Geography and Climate
| Climate data for Montebello, CA | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 91 (33) |
95 (35) |
100 (38) |
104 (40) |
105 (41) |
108 (42) |
108 (42) |
106 (41) |
113 (45) |
106 (41) |
100 (38) |
88 (31) |
113 (45) |
| Average high °F (°C) | 69.7 (20.9) |
71.3 (21.8) |
72.6 (22.6) |
77.4 (25.2) |
79.2 (26.2) |
84.2 (29.0) |
88.9 (31.6) |
89.4 (31.9) |
87.5 (30.8) |
82.2 (27.9) |
75.2 (24.0) |
70.7 (21.5) |
79.0 (26.1) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 58.8 (14.9) |
60.0 (15.6) |
61.6 (16.4) |
65.3 (18.5) |
68.1 (20.1) |
72.6 (22.6) |
76.6 (24.8) |
77.4 (25.2) |
75.7 (24.3) |
70.3 (21.3) |
63.6 (17.6) |
59.0 (15.0) |
67.4 (19.7) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 47.9 (8.8) |
48.7 (9.3) |
50.5 (10.3) |
53.1 (11.7) |
56.9 (13.8) |
60.9 (16.1) |
64.3 (17.9) |
65.4 (18.6) |
63.8 (17.7) |
58.4 (14.7) |
52.0 (11.1) |
47.3 (8.5) |
55.8 (13.2) |
| Record low °F (°C) | 30 (−1) |
29 (−2) |
33 (1) |
39 (4) |
30 (−1) |
30 (−1) |
38 (3) |
44 (7) |
50 (10) |
44 (7) |
37 (3) |
30 (−1) |
29 (−2) |
| Precipitation inches (mm) | 3.53 (89.7) |
3.60 (91.4) |
2.94 (74.7) |
0.90 (22.9) |
0.23 (5.8) |
0.06 (1.5) |
0.01 (0.3) |
0.02 (0.5) |
0.17 (4.3) |
0.31 (7.9) |
1.00 (25.4) |
1.67 (42.4) |
14.44 (366.8) |
| Source: http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?ca5790 | |||||||||||||
Montebello is located 8 mi (13 km) east of downtown Los Angeles at the southwestern part of the San Gabriel Valley. The surrounding cities are Monterey Park, South San Gabriel, and Rosemead to the north, Commerce to the south, Pico Rivera to the east, and Los Angeles and East Los Angeles to the west. It is also sometimes considered part of the Gateway Cities, and the city is a member of the Gateway Cities Council of Governments.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.4 m2 (90 sq ft), of which 8.2 m2 (88 sq ft) are land and 0.1 m2 (1.1 sq ft) or 1.32% is water.
The city is easily accessible to the Long Beach- (I-710), San Gabriel River- (I-605), Pomona- (SR 60) and Santa Ana- (I-5) freeways.
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