Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station, CA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station's primary NOAA station, TUOLUMNE MEADOWS RS.
The climate verdict for Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station
A compact 29.7°F seasonal swing gives Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station, California a steadier-than-extreme annual shape. NOAA reports an annual average of 38°F. July is the warmest month at 55°F and February the coldest at 25°F.
- 38°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 29.8"
- annual precipitation
Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00049063 · Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station, CA 38°F mean · 29.8" precip
TEMP-COLD · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-NARROW · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COLD 38°F
- RANK-COOL #206
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Rainier Paradis…
- PRCP-MID 29.8"
- SWING-NARROW 30°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 9,674 HDD
- STN-1 USC00049063
- BOOK-FULL 5/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Rainier Paradise Ranger Station, WA (+ 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.
- Hot Afton, WY 39°F
- Near Kremmling, CO 39°F
- Tuolumne Meadow… (this station) 38°F
- Cold Warren, ID 38°F
- Near Rainier Paradis…, WA 38°F
Climate Living Index · Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station
Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station: 19/100 · grade F
Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 29.8 in · 5.2 from 35 in | 82/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 38.4°F · 29.1° from 67.5°F | 1/100 · F |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 269 calendar days | 0/100 · F |
Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station is a continental Köppen climate: Dsc
Coldest-month mean 25.3°F and warmest-month mean 55.0°F place this station in continental, dry-summer, cool summer climates (Dsc). Class Dsc is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, dry-summer, cool summer.
- Köppen code
- Dsc
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 55.0°F
- Coldest month
- 25.3°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 · heating-led station
Where Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 97%
- Among 6,861 stations, Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 40th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 91%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41°F (5°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 6.2" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 39°F (4°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 4.0" | 28.0 | 0.0 |
| March | 42°F (6°C) | 15°F (-9°C) | 29°F (-2°C) | 4.2" | 30.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 45°F (7°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 2.0" | 29.1 | 0.0 |
| May | 54°F (12°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 1.7" | 27.7 | 0.0 |
| June | 65°F (18°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 0.6" | 12.9 | 0.0 |
| July | 72°F (22°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 0.5" | 3.6 | 0.0 |
| August | 70°F (21°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 0.5" | 5.0 | 0.0 |
| September | 65°F (18°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 0.5" | 16.0 | 0.0 |
| October | 57°F (14°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 1.8" | 29.1 | 0.0 |
| November | 47°F (8°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 3.1" | 29.6 | 0.0 |
| December | 40°F (4°C) | 12°F (-11°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 4.6" | 30.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 72°F around July 16, short of 90°F on every date, while 269 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 11°F near December 22.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into June 12, then returns to freezing around September 18, covering 269 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
The widest day
August 16 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 34°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station.
Where Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station Stands Nationally
Winters bite deep and often: the normal nightly low dips to freezing or below on around 269 nights a year, placing this among the most frost-prone tenth of ranked stations.
Daily temperature swings run wider than most of the country, peaking near 34°F between the normal high and low.
Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station earns 2 nationally notable standings (outer quintiles) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations; only those extremes render.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 49% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 6%. 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 an unusually narrow 29.7°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- January, 6.2"
- Driest month
- September, 0.5"
- Wettest three months
- January, December, March (50% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
N/A
50% probability date
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
9,674
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
0
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
February
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CA closest to Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station 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 (38°F here).
- Baudette, MN 38°F · 0.0°F off
- Floodwood, MN 38°F · 0.0°F off
- Pembina, ND 38°F · 0.0°F off
- Van Buren, ME 38°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (29.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Babbitt, MN 29.8" · 0.0" off
- Walthill, NE 29.8" · 0.0" off
- Glenwood, WA 29.8" · 0.0" off
- Hutchinson, MN 29.8" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · low swing
Heating is the larger measured load in Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station, at 9,674 degree days versus 0 for cooling. Unlike a strongly continental record, however, its 29.7°F month-to-month range is compact; persistent cool-season demand matters more than a dramatic summer-to-winter reversal.
A frost-free growing-season length is not available for Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station. That missing field is kept separate from the observed temperature and precipitation record rather than filled from a regional estimate.
Temperature varies within a narrow 29.7°F band across the normal year. July and February mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar. The annual average is 38°F. Monthly rows still matter, but they refine a steady profile rather than reveal two climatic extremes.
Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station's 29.8 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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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 Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station's primary station: TUOLUMNE MEADOWS RS (USC00049063). 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 Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station; 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 Tuolumne Meadows Ranger Station 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.