Bodie California St Historic P, CA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Bodie California St Historic P's primary NOAA station, BODIE CALIFORNIA ST HISTORIC P.
The climate verdict for Bodie California St Historic P
Dryness leads the climate profile for Bodie California St Historic P, California, with 11.8 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 39°F. At 35/100 (below average) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 4% of scores.
- 39°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 35/100
- comfort score, above 4% of station-mapped location scores
- 11.8"
- annual precipitation · 94" snow
Bodie California St Historic P: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00040943 · Bodie California St Historic P, CA 39°F mean · 11.8" precip
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COLD 39°F
- RANK-COOL #274
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Meredith
- PRCP-ARID 11.8"
- SWING-MID 33°F
- COMF-LOW 35/100
- LOAD-HEAT 9,560 HDD
- STN-1 USC00040943
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Meredith, CO (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every CA station list.
- Bodie Californi… (this station) 39°F
- Hot E Glacier, MT 39°F
- Near Meredith, CO 39°F
- Near Scofield-skylin…, UT 39°F
- Near Cannery Creek, AK 39°F
Climate Living Index · Bodie California St Historic P
Bodie California St Historic P: 4/100 · grade F
Bodie California St Historic P publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Bodie California St Historic P, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 35/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 11.8 in · 23.2 from 35 in | 18/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 38.7°F · 28.8° from 67.5°F | 1/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 93.9 inches/year | 1/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 296 calendar days | 0/100 · F |
Bodie California St Historic P · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Bodie California St Historic P is a continental Köppen climate: Dsc
Coldest-month mean 24.2°F and warmest-month mean 57.2°F place this station in continental, dry-summer, cool summer climates (Dsc). Class Dsc is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, dry-summer, cool summer.
- Köppen code
- Dsc
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 57.2°F
- Coldest month
- 24.2°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Bodie California St Historic P sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Bodie California St Historic P's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 96%
- Among 6,861 stations, Bodie California St Historic P sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 90%
- Bodie California St Historic P's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 86%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Bodie California St Historic P is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Bodie California St Historic P compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Bodie California St Historic P's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
35 4th percentile score exceeds 4% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). This entry sits in this band.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Above this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Above this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Bodie California St Historic P's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 31 complete annual observations from 1967 to 2016, BODIE CALIFORNIA ST HISTORIC P warmed at a fitted rate of 0.27°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Bodie California St Historic P primary station fitted change +0.27 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41°F (5°C) | 8°F (-14°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 1.8" | 17.4" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 41°F (5°C) | 9°F (-13°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 1.5" | 14.5" | 27.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 45°F (7°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 1.3" | 22.3" | 30.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 51°F (11°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 1.0" | 5.8" | 29.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 61°F (16°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 1.1" | 4.5" | 26.4 | 0.0 |
| June | 71°F (22°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 0.6" | 0.6" | 18.4 | 0.0 |
| July | 78°F (26°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 0.6" | 0.0" | 10.0 | 0.2 |
| August | 78°F (25°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 0.6" | 0.0" | 15.2 | 0.0 |
| September | 71°F (22°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 0.2" | 0.1" | 24.1 | 0.0 |
| October | 61°F (16°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 0.5" | 2.5" | 29.5 | 0.0 |
| November | 49°F (10°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 1.0" | 10.6" | 29.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 41°F (5°C) | 8°F (-14°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 1.6" | 15.6" | 30.7 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 79°F around July 24, short of 90°F on every date, while 296 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 7°F near January 1.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into June 16, then returns to freezing around August 26, covering 296 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is February 12, when 25% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 15 at 7%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 58 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 28 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 44°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Bodie California St Historic P.
Where Bodie California St Historic P Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 296 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 12 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Bodie California St Historic P earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 17.4"
7.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 14.5"
7.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 22.3"
5.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 5.8"
5.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 4.5"
4.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.6"
3.6 days with precipitation
3.5 days with precipitation
3.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.1"
2.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.5"
3.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 10.6"
4.7 days with precipitation
Snow: 15.6"
7.4 days with precipitation
Bodie California St Historic P's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 41% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 15%. That is the cool-season-dominant pattern of the West Coast and the higher inland West, where storm tracks swing south in winter and summer turns dry; the thermometer meanwhile shows a 33°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- January, 1.8"
- Driest month
- September, 0.2"
- Wettest three months
- January, December, February (41% of the year)
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A cool-season label means the December-February share reaches 35%. Where snow falls, the monthly figures above report liquid-equivalent precipitation, so a wet winter month is not necessarily a rainy one.
How Bodie California St Historic P's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 58 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 11.8" between them, or roughly 0.21 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Winter brings real snow to Bodie California St Historic P
Bodie California St Historic P averages 93.9 inches of snowfall a year, with March the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 28 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 93.9 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 28 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 79% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
9,560
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
6
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CA closest to Bodie California St Historic P on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (39°F here).
- Dillon, MT 39°F · 0.0°F off
- Leeds, ND 39°F · 0.0°F off
- Stanley, ND 39°F · 0.0°F off
- Fosston, MN 39°F · 0.1°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (11.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Ovando, MT 11.8" · 0.0" off
- Boulder, UT 11.8" · 0.0" off
- Pinedale, WY 11.9" · 0.0" off
- Benson, AZ 11.8" · 0.1" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Bodie California St Historic P
heating led · dry · mid swing
Bodie California St Historic P's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 9,560 annual heating degree days against 6 for cooling. Its 33.0°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
A frost-free growing-season length is not available for Bodie California St Historic P. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
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1. Bodie California St Historic P coldest normal
January
Averaging 24°F (-4°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Bodie California St Historic P typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Bodie California St Historic P snow peak
March
Bodie California St Historic P averages 93.9 inches of snow a year, with March the snowiest month on the normals.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Bodie California St Historic P's primary station: BODIE CALIFORNIA ST HISTORIC P (USC00040943). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Bodie California St Historic P; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Bodie California St Historic P comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.