Editing San Rafael, California (section)

===Climate===
[[File:China Camp 247 N San Pedro Rd San Rafael CA 3-21-2010 4-39-54 PM.JPG|thumb|left|[[China Camp State Park]]]]
San Rafael has a [[warm-summer Mediterranean climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification]] ''Csb''), with mild winter lows seldom reaching the freezing mark. The National Weather Service reports that August is usually the warmest month with a high of {{convert|80.1|°F|°C}} and a low of {{convert|55.0|°F|°C}}. December, the coldest month, has an average high of {{convert|55.1|°F|°C}} and an average low of {{convert|41.0|°F|°C}}. The highest temperature on record is {{convert|110|°F|°C|1}}, recorded in June 1961. The highest temperature in recent years, {{convert|108|°F|°C|1}}, occurred on July 23, 2006,<ref>[http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr/heat.php http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr/heat.php] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070312053236/http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr/heat.php |date=March 12, 2007 }} ''wrh.noaa.gov''</ref> and {{convert|108|°F|°C|1}} again on September 6, 2020. The record lowest temperature was {{convert|20|°F|°C|1}} on December 22, 1990. There are an average of 17.9 afternoons annually with a high of {{convert|90|°F|C|1}} or more and 1.2 afternoons with a high of {{convert|100|°F|1}} or more. Freezing temperatures ({{convert|32|°F|°C|disp=x|/}} or below) occur on an average of 3.6 mornings.<ref name = NOAA >{{cite web|url = https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=mtr|title = NowData – NOAA Online Weather Data|publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]|access-date = December 5, 2012}}</ref>

Total annual precipitation averages {{convert|32.16|in|mm|1}}, with an average of 64.3 days with measurable rain. The rainy season is from November to early April: rain is rare outside of this period and it is normal to receive no rain in June, July, August, and September. The wettest "rain year" was from July 1994 to June 1995 with {{convert|61.45|in|mm|1}} and the driest from July 1975 to June 1976 with {{convert|13.62|in|mm|1}}. The most rain in one month was {{convert|24.11|in|mm|1}} in January 1995, and the heaviest 24-hour rainfall was {{convert|8.74|in|mm|1}} on December 11, 1995. A trace of snow was recorded on January 30, 1976.

{{Weather box
|location = San Rafael Civic Center (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1895–present)
|single line = Y
|Jan record high F = 82
|Feb record high F = 83
|Mar record high F = 88
|Apr record high F = 92
|May record high F = 100
|Jun record high F = 110
|Jul record high F = 109
|Aug record high F = 105
|Sep record high F = 110
|Oct record high F = 106
|Nov record high F = 88
|Dec record high F = 79
|year record high F = 110
|Jan avg record high F = 65.1
|Feb avg record high F = 71.5
|Mar avg record high F = 77.1
|Apr avg record high F = 84.0
|May avg record high F = 88.4
|Jun avg record high F = 96.6
|Jul avg record high F = 96.8
|Aug avg record high F = 95.6
|Sep avg record high F = 94.6
|Oct avg record high F = 88.3
|Nov avg record high F = 75.1
|Dec avg record high F = 65.7
|year avg record high F = 100.6
|Jan high F = 56.9	
|Feb high F = 61.1	
|Mar high F = 64.8	
|Apr high F = 67.8	
|May high F = 72.0	
|Jun high F = 77.9	
|Jul high F = 80.9	
|Aug high F = 81.3	
|Sep high F = 80.7	
|Oct high F = 74.9	
|Nov high F = 64.6	
|Dec high F = 57.1	
|year high F = 70.0	
|Jan mean F = 49.8
|Feb mean F = 52.5
|Mar mean F = 55.2
|Apr mean F = 57.7
|May mean F = 61.3
|Jun mean F = 65.7
|Jul mean F = 67.9
|Aug mean F = 68.4
|Sep mean F = 67.6
|Oct mean F = 63.2
|Nov mean F = 55.3
|Dec mean F = 49.6
|year mean F = 59.5
|Jan low F = 42.6	
|Feb low F = 44.0	
|Mar low F = 45.5	
|Apr low F = 47.5	
|May low F = 50.6	
|Jun low F = 53.5	
|Jul low F = 54.9	
|Aug low F = 55.5	
|Sep low F = 54.4	
|Oct low F = 51.4	
|Nov low F = 46.0	
|Dec low F = 42.1	
|year low F = 49.0
|Jan avg record low F = 33.8
|Feb avg record low F = 34.6
|Mar avg record low F = 37.2
|Apr avg record low F = 39.8
|May avg record low F = 44.1
|Jun avg record low F = 47.0
|Jul avg record low F = 50.4
|Aug avg record low F = 50.1
|Sep avg record low F = 47.9
|Oct avg record low F = 44.3
|Nov avg record low F = 37.4
|Dec avg record low F = 33.1
|year avg record low F = 30.4
|Jan record low F = 23
|Feb record low F = 21
|Mar record low F = 24
|Apr record low F = 29
|May record low F = 27
|Jun record low F = 31
|Jul record low F = 34
|Aug record low F = 41
|Sep record low F = 36
|Oct record low F = 34
|Nov record low F = 30
|Dec record low F = 20
|year record low F = 20
|Jan precipitation inch = 7.13	
|Feb precipitation inch = 6.94	
|Mar precipitation inch = 4.42	
|Apr precipitation inch = 1.99	
|May precipitation inch = 0.94	
|Jun precipitation inch = 0.15	
|Jul precipitation inch = 0.00
|Aug precipitation inch = 0.05
|Sep precipitation inch = 0.07	
|Oct precipitation inch = 1.46	
|Nov precipitation inch = 3.49	
|Dec precipitation inch = 7.81	
|year precipitation inch = 34.45	
|precipitation colour = green
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 12.5
|Feb precipitation days = 11.1
|Mar precipitation days = 10.2
|Apr precipitation days = 6.3
|May precipitation days = 3.1
|Jun precipitation days = 1.3
|Jul precipitation days = 0.1
|Aug precipitation days = 0.1
|Sep precipitation days = 0.7
|Oct precipitation days = 3.9
|Nov precipitation days = 7.4
|Dec precipitation days = 11.8
|year precipitation days = 68.5
|source 1 = NOAA<ref name= NOAA/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00047880&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL|title=Summary of Monthly Normals 1991–2020
|publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|access-date=July 30, 2022}}</ref>
|date=April 2012
}}