Fresno climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Fresno?

Fresno has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 1,345 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fresno?

The hottest day measured in Fresno between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 2010, reaching 33.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Fresno?

The coldest day measured in Fresno between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1977, at 10.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Fresno?

Almost never: Fresno sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Fresno warmed?

Yes: Fresno warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Fresno?

The wettest day measured in Fresno between 1940 and 2025 was 18 April 1967, with 160 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Fresno?

The windiest day measured in Fresno between 1940 and 2025 was 23 April 1985, with winds reaching 20.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Fresno?

The warmest month in Fresno is August (21.7 °C on average); the coldest is November (20.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Fresno?

Fresno receives on average 1,345 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 130 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Fresno?

Fresno gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Fresno (Colombia) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 1,345 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is August (21.7 °C on average) and the coldest is November (20.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Fresno averages 0 frost days, 17 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 130 rainy days per year.

Fresno has warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.33 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 33.5 °C (on 2 April 2010) and the coldest 10.3 °C (on 7 January 1977).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

FresnoTolima Department

coords: 5.15°, -75.04°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAugustColdest monthNovemberWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.0°C

Average daily high

26.3°C

Average daily low

16.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,345mm

Sunshine / day

10.0h

Mean relative humidity

69%

Average peak wind

7.4km/h

Seasonal range

1.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

17 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

130 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.1 °C

Average feels-like low

17.2 °C

Average peak gust

33.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

1 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.8 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

33.5 °C

2 April 2010

Coldest day

10.3 °C

7 January 1977

Wettest day

160 mm

18 April 1967

Windiest day

20.4 km/h

23 April 1985

Strongest gust

56.9 km/h

5 August 2019

Hottest feels-like

35.4 °C

5 February 2010

Coldest feels-like

7.4 °C

7 January 1977

Sunniest day

12.0 h

29 April 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	29.8 °C25 March 2025	14.5 °C23 January 2025	21.7 °C	946 mm	0
2024	32.8 °C15 September 2024	14.7 °C6 January 2024	22.7 °C	874 mm	82
2023	32.9 °C21 September 2023	12.4 °C29 January 2023	22.5 °C	965 mm	60
2022	33.5 °C18 August 2022	14.3 °C26 April 2022	21.8 °C	1,181 mm	20
2021	32.5 °C27 September 2021	13.4 °C7 November 2021	22.2 °C	854 mm	39
2020	33.0 °C13 August 2020	13.1 °C7 January 2020	22.8 °C	614 mm	104
2019	32.4 °C11 September 2019	15.1 °C5 January 2019	22.9 °C	518 mm	90
2018	31.6 °C21 September 2018	13.5 °C23 December 2018	22.3 °C	967 mm	33
2017	32.2 °C27 September 2017	11.7 °C18 December 2017	22.6 °C	753 mm	77
2016	33.3 °C27 March 2016	13.5 °C22 November 2016	22.8 °C	1,004 mm	89
2015	32.1 °C29 August 2015	13.0 °C17 February 2015	22.7 °C	620 mm	69
2014	31.8 °C1 September 2014	13.2 °C26 December 2014	22.3 °C	842 mm	34
2013	32.1 °C21 September 2013	12.6 °C8 January 2013	22.1 °C	1,078 mm	37
2012	31.7 °C3 October 2012	13.5 °C20 December 2012	21.9 °C	1,286 mm	17
2011	31.9 °C5 September 2011	13.6 °C15 January 2011	21.6 °C	2,395 mm	20
2010	33.5 °C2 April 2010	13.2 °C4 January 2010	22.1 °C	1,504 mm	54
2009	32.0 °C8 September 2009	13.8 °C2 December 2009	21.9 °C	854 mm	22
2008	29.5 °C29 April 2008	13.0 °C20 January 2008	21.1 °C	1,643 mm	0
2007	31.2 °C2 February 2007	12.4 °C4 February 2007	21.6 °C	900 mm	18
2006	31.9 °C27 September 2006	12.6 °C30 December 2006	21.6 °C	825 mm	18
2005	31.0 °C13 March 2005	13.8 °C11 December 2005	21.8 °C	1,338 mm	13
2004	31.0 °C16 October 2004	11.4 °C6 February 2004	21.4 °C	965 mm	5
2003	31.8 °C25 February 2003	13.9 °C16 December 2003	21.7 °C	1,099 mm	20
2002	32.3 °C23 September 2002	14.2 °C20 January 2002	21.8 °C	689 mm	34
2001	31.8 °C26 September 2001	10.4 °C30 January 2001	21.5 °C	848 mm	21
2000	30.7 °C30 August 2000	13.4 °C21 December 2000	21.0 °C	1,169 mm	7
1999	30.1 °C8 September 1999	13.9 °C4 March 1999	20.7 °C	1,242 mm	1
1998	32.2 °C11 October 1998	15.0 °C28 December 1998	21.9 °C	813 mm	26
1997	31.8 °C5 September 1997	13.7 °C4 December 1997	21.5 °C	878 mm	16
1996	31.7 °C23 September 1996	12.8 °C22 May 1996	20.6 °C	1,028 mm	5
1995	30.1 °C13 February 1995	12.6 °C11 February 1995	20.9 °C	1,275 mm	3
1994	30.2 °C15 September 1994	13.0 °C12 February 1994	20.8 °C	1,391 mm	1
1993	30.1 °C7 August 1993	13.1 °C25 January 1993	21.1 °C	1,013 mm	2
1992	30.8 °C12 September 1992	13.2 °C24 December 1992	21.2 °C	938 mm	4
1991	30.9 °C12 September 1991	13.3 °C24 January 1991	21.2 °C	1,274 mm	4
1990	30.6 °C17 September 1990	14.3 °C24 January 1990	21.1 °C	1,353 mm	3
1989	30.2 °C3 September 1989	12.3 °C30 December 1989	20.7 °C	1,505 mm	2
1988	29.7 °C23 February 1988	12.8 °C21 December 1988	20.7 °C	1,802 mm	0
1987	30.4 °C25 March 1987	11.5 °C18 December 1987	21.4 °C	1,258 mm	8
1986	30.1 °C8 September 1986	12.8 °C1 January 1986	20.4 °C	1,654 mm	3
1985	29.8 °C17 April 1985	11.3 °C20 December 1985	20.5 °C	1,792 mm	0
1984	29.5 °C2 September 1984	12.5 °C29 December 1984	20.3 °C	1,363 mm	0
1983	31.4 °C20 March 1983	13.4 °C18 January 1983	21.2 °C	917 mm	4
1982	31.1 °C7 September 1982	12.2 °C21 January 1982	21.2 °C	1,672 mm	18
1981	30.2 °C23 September 1981	12.6 °C28 August 1981	21.0 °C	1,442 mm	2
1980	31.7 °C25 August 1980	13.7 °C9 January 1980	21.8 °C	748 mm	24
1979	30.2 °C27 September 1979	12.8 °C1 January 1979	21.1 °C	1,846 mm	4
1978	31.4 °C20 September 1978	12.4 °C13 March 1978	21.1 °C	1,451 mm	6
1977	31.9 °C11 September 1977	10.3 °C7 January 1977	21.5 °C	1,135 mm	30
1976	32.6 °C18 September 1976	11.9 °C26 December 1976	21.1 °C	1,299 mm	20
1975	30.5 °C12 September 1975	13.2 °C14 February 1975	20.7 °C	1,846 mm	3
1974	31.1 °C17 August 1974	11.1 °C29 January 1974	20.8 °C	1,701 mm	8
1973	31.3 °C26 August 1973	13.0 °C25 February 1973	21.4 °C	1,433 mm	11
1972	31.5 °C13 September 1972	12.3 °C28 November 1972	21.3 °C	1,885 mm	21
1971	30.2 °C3 August 1971	12.3 °C14 December 1971	20.3 °C	2,107 mm	1
1970	31.1 °C15 July 1970	12.9 °C27 November 1970	21.2 °C	1,580 mm	17
1969	32.9 °C4 September 1969	12.5 °C30 November 1969	21.5 °C	1,388 mm	36
1968	31.2 °C23 August 1968	10.7 °C4 January 1968	21.0 °C	1,501 mm	9
1967	32.0 °C26 September 1967	11.7 °C2 January 1967	21.0 °C	1,696 mm	21
1966	32.4 °C26 September 1966	12.9 °C27 December 1966	21.5 °C	1,324 mm	36
1965	32.4 °C6 October 1965	12.4 °C6 July 1965	21.1 °C	1,279 mm	23
1964	32.2 °C2 March 1964	11.8 °C9 January 1964	21.2 °C	732 mm	37
1963	31.3 °C29 August 1963	11.9 °C28 November 1963	21.3 °C	1,391 mm	23
1962	31.1 °C25 September 1962	12.7 °C3 December 1962	20.9 °C	843 mm	2
1961	30.4 °C12 April 1961	11.6 °C14 February 1961	20.9 °C	1,078 mm	2
1960	31.0 °C6 October 1960	12.6 °C23 December 1960	20.4 °C	997 mm	1
1959	29.9 °C26 September 1959	11.8 °C3 January 1959	20.5 °C	951 mm	0
1958	31.8 °C10 September 1958	14.2 °C21 January 1958	21.7 °C	1,024 mm	36
1957	32.5 °C6 October 1957	12.2 °C10 January 1957	20.6 °C	1,252 mm	38
1956	26.2 °C1 September 1956	10.5 °C21 January 1956	18.9 °C	1,921 mm	0
1955	26.4 °C22 August 1955	12.4 °C27 January 1955	19.0 °C	2,599 mm	0
1954	27.8 °C15 September 1954	11.9 °C21 November 1954	19.2 °C	1,420 mm	0
1953	28.3 °C29 August 1953	13.0 °C30 December 1953	19.9 °C	1,656 mm	0
1952	27.6 °C21 October 1952	12.7 °C23 January 1952	19.8 °C	1,640 mm	0
1951	27.8 °C28 August 1951	12.7 °C13 January 1951	19.5 °C	2,253 mm	0
1950	27.3 °C14 September 1950	12.6 °C12 January 1950	19.1 °C	3,449 mm	0
1949	27.7 °C11 August 1949	11.7 °C11 February 1949	19.3 °C	1,901 mm	0
1948	28.2 °C23 September 1948	12.0 °C2 January 1948	19.6 °C	1,643 mm	0
1947	26.7 °C1 September 1947	12.8 °C18 November 1947	19.3 °C	1,947 mm	0
1946	27.8 °C1 September 1946	12.7 °C5 August 1946	19.4 °C	1,495 mm	0
1945	28.8 °C12 September 1945	11.4 °C22 January 1945	19.4 °C	1,699 mm	0
1944	28.4 °C1 October 1944	10.5 °C20 February 1944	19.7 °C	1,317 mm	0
1943	27.0 °C10 December 1943	11.6 °C29 November 1943	19.0 °C	1,906 mm	0
1942	27.3 °C1 March 1942	12.5 °C29 August 1942	19.4 °C	2,159 mm	0
1941	29.7 °C23 March 1941	12.9 °C23 December 1941	20.3 °C	993 mm	0
1940	27.8 °C17 August 1940	12.1 °C9 February 1940	19.6 °C	1,796 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.7 °C

-0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

0 d/yr

-17

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

946 mm

-399 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.5 °C	+1.6 °C	22 mm	-77 mm
Feb	26.8 °C	+0.4 °C	63 mm	-38 mm
Mar	26.4 °C	0.0 °C	83 mm	-73 mm
Apr	25.6 °C	-0.3 °C	224 mm	+54 mm
May	24.8 °C	-0.9 °C	27 mm	-92 mm
Jun	25.0 °C	-1.2 °C	46 mm	+25 mm
Jul	26.1 °C	-0.9 °C	11 mm	+4 mm
Aug	26.4 °C	-1.4 °C	8 mm	-2 mm
Sep	26.2 °C	-1.5 °C	34 mm	+3 mm
Oct	24.6 °C	-1.6 °C	73 mm	-125 mm
Nov	24.3 °C	-0.9 °C	144 mm	-120 mm
Dec	24.2 °C	-1.2 °C	212 mm	+43 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

29.8 °C

25 Mar 2025

Coldest day

14.5 °C

23 Jan 2025

Wettest day

65.5 mm

24 Apr 2025

Windiest day

13.2 km/h

28 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

49.3 km/h

3 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

32.1 °C

25 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.8 °C

23 Jan 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

12 Apr 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Fresno?

Fresno has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 1,345 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fresno?

The hottest day measured in Fresno between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 2010, reaching 33.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Fresno?

The coldest day measured in Fresno between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1977, at 10.3 °C.

Does it snow in Fresno?

Almost never: Fresno sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Fresno warmed?

Yes: Fresno warmed by +2.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Fresno?

The wettest day measured in Fresno between 1940 and 2025 was 18 April 1967, with 160 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Fresno?

The windiest day measured in Fresno between 1940 and 2025 was 23 April 1985, with winds reaching 20.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Fresno?

The warmest month in Fresno is August (21.7 °C on average); the coldest is November (20.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Fresno?

Fresno receives on average 1,345 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 130 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Fresno?

Fresno gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Fresno?

Yes: Fresno has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Fresno?

In Fresno, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.4 °C on 5 February 2010, and the lowest was 7.4 °C on 7 January 1977.

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