Lemon Cove, California climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Lemon Cove's normal year runs from 37°F December nights to 100°F July afternoons, with 14.1 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 18.3°C, December lows of 3°C, July highs of 38°C, 357 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLemon Cove
- Station IDUSC00044890
- Location36.38°N 119.03°W
- Elevation513 ft (156 m)
- Population (census place)441
On October 24, the normal high in Lemon Cove is 79°F and the normal low 49°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 10%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Lemon Cove.
- Jan 60° 38°
- Feb 65° 41°
- Mar 71° 45°
- Apr 77° 47°
- May 86° 54°
- Jun 94° 59°
- Jul 100° 65°
- Aug 99° 63°
- Sep 94° 59°
- Oct 83° 51°
- Nov 69° 43°
- Dec 59° 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 Lemon Cove each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 100°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 37°F. The most precipitation falls in January (2.68 in), the least in August (0.00 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60°F | 38°F | 48.9°F | 2.68 | 9 | <1 | 6 | 10 h |
| February | 65°F | 41°F | 53.2°F | 2.33 | 8 | <1 | 1 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 71°F | 45°F | 58.0°F | 2.48 | 8 | <1 | <1 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 77°F | 47°F | 62.3°F | 1.42 | 5 | 3 | <1 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 86°F | 54°F | 69.6°F | 0.62 | 3 | 11 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 94°F | 59°F | 76.9°F | 0.15 | 1 | 22 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 100°F | 65°F | 82.5°F | 0.02 | <1 | 30 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 99°F | 63°F | 81.2°F | 0.00 | <1 | 30 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 94°F | 59°F | 76.3°F | 0.06 | 1 | 22 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 83°F | 51°F | 67.0°F | 0.67 | 3 | 6 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 69°F | 43°F | 55.7°F | 1.33 | 5 | <1 | 1 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 59°F | 37°F | 48.2°F | 2.29 | 7 | <1 | 7 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 80°F | 50°F | 65.0°F | 14.05 | 48 | 125 | 16 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15°C | 3°C | 9.4°C | 68 mm |
| February | 18°C | 5°C | 11.8°C | 59 mm |
| March | 22°C | 7°C | 14.4°C | 63 mm |
| April | 25°C | 9°C | 16.8°C | 36 mm |
| May | 30°C | 12°C | 20.9°C | 16 mm |
| June | 35°C | 15°C | 24.9°C | 4 mm |
| July | 38°C | 18°C | 28.1°C | 1 mm |
| August | 37°C | 17°C | 27.3°C | 0 mm |
| September | 34°C | 15°C | 24.6°C | 2 mm |
| October | 28°C | 11°C | 19.4°C | 17 mm |
| November | 20°C | 6°C | 13.2°C | 34 mm |
| December | 15°C | 3°C | 9.0°C | 58 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00044890; 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 Lemon Cove?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in February, March, April, 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 USC00044890.
When is the last frost in Lemon Cove?
In Lemon Cove, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after February 5 in half of years and after March 20 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before December 8 in half of years and before November 23 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
- February 51 year in 10 after March 20; 9 in 10 after January 1
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- December 81 year in 10 before November 23; 9 in 10 before January 8
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 307 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 358 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after January 5 in half of springs and before December 22 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lemon Cove in zone 9b in ZIP code 93244. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Lemon Cove's NOAA station is in zone 9b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 28°F (28 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 USC00044890; 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 Lemon Cove?
In a normal year in Lemon Cove, 125 days a year reach 90°F (47 of them 100°F or more), 16 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 48 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 125a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 47a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 16a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 48a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1899) is 118°F, on May 31, 1910; the lowest is 18°F, on January 21, 1937.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1969, with 25.57 in; the snowiest season is 1948–49, with 2.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00044890; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00044890. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Lemon Cove?
Over a year 90% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Lemon Cove, 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 Lemon Cove need?
A normal year in Lemon Cove brings 2,087 heating degree days, 61% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 2,103 cooling degree days, 2.3 times the median (908). Three months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,719 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 499 | 0 |
| February | 330 | 1 |
| March | 228 | 10 |
| April | 130 | 49 |
| May | 37 | 180 |
| June | 4 | 359 |
| July | 0 | 542 |
| August | 0 | 502 |
| September | 3 | 342 |
| October | 53 | 113 |
| November | 284 | 5 |
| December | 519 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 2,087 | 2,103 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00044890. 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 Lemon Cove been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 65.2°F, 0.2°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 65.0°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 65.8°F | +0.8°F | 12.33 |
| 2022 | 65.7°F | +0.7°F | 7.86 |
| 2023 | 64.8°F | −0.2°F | 24.18 |
| 2024 | 66.6°F | +1.6°F | 14.00 |
| 2025 | 65.2°F | +0.2°F | 14.56 |
Over 102 complete years from 1895 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.7°F per century (+0.10°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00044890; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Lemon Cove's climate compare?
Lemon Cove is warmer than 178 of the other 218 places with their own NOAA record in California, and wetter than 93. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 65.0°F is warmer than 88%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Lemon Cove is BSh: hot semi-arid steppe. 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 Lemon Cove share this climate record?
2 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.
- Woodlake, CA7,774 people · 5 mi NW
- Lindcove, CA223 people · 3 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 Lemon Cove's climate
What is the coldest month in Lemon Cove?
December, with a normal high of 59°F and a normal low of 37°F. The warmest is July (100°F by day, 65°F at night).
Does it snow in Lemon Cove?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is no measurable snow a year.
What is the rainiest month in Lemon Cove?
January, with 2.68 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 0.00 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Lemon Cove in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Lemon Cove in zone 9b in ZIP code 93244. By the same method at Lemon Cove's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 28°F (28 years, 1991-2020): zone 9b.
How late can frost come in Lemon Cove?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after February 5; in one year in ten it comes after March 20. Waiting until March 20 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- California climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Three Rivers, CA11 miles from this station, 62.5°F a year
- Lindsay, CA12 miles from this station, 62.9°F a year
- Ash Mountain, CA14 miles from this station, 63.5°F a year
- Visalia, CA16 miles from this station, 63.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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