Yosemite Village (12 mi W), California climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Yosemite Village (12 mi W)'s normal year runs from 31°F February nights to 75°F July afternoons, with 40.4 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 9.7°C, February lows of −1°C, July highs of 24°C, 1,027 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationYosemite Village (12 mi W)
- Station IDUSW00053150
- Location37.76°N 119.82°W
- Elevation6,620 ft (2,018 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Yosemite Village (12 mi W) is 59°F and the normal low 44°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 16%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Yosemite Village (12 mi W).
- Jan 44° 32°
- Feb 42° 31°
- Mar 45° 32°
- Apr 49° 36°
- May 58° 43°
- Jun 67° 52°
- Jul 75° 60°
- Aug 75° 59°
- Sep 70° 54°
- Oct 60° 46°
- Nov 49° 37°
- Dec 43° 32°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Yosemite Village (12 mi W) each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 75°F; February the coldest, with normal lows of 31°F. The most precipitation falls in December (7.65 in), the least in August (0.05 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44°F | 32°F | 37.8°F | 6.86 | 10 | <1 | 14 | 9 h 50 min |
| February | 42°F | 31°F | 36.2°F | 5.63 | 8 | <1 | 16 | 10 h 50 min |
| March | 45°F | 32°F | 38.3°F | 5.81 | 11 | <1 | 15 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 49°F | 36°F | 42.2°F | 3.68 | 8 | <1 | 11 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 58°F | 43°F | 50.2°F | 2.40 | 7 | <1 | 4 | 14 h 10 min |
| June | 67°F | 52°F | 59.5°F | 0.76 | 2 | <1 | 1 | 14 h 50 min |
| July | 75°F | 60°F | 67.5°F | 0.29 | 1 | <1 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| August | 75°F | 59°F | 67.0°F | 0.05 | 1 | <1 | <1 | 13 h 40 min |
| September | 70°F | 54°F | 62.2°F | 0.66 | 2 | <1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 60°F | 46°F | 53.0°F | 2.28 | 5 | <1 | 2 | 11 h 20 min |
| November | 49°F | 37°F | 43.2°F | 4.37 | 7 | <1 | 8 | 10 h 10 min |
| December | 43°F | 32°F | 37.4°F | 7.65 | 10 | <1 | 17 | 9 h 30 min |
| Year (annual) | 56°F | 43°F | 49.5°F | 40.44 | 71 | <1 | 88 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7°C | 0°C | 3.2°C | 174 mm |
| February | 5°C | −1°C | 2.3°C | 143 mm |
| March | 7°C | 0°C | 3.5°C | 148 mm |
| April | 9°C | 2°C | 5.7°C | 93 mm |
| May | 14°C | 6°C | 10.1°C | 61 mm |
| June | 19°C | 11°C | 15.3°C | 19 mm |
| July | 24°C | 16°C | 19.7°C | 7 mm |
| August | 24°C | 15°C | 19.4°C | 1 mm |
| September | 21°C | 12°C | 16.8°C | 17 mm |
| October | 16°C | 8°C | 11.7°C | 58 mm |
| November | 10°C | 3°C | 6.2°C | 111 mm |
| December | 6°C | 0°C | 3.0°C | 194 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station. The nearest record that keeps one, Hetch Hetchy (14 miles away), gets 51 inches of snow in a normal year; elevation and distance can change that.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00053150; 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.
Which months are mildest at Yosemite Village (12 mi W)?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in June, July, August and September. Of those, August has the fewest days with rain (1).
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 USW00053150.
When is the last frost at Yosemite Village (12 mi W)?
In Yosemite Village (12 mi W), the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 12 in half of years and after June 4 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before November 1 in half of years and before October 5 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
- May 121 year in 10 after June 4; 9 in 10 after April 18
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- November 11 year in 10 before October 5; 9 in 10 before November 23
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 171 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 201 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 26 in half of springs and before November 13 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Yosemite Village (12 mi W) in zone 8b in ZIP code 95318, the nearest ZIP area.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in California · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USW00053150; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026. 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 at Yosemite Village (12 mi W)?
In a normal year in Yosemite Village (12 mi W), a 90°F day is rare, 88 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 71 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 88a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 24high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 71a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USW00053150.
How sunny is it at Yosemite Village (12 mi W)?
Over a year 86% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Yosemite Village (12 mi W), 5.3 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (96%) and December the cloudiest (73%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 75% | 2.6 |
| February | 73% | 3.4 |
| March | 75% | 4.7 |
| April | 78% | 6.0 |
| May | 84% | 7.2 |
| June | 93% | 8.4 |
| July | 94% | 8.2 |
| August | 96% | 7.5 |
| September | 94% | 6.1 |
| October | 89% | 4.5 |
| November | 81% | 3.0 |
| December | 73% | 2.3 |
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 many heating and cooling degree days does Yosemite Village (12 mi W) record?
A normal year at Yosemite Village (12 mi W) brings 5,919 heating degree days, 10% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 308 cooling degree days, 66% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,151 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 844 | 0 |
| February | 808 | 0 |
| March | 828 | 0 |
| April | 685 | 0 |
| May | 464 | 7 |
| June | 199 | 34 |
| July | 34 | 109 |
| August | 33 | 95 |
| September | 137 | 52 |
| October | 380 | 10 |
| November | 652 | 0 |
| December | 855 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,919 | 308 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USW00053150. 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.
Have recent years at Yosemite Village (12 mi W) been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 51.8°F, 2.3°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 49.5°F. 4 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 51.9°F | +2.4°F | 36.69 |
| 2022 | 51.6°F | +2.1°F | 34.96 |
| 2023 | 48.2°F | −1.3°F | – |
| 2024 | 51.1°F | +1.6°F | 39.82 |
| 2025 | 51.8°F | +2.3°F | 42.53 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USW00053150. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Yosemite Village (12 mi W)'s climate compare?
Yosemite Village (12 mi W) is warmer than 16 of the 219 places with their own NOAA record in California, and wetter than 188. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 49.5°F is warmer than 38%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Yosemite Village (12 mi W) is Csb: temperate, dry-summer, warm 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 Yosemite Village (12 mi W) 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.
- El Portal, CA502 people · 6 mi S
- Midpines, CA177 people · 15 mi SW
- Mt. Bullion, CA58 people · 21 mi SW
- Foresta, CA57 people · 6 mi SE
- Yosemite West, CA35 people · 10 mi SE
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 Yosemite Village (12 mi W)'s climate
What is the coldest month at Yosemite Village (12 mi W)?
February, with a normal high of 42°F and a normal low of 31°F. The warmest is July (75°F by day, 60°F at night).
Does it snow at Yosemite Village (12 mi W)?
Yes. NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for the station; the nearest record that keeps one, Hetch Hetchy (14 miles away), records 51 inches of snow in a normal year.
What is the rainiest month at Yosemite Village (12 mi W)?
December, with 7.65 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is August with 0.05 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Yosemite Village (12 mi W) in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Yosemite Village (12 mi W) in zone 8b in ZIP code 95318, the nearest ZIP area.
How late can frost come at Yosemite Village (12 mi W)?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 12; in one year in ten it comes after June 4. Waiting until June 4 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- California climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Yosemite Park Headquarters, CA12 miles from this station, 54.0°F a year
- Hetch Hetchy, CA14 miles from this station, 54.9°F a year
- Cherry Valley Dam, CA16 miles from this station, 54.6°F a year
- So Entrance Yosemite National Park, CA20 miles from this station, 48.3°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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