Bishop, CA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BISHOP AP, CA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Bishop has an annual average temperature of 57.3°F with about 4.8 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 99.7°F), and the coldest is December (average low 22.1°F). January is typically the wettest month (1.14 in) and August the driest (0.07 in).
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Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →96 of 366 (26.2%) of Bishop's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1890s | 21 | |
| 1900s | 24 | |
| 1910s | 10 | |
| 1940s | 26 | |
| 1950s | 44 | |
| 1960s | 21 | |
| 1970s | 26 | |
| 1980s | 40 | |
| 1990s | 12 | |
| 2000s | 23 | |
| 2010s | 54 | |
| 2020s | 65 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 56.3°F | 23.5°F | 39.9°F | 1.14 in | — | 4 |
| February | 59.3°F | 26.4°F | 42.9°F | 0.89 in | — | 4 |
| March | 67.1°F | 31.3°F | 49.2°F | 0.55 in | — | 3 |
| April | 73.7°F | 36.7°F | 55.2°F | 0.22 in | — | 2 |
| May | 82.8°F | 44.2°F | 63.5°F | 0.23 in | — | 2 |
| June | 93.5°F | 51.4°F | 72.5°F | 0.13 in | — | 1 |
| July | 99.7°F | 56.7°F | 78.2°F | 0.18 in | — | 2 |
| August | 98.0°F | 54.0°F | 76.0°F | 0.07 in | — | 1 |
| September | 90.0°F | 47.2°F | 68.6°F | 0.11 in | — | 1 |
| October | 77.6°F | 37.4°F | 57.5°F | 0.35 in | — | 1 |
| November | 64.2°F | 27.0°F | 45.6°F | 0.31 in | — | 2 |
| December | 54.5°F | 22.1°F | 38.3°F | 0.66 in | — | 3 |
Climate twins of Bishop
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