Fresno, CA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from FRESNO YOSEMITE INTL AP, CA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Fresno has an annual average temperature of 65°F with about 11 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 97.7°F), and the coldest is December (average low 39.8°F). January is typically the wettest month (2.16 in) and August the driest (0.00 in).
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All-time records →85 of 366 (23.2%) of Fresno'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.
| 1940s | 23 | |
| 1950s | 39 | |
| 1960s | 38 | |
| 1970s | 35 | |
| 1980s | 47 | |
| 1990s | 29 | |
| 2000s | 40 | |
| 2010s | 60 | |
| 2020s | 55 |
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 | 55.4°F | 40.6°F | 48.0°F | 2.16 in | — | 8 |
| February | 61.3°F | 43.3°F | 52.3°F | 1.93 in | — | 9 |
| March | 67.5°F | 47.3°F | 57.4°F | 1.90 in | — | 7 |
| April | 73.7°F | 50.9°F | 62.3°F | 1.04 in | — | 5 |
| May | 82.7°F | 57.6°F | 70.2°F | 0.42 in | — | 3 |
| June | 91.4°F | 63.9°F | 77.6°F | 0.24 in | — | 1 |
| July | 97.7°F | 69.3°F | 83.5°F | 0.03 in | — | 0 |
| August | 96.5°F | 67.9°F | 82.2°F | 0.00 in | — | 0 |
| September | 90.7°F | 63.4°F | 77.1°F | 0.05 in | — | 1 |
| October | 78.7°F | 54.6°F | 66.7°F | 0.56 in | — | 2 |
| November | 64.9°F | 45.4°F | 55.1°F | 0.87 in | — | 5 |
| December | 55.3°F | 39.8°F | 47.5°F | 1.79 in | — | 7 |
Climate twins of Fresno
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