipitation inch = 0.01
| Sep precipitation inch = 0.08
| Oct precipitation inch = 0.40
| Nov precipitation inch = 0.88
| Dec precipitation inch = 1.71
| year precipitation inch = 12.53
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| source 1 = Averages: [[NOAA]]<ref name= NOAA>{{cite web|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/us-climate-normals/#dataset=normals-monthly&timeframe=30&station=USW00093111|title = NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access|publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]|access-date = July 16, 2021|archive-date = May 5, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210505115421/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/us-climate-normals/#dataset=normals-monthly&timeframe=30&station=USW00093111|url-status = live}}</ref>
| source 2 = Records: [[MSN]]<ref name="MSN">{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/Weather/records/malibucaliforniaunited-states/we-city?q=malibu-california&form=PRWLAS&iso=US&el=AzFcxcq7nMa6FfBsvUknAw%3d%3d|title=Records and Averages for Malibu, CA|website=www.msn.com|access-date=April 7, 2021|archive-date=June 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612220315/https://www.msn.com/en-us/Weather/records/malibucaliforniaunited-states/we-city?q=malibu-california&form=PRWLAS&iso=US&el=AzFcxcq7nMa6FfBsvUknAw==|url-status=live}}</ref>
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