Fresno Yosemite, CA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Fresno Yosemite's primary NOAA station, FRESNO YOSEMITE INTL AP.
The climate verdict for Fresno Yosemite
Dryness leads the climate profile for Fresno Yosemite, California, with 11.0 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 65°F. It scores 90/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 91% of them.
- 65°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 90/100
- comfort score, above 91% of station-mapped location scores
- 11.0"
- annual precipitation
- 334 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Fresno Yosemite: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00093193 · Fresno Yosemite, CA 65°F mean · 11.0" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-ARID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 65°F
- RANK-UPPER #6,038
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ballinger
- PRCP-ARID 11.0"
- SWING-MID 36°F
- COMF-TOP 90/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USW00093193
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Ballinger, TX (+ 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.
- Fresno Yosemite (this station) 65°F
- Hot Decatur, TX 65°F
- Near Ballinger, TX 65°F
- Near Boyce, LA 65°F
- Near Cleburne, TX 65°F
Climate Living Index · Fresno Yosemite
Fresno Yosemite: 78/100 · grade B
Fresno Yosemite publishes all six Living Index dimensions from NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals · NOAA hourly normals.
PlainClimate-derived for Fresno Yosemite, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 90/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 334 days/year | 100/100 · A |
| Summer moisture balance | 52.2°F mean dew point | 97/100 · A |
| Annual temperature balance | 65.0°F · 2.5° from 67.5°F | 92/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.0 inches/year | 90/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 100 calendar days | 76/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 11.0 in · 24.0 from 35 in | 15/100 · F |
Fresno Yosemite · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Fresno Yosemite's normals sit in a dry climate class: BSh
Precipitation is low relative to temperature but above true desert thresholds: hot semi-arid steppe (BSh). Class BSh is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: dry (arid or semi-arid), specifically hot semi-arid steppe.
- Köppen code
- BSh
- Group
- Dry (arid or semi-arid)
- Warmest month
- 83.5°F
- Coldest month
- 47.5°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 · balanced station
Where Fresno Yosemite sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Fresno Yosemite's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 12% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Fresno Yosemite sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 92%
- Fresno Yosemite's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 80%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Fresno Yosemite is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Fresno Yosemite compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Fresno Yosemite's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
90 Top 9% score exceeds 91% 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%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Below this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). This entry sits in this band.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Fresno Yosemite's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 123 complete annual observations from 1891 to 2025, FRESNO YOSEMITE INTL AP warmed at a fitted rate of 0.11°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Fresno Yosemite primary station fitted change +0.11 °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 | 55°F (13°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 2.2" | 0.0" | 4.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 61°F (16°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 1.9" | 0.0" | 0.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 68°F (20°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 1.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| April | 74°F (23°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 1.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| May | 83°F (28°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 0.4" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 8.8 |
| June | 91°F (33°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 78°F (25°C) | 0.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 20.2 |
| July | 98°F (37°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 84°F (29°C) | 0.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 29.5 |
| August | 97°F (36°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 82°F (28°C) | 0.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 28.8 |
| September | 91°F (33°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 0.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 19.9 |
| October | 79°F (26°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 0.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.8 |
| November | 65°F (18°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 0.9" | 0.0" | 0.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 55°F (13°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 1.8" | 0.0" | 4.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Fresno Yosemite runs from a mild 39°F around December 18 to 98°F at the peak near July 18, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 11 through September 18, covering 100 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs April 1 to November 4.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 39°F around December 18.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is February 18, when 29% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 11 at 0%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 47 wet dates a year.
The widest day
August 12 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 29°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Fresno Yosemite.
Where Fresno Yosemite Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 100 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
Aridity defines the water calendar: about 11 inches in a normal year lands this among the driest tenth of ranked stations.
Fresno Yosemite 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
7.7 days with precipitation
8.5 days with precipitation
7.2 days with precipitation
4.5 days with precipitation
2.7 days with precipitation
0.7 days with precipitation
0.3 days with precipitation
0.1 days with precipitation
0.6 days with precipitation
2.2 days with precipitation
4.7 days with precipitation
7.3 days with precipitation
Fresno Yosemite's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 54% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 2%. 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 36°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- January, 2.2"
- Driest month
- August, 0.0"
- Wettest three months
- January, February, March (55% 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 Fresno Yosemite's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 47 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 11.0" between them, or roughly 0.24 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.
Fresno Yosemite's record shows no measurable snowfall
This station measured snowfall across the 1991-2020 period and recorded none: the annual normal is 0.0 inches. That is a measured zero rather than missing data, which is a meaningful distinction here , most stations in the database simply do not report snow at all, and those pages say nothing about it.
A thirty-year normal of zero describes the typical year at this station. It is not a claim that snow has never fallen in the area.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
December 14
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
January 14
50% probability date
Growing Season
334 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,187
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,209
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
December
Humidity & Wind
Monthly averages from hourly observations
| Month | Humidity | Wind (mph) | Clear Sky % | Overcast % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 76% | 4.0 | 28% | 32% |
| February | 69% | 5.4 | 28% | 27% |
| March | 58% | 6.7 | 32% | 18% |
| April | 47% | 7.9 | 38% | 12% |
| May | 42% | 8.7 | 44% | 6% |
| June | 37% | 7.9 | 61% | 2% |
| July | 38% | 7.3 | 58% | 1% |
| August | 39% | 6.5 | 66% | 1% |
| September | 46% | 5.3 | 60% | 4% |
| October | 60% | 4.0 | 49% | 11% |
| November | 72% | 4.0 | 37% | 25% |
| December | 79% | 4.0 | 27% | 34% |
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CA closest to Fresno Yosemite 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 (65°F here).
- Ballinger, TX 65°F · 0.0°F off
- Boyce, LA 65°F · 0.0°F off
- Cleburne, TX 65°F · 0.0°F off
- Decatur, TX 65°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (11.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Moro, OR 11.0" · 0.0" off
- McNeal, AZ 11.0" · 0.0" off
- Snowflake, AZ 11.0" · 0.0" off
- Wickenburg, AZ 10.9" · 0.1" off
Scarce-water calendar
Where Fresno Yosemite's limited precipitation lands
mixed demand · dry · mid swing
Local precipitation is sparse in this otherwise mixed profile. The station reports 11.0 inches annually, within PlainClimate's dry band. Recorded annual snowfall is negligible. The monthly distribution matters because the total alone does not reveal the timing.
July and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Fresno Yosemite's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 36.0°F. The annual average is 65°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Fresno Yosemite's normal, at 2,187 and 2,209 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
Fresno Yosemite has a long frost-free window of roughly 334 days, but the dry annual profile is a separate constraint. Growing-season length says when freezes are unlikely, not whether rainfall is sufficient.
Fresno Yosemite wettest normal
January
January concentrates the scarce annual total (11.0 inches).
Fresno Yosemite driest normal
August
August is typically driest; arid stations are defined by when water is absent, not by a four-season grid.
Questions about Fresno Yosemite's climate
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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 Fresno Yosemite's primary station: FRESNO YOSEMITE INTL AP (USW00093193). 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 Fresno Yosemite; 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 Fresno Yosemite 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.