Bishop, CA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BISHOP AP, CA US.

BWk Desert (cold) climate 7b USDA hardiness Zone 7b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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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).

Annual swing
39.9°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
3,837
Cooling need
1,059

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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

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