All-time weather records — Bishop, CA

Record high
111.0°F
July 7, 2024
Record low
-15.0°F
January 30, 1916
Wettest day
4.00 in
January 4, 2008

Climate change signal in Bishop

26.2%

of Bishop's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (96 of 366 records since 2015).

5.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (20 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1890s
21
38
1900s
24
20
1910s
10
86
1940s
26
30
1950s
44
29
1960s
21
27
1970s
26
24
1980s
40
32
1990s
12
23
2000s
23
24
2010s
54
23
2020s
65
10

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1895, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1895-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 77.0°F — Jan 24, 1948 -15.0°F — Jan 30, 1916 4.00 in — Jan 4, 2008
February 81.0°F — Feb 13, 2014 -2.9°F — Feb 1, 1916 3.50 in — Feb 24, 1969
March 89.1°F — Mar 19, 2026 9.0°F — Mar 1, 1969 2.06 in — Mar 10, 2023
April 93.9°F — Apr 28, 2020 15.1°F — Apr 9, 1953 1.58 in — Apr 11, 1982
May 104.0°F — May 28, 2020 19.9°F — May 27, 1912 0.95 in — May 15, 1953
June 109.0°F — Jun 22, 1954 25.0°F — Jun 2, 2011 1.54 in — Jun 20, 1918
July 111.0°F — Jul 7, 2024 34.0°F — Jul 18, 1987 0.83 in — Jul 16, 1976
August 108.0°F — Aug 1, 2020 34.0°F — Aug 22, 1947 1.72 in — Aug 20, 2023
September 107.1°F — Sep 2, 2022 25.2°F — Sep 30, 2019 1.25 in — Sep 28, 1994
October 99.0°F — Oct 2, 2024 13.1°F — Oct 31, 2019 1.58 in — Oct 13, 2009
November 89.1°F — Nov 14, 1906 5.0°F — Nov 17, 1958 1.30 in — Nov 8, 2002
December 81.0°F — Dec 18, 1901 -9.0°F — Dec 27, 1916 3.32 in — Dec 19, 2010

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Bishop.