Virginia Lakes weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Virginia Lakes, California: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Lee Vining, 16 km from Virginia Lakes; records cover 1988–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 15.1 in384 mm
- Snow a year
- 70 in177 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 24
- First fall freeze
- Oct 7
- Heating degree days
- 6,238
- Cooling degree days
- 299
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 9°−13° (heating, 99%) and 91°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Virginia Lakes in January
Highs average 41°5° and lows 21°−6°, with 2.7 in68 mm of precipitation and 19 in48 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 66°19° (1990)
- Record low
- −3°−19° (2007)
- Heating degree days
- 1062
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Virginia Lakes in February
Highs average 44°7° and lows 23°−5°, with 2.7 in69 mm of precipitation and 16 in41 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 67°19° (1999)
- Record low
- −8°−22° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 885
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Virginia Lakes in March
Highs average 51°11° and lows 28°−2°, with 1.8 in46 mm of precipitation and 12 in29 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 81°27° (2026)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (2023)
- Heating degree days
- 797
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Virginia Lakes in April
Highs average 58°14° and lows 33°0°, with 0.7 in18 mm of precipitation and 3 in8 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 81°27° (2020)
- Record low
- 11°−12° (2023)
- Heating degree days
- 594
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Virginia Lakes in May
Highs average 66°19° and lows 40°4°, with 0.73 in19 mm of precipitation and 1.6 in4.1 cm of snow in a typical May.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2003)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (2010)
- Heating degree days
- 378
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Virginia Lakes in June
Highs average 77°25° and lows 47°8°, with 0.41 in10 mm of precipitation and 0.2 in0.5 cm of snow in a typical June.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2021)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1995)
- Heating degree days
- 131
- Cooling degree days
- 40
Virginia Lakes in July
Highs average 84°29° and lows 54°12°, with 0.51 in13 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2024)
- Record low
- 36°2° (1997)
- Heating degree days
- 14
- Cooling degree days
- 138
Virginia Lakes in August
Highs average 83°28° and lows 52°11°, with 0.42 in11 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 97°36° (2026)
- Record low
- 37°3° (2024)
- Heating degree days
- 20
- Cooling degree days
- 102
Virginia Lakes in September
Highs average 76°24° and lows 46°8°, with 0.31 in7.9 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 94°34° (2022)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (2024)
- Heating degree days
- 144
- Cooling degree days
- 16
Virginia Lakes in OctoberThis month
Highs average 65°18° and lows 36°2°, with 0.83 in21 mm of precipitation and 1.4 in3.6 cm of snow in a typical October.
- Record high
- 85°29° (2024)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 450
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Virginia Lakes in November
Highs average 53°12° and lows 28°−2°, with 1.4 in37 mm of precipitation and 5 in12 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 75°24° (2006)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (1994)
- Heating degree days
- 740
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Virginia Lakes in December
Highs average 42°6° and lows 22°−6°, with 2.6 in65 mm of precipitation and 12 in29 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 65°18° (2007)
- Record low
- −5°−21° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 1023
- Cooling degree days
- 0