Friant, California climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Friant's normal year runs from 37°F December nights to 99°F July afternoons, with 14.7 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 16.9°C, December lows of 3°C, July highs of 37°C, 372 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationFriant Government Camp
- Station IDUSC00043261
- Location37.00°N 119.71°W
- Elevation410 ft (125 m)
- Population (census place)367
On October 14, the normal high in Friant is 81°F and the normal low 50°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 9%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Friant.
- Jan 56° 38°
- Feb 61° 40°
- Mar 66° 43°
- Apr 73° 44°
- May 83° 50°
- Jun 92° 56°
- Jul 99° 62°
- Aug 98° 60°
- Sep 92° 57°
- Oct 80° 50°
- Nov 66° 42°
- Dec 56° 37°
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 Friant each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 99°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 37°F. The most precipitation falls in January (3.11 in), the least in July (0.01 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56°F | 38°F | 46.9°F | 3.11 | 10 | <1 | 5 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 61°F | 40°F | 50.6°F | 2.48 | 9 | <1 | 2 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 66°F | 43°F | 54.4°F | 2.49 | 8 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 73°F | 44°F | 58.3°F | 1.36 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 83°F | 50°F | 66.3°F | 0.51 | 3 | 9 | <1 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 92°F | 56°F | 73.9°F | 0.17 | 1 | 21 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 99°F | 62°F | 80.2°F | 0.01 | <1 | 30 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 98°F | 60°F | 79.1°F | 0.01 | <1 | 30 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 92°F | 57°F | 74.2°F | 0.07 | 1 | 21 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 80°F | 50°F | 65.1°F | 0.75 | 3 | 6 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 66°F | 42°F | 54.1°F | 1.21 | 6 | <1 | 2 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 56°F | 37°F | 46.4°F | 2.49 | 9 | <1 | 7 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 77°F | 48°F | 62.5°F | 14.66 | 56 | 118 | 17 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13°C | 3°C | 8.3°C | 79 mm |
| February | 16°C | 5°C | 10.3°C | 63 mm |
| March | 19°C | 6°C | 12.4°C | 63 mm |
| April | 23°C | 6°C | 14.6°C | 35 mm |
| May | 28°C | 10°C | 19.1°C | 13 mm |
| June | 33°C | 13°C | 23.3°C | 4 mm |
| July | 37°C | 16°C | 26.8°C | 0 mm |
| August | 37°C | 16°C | 26.2°C | 0 mm |
| September | 33°C | 14°C | 23.4°C | 2 mm |
| October | 27°C | 10°C | 18.4°C | 19 mm |
| November | 19°C | 6°C | 12.3°C | 31 mm |
| December | 13°C | 3°C | 8.0°C | 63 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00043261; 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 Friant?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in March, April, May, October and November. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (3).
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 USC00043261.
When is the last frost in Friant?
In Friant, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after March 9 in half of years and after April 16 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before December 1 in half of years and before November 12 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
- March 91 year in 10 after April 16; 9 in 10 after January 22
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- December 11 year in 10 before November 12; 9 in 10 before December 22
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 262 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 334 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after January 19 in half of springs and before December 13 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Friant in zone 9b in ZIP code 93626, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Friant's NOAA station is in zone 9b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 27°F (24 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 USC00043261; 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 Friant?
In a normal year in Friant, 118 days a year reach 90°F (47 of them 100°F or more), 17 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 56 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 118a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 47a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 17a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 56a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1912) is 117°F, on June 22, 1961; the lowest is 0°F, on January 3, 2007.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1983, with 28.90 in.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00043261; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00043261. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Friant?
Over a year 90% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Friant, 5.4 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (98%) and January the cloudiest (71%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 71% | 2.4 |
| February | 78% | 3.6 |
| March | 84% | 5.1 |
| April | 87% | 6.5 |
| May | 92% | 7.7 |
| June | 97% | 8.5 |
| July | 97% | 8.1 |
| August | 98% | 7.4 |
| September | 97% | 6.1 |
| October | 92% | 4.5 |
| November | 83% | 3.1 |
| December | 72% | 2.2 |
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 Friant need?
A normal year in Friant brings 2,596 heating degree days, 52% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,694 cooling degree days, 87% more than the median (908). Five months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 4,957 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 560 | 0 |
| February | 402 | 0 |
| March | 331 | 2 |
| April | 223 | 20 |
| May | 73 | 113 |
| June | 11 | 276 |
| July | 0 | 470 |
| August | 0 | 437 |
| September | 8 | 286 |
| October | 85 | 86 |
| November | 329 | 4 |
| December | 575 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 2,596 | 1,694 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00043261. 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.
Has Friant been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 63.1°F, 0.6°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 62.5°F.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63.1°F | +0.6°F | 18.61 |
Over 67 complete years from 1943 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.7°F per century (+0.20°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00043261; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Friant's climate compare?
Friant is warmer than 129 of the other 218 places with their own NOAA record in California, and wetter than 102. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 62.5°F is warmer than 81%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Friant is Csa: temperate, dry-summer, hot 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 Friant share this climate record?
5 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.
- Bonadelle Ranchos, CA5,879 people · 10 mi W
- Yosemite Lakes, CA5,095 people · 13 mi N
- Madera Ranchos, CA4,182 people · 11 mi SW
- Millerton, CA730 people · 3 mi SE
- Rolling Hills, CA533 people · 8 mi SW
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 Friant's climate
What is the coldest month in Friant?
December, with a normal high of 56°F and a normal low of 37°F. The warmest is July (99°F by day, 62°F at night).
Does it snow in Friant?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in Friant?
January, with 3.11 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is July with 0.01 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Friant in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Friant in zone 9b in ZIP code 93626, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Friant's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 27°F (24 years, 1991-2020): zone 9b.
How late can frost come in Friant?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after March 9; in one year in ten it comes after April 16. Waiting until April 16 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- California climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Auberry, CA12 miles from this station, 61.7°F a year
- Fresno, CA15 miles from this station, 65.0°F a year
- North Fork Ranger Station, CA20 miles from this station, 58.5°F a year
- Madera, CA22 miles from this station, 63.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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