Fort Bidwell weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Fort Bidwell, California: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Fort Bidwell, 1 km from Fort Bidwell; records cover 1870–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 17.5 in444 mm
- Snow a year
- 56 in142 cm
- Last spring freeze
- Jun 4
- First fall freeze
- Sep 28
- Heating degree days
- 6,338
- Cooling degree days
- 378
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 6°−14° (heating, 99%) and 95°35° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Fort Bidwell in January
Highs average 40°4° and lows 23°−5°, with 2.7 in69 mm of precipitation and 15 in38 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 75°24° (1920)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 1037
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fort Bidwell in February
Highs average 44°7° and lows 26°−4°, with 1.9 in47 mm of precipitation and 11 in28 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 76°24° (1876)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1949)
- Heating degree days
- 843
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fort Bidwell in March
Highs average 51°11° and lows 30°−1°, with 2.1 in54 mm of precipitation and 6 in16 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1928)
- Record low
- −6°−21° (1922)
- Heating degree days
- 764
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fort Bidwell in April
Highs average 57°14° and lows 33°1°, with 1.8 in45 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 85°29° (1888)
- Record low
- 9°−13° (1871)
- Heating degree days
- 594
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fort Bidwell in May
Highs average 66°19° and lows 40°5°, with 1.5 in37 mm of precipitation and 0.5 in1.3 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1983)
- Record low
- 19°−7° (1954)
- Heating degree days
- 367
- Cooling degree days
- 4
Fort Bidwell in June
Highs average 75°24° and lows 46°8°, with 0.79 in20 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1924)
- Record low
- 25°−4° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 170
- Cooling degree days
- 37
Fort Bidwell in July
Highs average 86°30° and lows 54°12°, with 0.2 in5.1 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1934)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 25
- Cooling degree days
- 169
Fort Bidwell in August
Highs average 85°29° and lows 51°11°, with 0.25 in6.4 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1924)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1912)
- Heating degree days
- 35
- Cooling degree days
- 128
Fort Bidwell in September
Highs average 77°25° and lows 45°7°, with 0.29 in7.4 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical September.
- Record high
- 102°39° (1950)
- Record low
- 17°−8° (1970)
- Heating degree days
- 161
- Cooling degree days
- 38
Fort Bidwell in OctoberThis month
Highs average 64°18° and lows 36°2°, with 1.1 in27 mm of precipitation and 0.3 in0.8 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2014)
- Record low
- 4°−16° (1985)
- Heating degree days
- 470
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Fort Bidwell in November
Highs average 48°9° and lows 29°−2°, with 2.1 in53 mm of precipitation and 7 in17 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 78°26° (1949)
- Record low
- −4°−20° (1993)
- Heating degree days
- 796
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Fort Bidwell in December
Highs average 38°3° and lows 22°−5°, with 2.9 in73 mm of precipitation and 13 in33 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 79°26° (1879)
- Record low
- −26°−32° (1972)
- Heating degree days
- 1076
- Cooling degree days
- 0