FRESNO, CALIFORNIA
NORMALS, MEANS, AND EXTREMES

LATITUDE: 36 Deg. 46 Min. N LONGITUDE: 119 Deg. 43 Min. W ELEVATION: FT. GRND 328 BARO 330 TIME ZONE: PACIFIC WBAN: 93193

(a)
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
YEAR
TEMPERATURE (Deg. F)
Normals
-Daily Maximum
-Daily Minimum
-Monthly
Extremes
-Record Highest
-Year
-Record Lowest
-Year






46

46



54.1
37.4
45.7

78
1986
19
1963


61.7
40.5
51.2

80
1991
24
1990


66.6
43.4
55.1

90
1972
26
1966


75.1
47.3
61.2

100
1981
32
1982


84.2
53.7
69.0

107
1984
36
1975


92.7
60.4
76.6

110
1964
44
1955


98.6
65.1
81.9

112
1991
50
1955


96.7
63.8
80.3

111
1990
49
1966


90.1
58.8
74.5

111
1955
37
1950


79.7
50.7
65.2

102
1980
27
1972


64.7
42.5
53.6

89
1949
26
1975


53.7
37.1
45.4

76
1958
18
1990


76.5
50.1
63.3

112
JUL 1991
18
DEC 1990
NORMAL DEGREE DAYS
Heating (base 65 Deg. F)
Cooling (base 65 Deg. F)




598
0

386
0

314
7

182
68

34
158

0
352

0
524

0
474

8
293

84
91

342
0

608
0

2556
1967
% OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE
46
47
65
77
85
90
95
97
96
94
88
66
46
79
MEAN SKY COVER(tenths)
Sunrise - Sunset
MEAN NUMBER OF DAYS:
Sunrise to Sunset
-Clear
-Partly Cloudy
-Cloudy
Precipitation
.01 inches or more
Snow, Ice Pellets, Hail
1.0 inches or more
Thunderstorms
Heavy Fog Visibility
1/4 mile or less
Temperature Deg. F
-Maximum
90 Deg. F and above
32 Deg. F and below
-Minimum
32 Deg. F and below
0 Deg. F and below

46


46
46
46

46

46
46

46


32
32

32
32

7.3


5.3
6.8
18.9

7.7

0.*
0.3

11.8


0.0
0.0

7.3
0.0

6.1


7.6
7.9
12.8

7.2

0.0
0.4

6.1


0.0
0.0

2.9
0.0

5.4


11.0
8.0
12.0

7.2

0.0
0.8

1.7


0.*
0.0

0.6
0.0

4.4


13.8
8.2
8.0

4.3

0.0
0.5

0.3


2.0
0.0

0.1
0.0

3.3


18.4
7.6
5.0

2.0

0.0
0.6

0.1


9.8
0.0

0.0
0.0

1.9


23.0
4.6
2.4

0.7

0.0
0.5

0.0


19.5
0.0

0.0
0.0

1.2


26.7
3.0
1.3

0.2

0.0
0.3

0.0


28.6
0.0

0.0
0.0

1.3


26.2
3.4
1.3

0.3

0.0
0.2

0.*


26.6
0.0

0.0
0.0

1.7


23.7
3.9
2.3

1.0

0.0
0.7

0.1


17.5
0.0

0.0
0.0

2.9


20.2
6.2
4.7

2.1

0.0
0.5

0.9


4.5
0.0

0.1
0.0

5.2


11.6
7.3
11.1

5.2

0.0
0.2

5.6


0.0
0.0

1.9
0.0

6.9


6.8
6.2
18.0

6.7

0.*
0.3

12.0


0.0
0.1

8.3
0.0

4.0


194.3
73.1
97.9

44.8

*
5.4

38.6


108.6
0.1

21.3
0.0
AV. STATION PRES. (mb)
23
1008.8
1007.4
1005.3
1004.3
1001.6
1000.5
1000.4
1000.4
1000.8
1003.9
1007.5
1009.1
1004.2
RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%)
Hour 04
Hour 10 (Local Time)
Hour 16
Hour 22

32
32
32
32

92
85
68
88

90
76
55
83

86
66
48
75

80
52
35
62

72
43
26
50

65
39
23
44

61
38
22
41

66
41
25
46

72
45
28
52

78
52
34
64

87
71
53
.81

92
84
69
89

78
58
41
65
PRECIPITATION (in.)
Water Equivalent
-Normal
-Maximum Monthly
-Year
-Minimum Monthly
-Year
-Maximum in 24 hrs
-Year
Snow, Ice Pellets, Hail
-Maximum Monthly
-Year
-Maximum in 24 hrs
-Year



46

46

46


46

46



1.96
8.56
1.69
0.04
1976
2.59
1969

2.2
1962
1.5
1962


1.8
5.97
1962
T
1964
1.99
1969

T
1994
T
1994


1.89
7.24
1991
0.00
1972
2.43
1995

T
1991
T
1991


0.97
4.41
1967
0.02
1991
1.39
1983

0.0

0.0



0.30
1.65
1990
0.00
1982
1.42
1990

0.0

0.0



0.08
1.61
1993
0.00
1983
1.61
1993

T
1995
T
1995


0.01
0.22
1992
0.00
1.3
0.22
1992

0.0

0.0



0.03
0.25
1964
0.00
1981
0.25
1964

0.0

0.0



0.24
1.19
1976
0.00
1981
0.97
1978

0.0

0.0



0.53
2.19
1992
0.00
1978
1.76
1992

T
1974
T
1974


1.37
3.50
1972
0.00
1959
1.35
1953

0.0

0.0



1.42
6.73
1955
0.00
1989
1.76
1955

1.2
1968
1.2
1968


10.60
8.56
JAN 1969
0.00
DEC 1989
2.59
JAN 1969

2.2
JAN 1962
1.5
JAN 1962
WIND
Mean Speed (mph)
Prevailing Direction
through 1964
Fastest Mile
-Direction(!!)
-Speed(mph)
-Year
Peak Gust
-Direction(!!)
-Speed(mph)
-Date

46



17







5.2

SE

14
39
1993





5.7

NW

31
29
1977





6.7

NW

32
29
1982





7.4

NW

30
32
1984





8.1

NW

32
30
1991





8.3

NW

29
28
1995





7.4

NW

32
23
1995





6.8

NW

31
28
1994





6.1

NW

31
29
1978





5.2

NW

12
23
1992





4.7

NW

30
28
1993





4.9

SE

22
28
1995





6.4

NW

14
39
JAN 1993




(a) - Length of Record in Years, although individual months may be missing.
0.* or * - The value is between 0.0 and 0.05.
Normals - Based on the 1961 - 1990 record period.
Extremes - Dates are the most recent occurrence.
Wind Dir.- Numerals show tens of degrees clockwise from true north. "00" indicates calm.
Resultant Directions are given to whole degrees.