Lemoore, California climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Lemoore's normal year runs from 36°F December nights to 98°F July afternoons, with 7.2 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.2°C, December lows of 2°C, July highs of 37°C, 183 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLemoore Reeves Naval Air Station
- Station IDUSW00023110
- Location36.33°N 119.95°W
- Elevation232 ft (71 m)
- Population27,057
On October 14, the normal high in Lemoore is 82°F and the normal low 49°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 6%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Lemoore.
- Jan 56° 37°
- Feb 63° 39°
- Mar 69° 43°
- Apr 76° 46°
- May 85° 53°
- Jun 92° 58°
- Jul 98° 63°
- Aug 97° 61°
- Sep 92° 57°
- Oct 81° 49°
- Nov 67° 40°
- Dec 56° 36°
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 Lemoore each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 98°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 36°F. The most precipitation falls in January (1.52 in), the least in August (0.00 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56°F | 37°F | 46.5°F | 1.52 | 9 | <1 | 8 | 10 h |
| February | 63°F | 39°F | 50.8°F | 1.27 | 9 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 69°F | 43°F | 56.1°F | 1.36 | 7 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 76°F | 46°F | 61.0°F | 0.50 | 3 | 3 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 85°F | 53°F | 68.7°F | 0.37 | 3 | 11 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 92°F | 58°F | 75.1°F | 0.04 | <1 | 21 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 98°F | 63°F | 80.3°F | 0.01 | <1 | 30 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 97°F | 61°F | 78.9°F | 0.00 | <1 | 29 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 92°F | 57°F | 74.4°F | 0.04 | <1 | 21 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 81°F | 49°F | 64.9°F | 0.43 | 2 | 6 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 67°F | 40°F | 53.2°F | 0.51 | 4 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 56°F | 36°F | 46.0°F | 1.14 | 9 | <1 | 11 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 78°F | 48°F | 63.0°F | 7.19 | 47 | 120 | 29 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13°C | 3°C | 8.1°C | 39 mm |
| February | 17°C | 4°C | 10.4°C | 32 mm |
| March | 21°C | 6°C | 13.4°C | 35 mm |
| April | 24°C | 8°C | 16.1°C | 13 mm |
| May | 29°C | 11°C | 20.4°C | 9 mm |
| June | 34°C | 14°C | 23.9°C | 1 mm |
| July | 37°C | 17°C | 26.8°C | 0 mm |
| August | 36°C | 16°C | 26.1°C | 0 mm |
| September | 33°C | 14°C | 23.6°C | 1 mm |
| October | 27°C | 9°C | 18.3°C | 11 mm |
| November | 19°C | 4°C | 11.8°C | 13 mm |
| December | 13°C | 2°C | 7.8°C | 29 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Hanford (1 mi S) (17 miles away), gets 0 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00023110; 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 Lemoore?
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 (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 USW00023110.
When is the last frost in Lemoore?
In Lemoore, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after February 24 in half of years and after March 30 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 22 in half of years and before November 3 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 241 year in 10 after March 30; 9 in 10 after January 21
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 221 year in 10 before November 3; 9 in 10 before December 10
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 265 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 321 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after January 20 in half of springs and before December 4 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lemoore in zone 9a in ZIP code 93245, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Lemoore's NOAA station is in zone 9a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 24°F (16 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 USW00023110; 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 Lemoore?
In a normal year in Lemoore, 120 days a year reach 90°F (42 of them 100°F or more), 29 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 47 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 120a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 42a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 29a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- fewer than 1high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 47a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1961) is 120°F, on August 16, 2020; the lowest is 14°F, on January 23, 1962.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1983, with 16.44 in; the snowiest season is 1961–62, with 3.3 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00023110; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USW00023110. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Lemoore?
Over a year 90% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Lemoore, 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 Lemoore need?
A normal year in Lemoore brings 2,485 heating degree days, 54% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,778 cooling degree days, 96% more than the median (908). Four months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 5,150 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 574 | 0 |
| February | 398 | 0 |
| March | 279 | 3 |
| April | 155 | 34 |
| May | 42 | 157 |
| June | 4 | 307 |
| July | 0 | 476 |
| August | 0 | 431 |
| September | 6 | 289 |
| October | 83 | 80 |
| November | 356 | 2 |
| December | 589 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 2,485 | 1,778 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00023110. 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 Lemoore been warmer than normal lately?
Over 43 complete years from 1962 to 2020, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.8°F per century (+0.27°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Lemoore's climate compare?
Lemoore is warmer than 148 of the other 218 places with their own NOAA record in California, and wetter than 27. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 63.0°F is warmer than 83%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Lemoore is BSk: cold 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 Lemoore 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.
- Lemoore Station, CA5,847 people · 5 mi SE
- Riverdale, CA2,803 people · 8 mi NE
- Caruthers, CA2,143 people · 15 mi N
- Stratford, CA1,030 people · 12 mi SE
- Lanare, CA590 people · 7 mi N
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 Lemoore's climate
What is the coldest month in Lemoore?
December, with a normal high of 56°F and a normal low of 36°F. The warmest is July (98°F by day, 63°F at night).
Does it snow in Lemoore?
Rarely. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for Lemoore's NOAA station; the nearest record that keeps one, Hanford (1 mi S) (17 miles away), records 0 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month in Lemoore?
January, with 1.52 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 0.00 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Lemoore in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Lemoore in zone 9a in ZIP code 93245, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Lemoore's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 24°F (16 years, 1991-2020): zone 9a.
How late can frost come in Lemoore?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after February 24; in one year in ten it comes after March 30. Waiting until March 30 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- California climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Five Points (5 mi SSW), CA12 miles from this station, 64.3°F a year
- Hanford, CA18 miles from this station, 63.4°F a year
- Kettleman City, CA22 miles from this station, 64.3°F a year
- Corcoran, CA26 miles from this station, 63.7°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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