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Biola, California Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Madera, 17 km from Biola

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 96°F; the coldest is December, with an average low of 36°F. A normal year brings 11.2 in of precipitation.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Fresno Air Terminal (FAT), since 1941. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Biola through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.020406080100120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
87°F
Normal low
56°F
Record high
103°Fin 2024
Record low
48°Fin 1948
Chance of a wet day
3%
Daylight
12 h 04 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January55°F38°F78°F (2014)18°F (1949)2.14 in7.47.95870
February61°F40°F83°F (2020)24°F (1989)2.09 in7.73.64090
March67°F44°F93°F (2026)26°F (1953)1.82 in6.10.63002
April73°F47°F100°F (1981)32°F (1975)0.96 in3.10.117122
May82°F53°F107°F (1984)36°F (1975)0.47 in1.60.049123
June90°F59°F111°F (2021)44°F (1955)0.20 in0.70.05298
July96°F64°F114°F (2024)50°F (1955)0.00 in0.10.00465
August95°F63°F112°F (1996)49°F (1966)0.00 in0.10.00425
September89°F58°F114°F (2022)37°F (1950)0.07 in0.50.06267
October78°F49°F105°F (2024)27°F (1972)0.60 in1.80.09957
November64°F41°F90°F (2010)26°F (1975)1.01 in3.52.93711
December55°F36°F77°F (2023)18°F (1990)1.89 in6.211.26110
Year75°F49°F11.25 in39262,6071,660

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

11.2 in in a normal year, most in January.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Biola, in percent.0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Madera. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around February 18 and the first fall freeze around November 27, a growing season of about 281 days.

Median at 36°F
last March 25, first November 11
Median at 32°F
last February 18, first November 27
Median at 28°F
last January 21, first December 10

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Biola.

Days with a mean dew point of 65°F or more are rare here in every month.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January38°F68%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February41°F71%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March44°F69%100%0%0%0%0%0%
April45°F63%98%2%0%0%0%0%
May46°F52%96%4%0%0%0%0%
June43°F36%96%4%0%0%0%0%
July43°F28%97%2%1%0%0%0%
August42°F28%98%1%0%0%0%0%
September41°F32%98%2%0%0%0%0%
October38°F40%98%2%0%0%0%0%
November38°F55%100%0%0%0%0%0%
December36°F65%100%0%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is August, with the sky 19 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is February, at 57 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is June, averaging 8.1 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 21, with 14 h 42 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 18, with 9 h 38 min.

Hours of daylight at Biola through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Day length

Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

How Fresno County is running

NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, from the nClimGrid analysis of every station, updated early each month. A rank of 1 is the highest or lowest of all years since 1895.

August 2026 in Fresno County: 76.4°F (+3.7 °F against 1991-2020), the warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Fresno County: 0.14 in (+0.05 in against 1991-2020), the 45th wettest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Fresno County: 60.8°F (+3.5 °F against 1991-2020), the warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Fresno County: 9.39 in (-4.15 in against 1991-2020), the 33rd driest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
76.4°F in 2026
Coolest August
65.0°F in 1976
Wettest August
0.72 in in 1920
Driest August
0.00 in in 1903

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Fresno County against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-4-20+2+41900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

California climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Biola in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1941. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00045233 (Madera), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00093193, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.