Visalia climate — normals and trends
Visalia (United States) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.7 °C and it receives 498 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 July (28.2 °C on average) and the coldest is January (8.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Visalia averages 5 frost days, 113 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 55 rainy days per year.
Visalia has warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.30 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 9 to 1 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 45.8 °C (on 16 August 2020) and the coldest -9.1 °C (on 23 December 1990).
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
VisaliaCalifornia
- coords
- 36.33°, -119.29°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.7°C
Average daily high
24.1°C
Average daily low
12.0°C
Annual rainfall
498mm
Sunshine / day
11.1h
Mean relative humidity
57%
Average peak wind
8.7km/h
Seasonal range
19.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
5 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
113 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
55 d/yr
Annual snowfall
2.3 cm
Average feels-like high
23.9 °C
Average feels-like low
10.4 °C
Average peak gust
22.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
51 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+2.5 °C
since 1940
+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.59 · p = < 0.001
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
45.8 °C
16 August 2020
Coldest day
-9.1 °C
23 December 1990
Wettest day
80 mm
6 December 1966
Windiest day
31.6 km/h
1 March 1983
Strongest gust
73.1 km/h
4 January 1995
Hottest feels-like
48.3 °C
4 July 1991
Coldest feels-like
-13.2 °C
23 December 1990
Snowiest day
4.8 cm
21 January 1962
Sunniest day
14.0 h
21 May 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 19 mm | -70 mm |
| Feb | 18.0 °C | +2.0 °C | 107 mm | +17 mm |
| Mar | 18.1 °C | -0.1 °C | 140 mm | +48 mm |
| Apr | 22.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 21 mm | -27 mm |
| May | 28.6 °C | +2.2 °C | 6 mm | -13 mm |
| Jun | 34.3 °C | +2.7 °C | 0 mm | -5 mm |
| Jul | 36.3 °C | +0.6 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 37.5 °C | +2.4 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 32.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 21 mm | +15 mm |
| Oct | 24.6 °C | -1.1 °C | 57 mm | +34 mm |
| Nov | 19.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 97 mm | +46 mm |
| Dec | 14.9 °C | +0.7 °C | 87 mm | +13 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Visalia?
Visalia has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.7 °C and it receives 498 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Visalia?
The hottest day measured in Visalia between 1940 and 2025 was 16 August 2020, reaching 45.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Visalia?
The coldest day measured in Visalia between 1940 and 2025 was 23 December 1990, at -9.1 °C.
Does it snow in Visalia?
Yes. Visalia gets on average 2.3 cm of snow per year and has around 5 frost days.
Has the climate of Visalia warmed?
Yes: Visalia warmed by +2.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Visalia?
The wettest day measured in Visalia between 1940 and 2025 was 6 December 1966, with 80 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Visalia?
The windiest day measured in Visalia between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1983, with winds reaching 31.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Visalia?
The warmest month in Visalia is July (28.2 °C on average); the coldest is January (8.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Visalia?
Visalia receives on average 498 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 55 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Visalia?
Visalia gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Visalia?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Visalia between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1962, with 4.8 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Visalia?
Yes: Visalia has on average 51 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Visalia?
In Visalia, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 48.3 °C on 4 July 1991, and the lowest was -13.2 °C on 23 December 1990.
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