Doyle, California climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Doyle's normal year runs from 24°F December nights to 88°F July afternoons, with 14.3 inches of precipitation and 26 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.2°C, December lows of −4°C, July highs of 31°C, 364 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationDoyle (4 mi SSE)
- Station IDUSC00042506
- Location39.97°N 120.08°W
- Elevation4,390 ft (1,338 m)
- Population (census place)708
On October 23, the normal high in Doyle is 64°F and the normal low 34°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 13%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Doyle.
- Jan 43° 24°
- Feb 49° 27°
- Mar 56° 31°
- Apr 62° 34°
- May 70° 40°
- Jun 79° 45°
- Jul 88° 51°
- Aug 87° 49°
- Sep 80° 44°
- Oct 67° 36°
- Nov 52° 28°
- Dec 42° 24°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Doyle each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 88°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 24°F. The most precipitation falls in December (2.48 in), the least in July (0.18 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43°F | 24°F | 33.3°F | 2.12 | 5.9 | 6 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 49°F | 27°F | 37.9°F | 1.84 | 4.0 | 6 | <1 | 21 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 56°F | 31°F | 43.5°F | 1.78 | 3.6 | 6 | <1 | 18 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 62°F | 34°F | 47.6°F | 0.87 | 1.6 | 5 | <1 | 13 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 70°F | 40°F | 55.2°F | 1.12 | 0.0 | 5 | <1 | 4 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 79°F | 45°F | 62.4°F | 0.58 | 0.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 h |
| July | 88°F | 51°F | 69.5°F | 0.18 | 0.0 | 2 | 14 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 87°F | 49°F | 68.0°F | 0.27 | 0.0 | 1 | 11 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 80°F | 44°F | 61.6°F | 0.39 | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 67°F | 36°F | 51.7°F | 0.98 | 0.1 | 4 | <1 | 11 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 52°F | 28°F | 40.1°F | 1.73 | 2.1 | 5 | <1 | 21 | 10 h |
| December | 42°F | 24°F | 33.0°F | 2.48 | 8.2 | 6 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 65°F | 36°F | 50.3°F | 14.34 | 25.6 | 51 | 30 | 140 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6°C | −5°C | 0.7°C | 54 mm | 15 cm |
| February | 9°C | −3°C | 3.3°C | 47 mm | 10 cm |
| March | 13°C | 0°C | 6.4°C | 45 mm | 9 cm |
| April | 16°C | 1°C | 8.7°C | 22 mm | 4 cm |
| May | 21°C | 5°C | 12.9°C | 28 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 26°C | 7°C | 16.9°C | 15 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 31°C | 11°C | 20.8°C | 5 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 31°C | 9°C | 20.0°C | 7 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 27°C | 6°C | 16.4°C | 10 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 20°C | 2°C | 10.9°C | 25 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 11°C | −2°C | 4.5°C | 44 mm | 5 cm |
| December | 6°C | −4°C | 0.6°C | 63 mm | 21 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00042506; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Doyle?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (2).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00042506.
When is the last frost in Doyle?
In Doyle, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 21 in half of years and after June 11 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 1 in half of years and before September 9 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- May 211 year in 10 after June 11; 9 in 10 after April 30
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 11 year in 10 before September 9; 9 in 10 before October 19
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 130 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 166 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 2 in half of springs and before October 17 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Doyle in zone 7a in ZIP code 96109, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Doyle's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 2°F (21 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in California · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00042506; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Doyle?
In a normal year in Doyle, 30 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 140 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 51 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 30a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 140a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 8high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 51a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 9a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00042506.
How sunny is Doyle?
Over a year 85% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Doyle, 5.1 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (95%) and December the cloudiest (69%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 73% | 2.4 |
| February | 72% | 3.2 |
| March | 73% | 4.4 |
| April | 77% | 5.8 |
| May | 82% | 7.1 |
| June | 92% | 8.3 |
| July | 95% | 8.3 |
| August | 95% | 7.4 |
| September | 93% | 5.9 |
| October | 87% | 4.2 |
| November | 77% | 2.7 |
| December | 69% | 2.0 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Doyle need?
A normal year in Doyle brings 5,680 heating degree days, 6% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 352 cooling degree days, 61% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,283 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 981 | 0 |
| February | 759 | 0 |
| March | 667 | 0 |
| April | 522 | 0 |
| May | 313 | 7 |
| June | 118 | 40 |
| July | 18 | 158 |
| August | 26 | 119 |
| September | 127 | 26 |
| October | 414 | 1 |
| November | 746 | 0 |
| December | 990 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,680 | 352 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00042506. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
How does Doyle's climate compare?
Doyle is warmer than 20 of the other 218 places with their own NOAA record in California, and wetter than 97. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 50.3°F is warmer than 42%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Doyle is Csb: temperate, dry-summer, warm summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Doyle share this climate record?
3 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Patton Village, CA732 people · 13 mi NW
- Herlong, CA329 people · 12 mi N
- Milford, CA0 people · 20 mi NW
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Doyle's climate
What is the coldest month in Doyle?
December, with a normal high of 42°F and a normal low of 24°F. The warmest is July (88°F by day, 51°F at night).
Does it snow in Doyle?
Yes: 26 inches in a normal year, falling on 10 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in December (8.2 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Doyle?
December, with 2.48 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 0.18 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Doyle in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Doyle in zone 7a in ZIP code 96109, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Doyle's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 2°F (21 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Doyle?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 21; in one year in ten it comes after June 11. Waiting until June 11 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- California climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Portola, CA24 miles from this station, 46.7°F a year
- Sutcliffe, NV25 miles from this station, 54.4°F a year
- Stead, NV26 miles from this station, 51.0°F a year
- Spanish Springs, NV30 miles from this station, 52.0°F a year
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