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El Centro, CA

Earthquake hazard, typical weather and growing season from public federal data. Population 43,363.

Flood zone: it depends on the exact parcel

There is no such thing as a flood zone for a whole city. Two houses on the same street can sit in different zones, and it is the single fact here that changes most over a short distance. So this page does not guess one.

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Earthquake hazard very-high

Design category D

Very high seismic hazard — at or near a major active fault. Very strong ground shaking is likely and the most stringent seismic-design provisions apply. A site-specific ground-motion study is typically required. The ASCE 7 Seismic Design Category here is D. (Short-period design value Ss ≈ 1.525 g — the standard headline measure of ground-shaking hazard.)

USGS Seismic Design Web Services (ASCE 7), assuming Site Class D — stiff or unknown soil. Real soil conditions can move the category either way.

Typical weather

106.9° in July, 42.8° in December

Thirty-year averages, not a forecast. Any individual year can differ substantially.

MonthHighLowRainSnow
Jan71°43.4°0.39"0"
Feb74°46.7°0.43"0"
Mar80.3°51.6°0.29"0"
Apr86.4°56.7°0.07"0"
May93.8°63.3°0.04"0"
Jun102.9°70.7°0"0"
Jul106.9°78°0.08"0"
Aug106.7°79.3°0.23"0"
Sep102.2°73°0.25"0"
Oct91.7°61.7°0.21"0"
Nov79.2°50.7°0.17"0"
Dec69.6°42.8°0.37"0"

NOAA/NCEI 1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals — station EL CENTRO 2 SSW, CA US, 2.2 mi away.

Growing season zone 10a

363 frost-free days

Last spring frost around n/a, first fall frost around n/a. Roughly half of years see frost outside that window.

2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map and NOAA/NCEI 1991–2020 frost normals.

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