Blythe has a hot desert climate, featuring extremely hot summers and mild winters. There are an average of 178.4 days with highs of or higher. There are an average of 18.9 days with lows of or lower. Until 2016, the record high temperature was on July 7, 1920, and June 24, 1929. But on June 20, 2016, that long-standing record was shattered when Blythe reached . The record low temperature was on January 6, 1913. There are an average of 16 days with measurable precipitation. The wettest year was 1951 with and the driest year was 1956 with . The most rainfall in one month was in August 1951, which included the 24-hour record rainfall of on August 27.