Lindsay, California climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Lindsay's normal year runs from 36°F December nights to 96°F July afternoons, with 12.1 inches of precipitation and less than an inch of snow (0.2 in) a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 17.2°C, December lows of 2°C, July highs of 36°C, 308 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationLindsay
- Station IDUSC00044957
- Location36.20°N 119.05°W
- Elevation435 ft (133 m)
- From the center2 miles
- Population12,706
On October 23, the normal high in Lindsay is 76°F and the normal low 47°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 Lindsay.
- Jan 57° 37°
- Feb 63° 40°
- Mar 69° 44°
- Apr 75° 47°
- May 83° 52°
- Jun 91° 58°
- Jul 96° 64°
- Aug 96° 62°
- Sep 91° 57°
- Oct 79° 49°
- Nov 66° 41°
- Dec 57° 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 Lindsay each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 96°F; December the coldest, with normal lows of 36°F. The most precipitation falls in January (2.25 in), the least in August (0.01 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57°F | 37°F | 47.0°F | 2.25 | 9 | <1 | 9 | 10 h |
| February | 63°F | 40°F | 51.3°F | 2.18 | 8 | <1 | 4 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 69°F | 44°F | 56.2°F | 2.00 | 7 | <1 | 1 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 75°F | 47°F | 60.6°F | 1.25 | 4 | 2 | <1 | 13 h |
| May | 83°F | 52°F | 67.5°F | 0.49 | 3 | 9 | <1 | 14 h |
| June | 91°F | 58°F | 74.3°F | 0.10 | 1 | 20 | <1 | 14 h 40 min |
| July | 96°F | 64°F | 80.4°F | 0.08 | <1 | 30 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| August | 96°F | 62°F | 78.9°F | 0.01 | <1 | 29 | <1 | 13 h 30 min |
| September | 91°F | 57°F | 73.9°F | 0.07 | 1 | 21 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 79°F | 49°F | 64.2°F | 0.65 | 2 | 5 | <1 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 66°F | 41°F | 53.6°F | 1.11 | 4 | <1 | 3 | 10 h 20 min |
| December | 57°F | 36°F | 46.6°F | 1.93 | 7 | <1 | 12 | 9 h 40 min |
| Year (annual) | 77°F | 49°F | 62.9°F | 12.12 | 45 | 116 | 29 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 14°C | 3°C | 8.3°C | 57 mm |
| February | 17°C | 4°C | 10.7°C | 55 mm |
| March | 21°C | 6°C | 13.4°C | 51 mm |
| April | 24°C | 8°C | 15.9°C | 32 mm |
| May | 28°C | 11°C | 19.7°C | 12 mm |
| June | 33°C | 14°C | 23.5°C | 3 mm |
| July | 36°C | 18°C | 26.9°C | 2 mm |
| August | 35°C | 17°C | 26.1°C | 0 mm |
| September | 33°C | 14°C | 23.3°C | 2 mm |
| October | 26°C | 10°C | 17.9°C | 17 mm |
| November | 19°C | 5°C | 12.0°C | 28 mm |
| December | 14°C | 2°C | 8.1°C | 49 mm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00044957; 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 Lindsay?
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 USC00044957.
When is the last frost in Lindsay?
In Lindsay, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after February 20 in half of years and after March 26 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 30 in half of years and before November 15 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 201 year in 10 after March 26; 9 in 10 after January 20
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 301 year in 10 before November 15; 9 in 10 before December 21
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 284 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 334 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after January 20 in half of springs and before December 14 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Lindsay in zone 9b in ZIP code 93247, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Lindsay's NOAA station is in zone 9b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 26°F (20 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 USC00044957; 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 Lindsay?
In a normal year in Lindsay, 116 days a year reach 90°F (34 of them 100°F or more), 29 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 45 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 116a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 34a 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
- 45a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1913) is 115°F, on July 17, 1925; the lowest is 17°F, on December 24, 1990.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1978, with 23.33 in; the snowiest season is 1998–99, with 4.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00044957; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00044957. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Lindsay?
Over a year 90% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Lindsay, 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 Lindsay need?
A normal year in Lindsay brings 2,448 heating degree days, 54% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,699 cooling degree days, 87% 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 5,071 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 556 | 0 |
| February | 384 | 0 |
| March | 276 | 4 |
| April | 159 | 28 |
| May | 55 | 132 |
| June | 7 | 286 |
| July | 0 | 476 |
| August | 0 | 433 |
| September | 6 | 273 |
| October | 92 | 65 |
| November | 345 | 2 |
| December | 569 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 2,448 | 1,699 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00044957. 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 Lindsay been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 64.4°F, 1.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 62.9°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 64.8°F | +1.9°F | 11.29 |
| 2022 | 64.6°F | +1.7°F | 8.68 |
| 2024 | 65.5°F | +2.6°F | 8.86 |
| 2025 | 64.4°F | +1.5°F | 12.33 |
Over 68 complete years from 1916 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 0.1°F per century (+0.01°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00044957; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Lindsay's climate compare?
Lindsay is warmer than 144 of the other 218 places with their own NOAA record in California, and wetter than 65. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 62.9°F is warmer than 82%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Lindsay 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 Lindsay share this climate record?
6 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.
- Exeter, CA10,186 people · 8 mi NW
- Strathmore, CA3,244 people · 4 mi S
- Plainview, CA519 people · 6 mi SW
- Tonyville, CA417 people · 4 mi NW
- El Rancho, CA149 people · 1 mi NW
- Tooleville, CA86 people · 7 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 Lindsay's climate
What is the coldest month in Lindsay?
December, with a normal high of 57°F and a normal low of 36°F. The warmest is July (96°F by day, 64°F at night).
Does it snow in Lindsay?
Rarely: NOAA's normal is 0.2 inch a year.
What is the rainiest month in Lindsay?
January, with 2.25 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 0.01 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Lindsay in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Lindsay in zone 9b in ZIP code 93247, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Lindsay's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 26°F (20 years, 1991-2020): zone 9b.
How late can frost come in Lindsay?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after February 20; in one year in ten it comes after March 26. Waiting until March 26 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- California climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Porterville, CA9 miles from this station, 65.7°F a year
- Lemon Cove, CA12 miles from this station, 65.0°F a year
- Visalia, CA16 miles from this station, 63.1°F a year
- Three Rivers, CA21 miles from this station, 62.5°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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