Vintage Weather
Napa Valley
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Temperature
Cold → Hot
✓Verified against primary sources
| Year | Temperature | Events | Read | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Cool | Harvest rain | A cool summer gave slow ripening and fresh, moderate-alcohol wines. | Verified |
| 2024 | Hot | Heat spike | Wet winter soils carried the vines through 38 to 40 days above 100 degrees. | Verified |
| 2023 | Cool | Mildew / rot, Frost | A cold wet winter and cool season pushed harvest toward November with high acidity. | Verified |
| 2022 | Hot | Heat spike, Harvest rain | A record September heat wave, then rain, split 2022 into two harvests. | Verified |
| 2021 | Average | Drought, Heat spike, Low yield | A dry drought year with very low yields and one of the earliest harvests on record. | Verified |
| 2020 | Warm | Frost, Drought, Heat spike, Smoke, Low yield | Two wildfires and widespread smoke cut the 2020 red crop sharply. | Verified |
| 2019 | Warm | Heat spike | A wet spring and mild summer gave ripe, generous reds with softer tannins. | Verified |
| 2018 | Average | Harvest rain | A mild season with no heat spikes, a late harvest and a very large crop. | Verified |
| 2017 | Hot | Heat spike, Smoke | Record heat defined 2017, with most fruit picked before the October fires. | Verified |
| 2016 | Average | Heat spike | An even growing season with September heat that brought the Cabernet in fast. | Verified |
| 2015 | Warm | Drought, Low yield | A warm dry year with an early start and a notably small crop. | Verified |
| 2014 | Average | Drought | A drought year with even ripening, an early finish and a generous crop. | Verified |
| 2013 | Warm | Drought, Heat spike | A dry warm year with the earliest harvest in recent record and a big crop. | Verified |
| 2012 | Warm | A textbook warm season with even ripening and a return to normal crop size. | Verified | |
| 2011 | Cool | Harvest rain, Botrytis, Low yield | A cold wet year with a tiny crop, October rain and widespread botrytis. | Verified |
| 2010 | Cool | Heat spike, Harvest rain | A cold wet season broken by an August heat spike and a very late finish. | Verified |
| 2009 | Average | Harvest rain | A long mild season that ended in a race against October rain. | Verified |
| 2008 | Average | Frost, Heat spike, Drought, Low yield | A huge frost season and dry spring cut the crop to its lowest in decades. | Verified |
| 2007 | Average | Heat spike, Harvest rain, Low yield | A dry, mild season gave small berries, low yields and a relaxed harvest. | Verified |
| 2006 | Average | Heat spike, Botrytis, Harvest rain | A wet spring and July heat wave made a grower's challenge and a late harvest. | Verified |
| 2005 | Cool | A mild, even season ran late and delivered a big, balanced crop. | Verified | |
| 2004 | Warm | Heat spike, Low yield | An early spring and hot dry September gave a small, concentrated crop. | Verified |
| 2003 | Average | Heat spike, Low yield | A cold wet spring ran a month late before September heat compressed harvest. | Verified |
| 2002 | Average | Frost, Heat spike | A mild season and late heat spikes gave a fast, early, ripe harvest. | Verified |
| 2001 | Average | Frost, Heat spike | Frost and heat spells gave way to a cool September and ripe Cabernet. | Verified |
| 1999 | Cool | Heat spike, Drought | A long cool dry season made structured, Bordeaux-like, ageworthy Cabernets. | Not yet verified |
| 1998 | Cool | El Nino brought a wet, uneven season, but wines aged with high acidity. | Not yet verified | |
| 1997 | Average | Harvest rain | Near-perfect weather and big yields made the celebrated Vintage of the Century. | Not yet verified |
| 1996 | Warm | Heat spike, Low yield | A hot August and low yields produced rich, seductive, ripe wines. | Not yet verified |
| 1995 | Average | Hail, Mildew / rot, Low yield | Floods and a June hailstorm gave a late, lighter, balanced vintage. | Not yet verified |