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The climate of Yosemite National Park (California - United States of America)
Yosemite National Park is located in the eastern part of California in the Sierra Nevada. Yosemite National Park is one of the oldest national parks in America and has been a Unesco preservation site for years. Yosemite National Park is mainly known for the mammoth trees, or sequoia that grow here and the spectacular granite mountains and cliffs that can be found here. The park is very popular among active people. Most tourists spend a few days or weeks to explore this park and go on long hikes or go rock climbing. During the winter it is very nice to go skiing in the Badger Pass Ski Area. Yosemite Park has a Mediterranean climate with mild and wet winters. During the other seasons hardly any precipitation falls. Because of the differences in altitude rain is pushed up the mountains to an altitude of 2,400 meters. In the higher regions snow falls all year round. However, only during the winter a thick layer of snow forms. Very heavy thunderstorms are not uncommon here. These thunderstorms may cause forest fires. The figures below apply to the lower situated regions of the park. The higher you travel the colder it gets.

 

Climate information
The figures below are based on long term weather and climate records. They are an average for Yosemite National Park:
Please, note that local deviations may occur

average
 maximum
temperature (°C)

average
minimum

temperature (°C)
average
hours of sunshine

per
day
average days with precipitation
per month
average
mm
precipitation
per month
average
sea
temperature (°C)
January 4 -7 6 9 n/a
February 5 -7 7 8 n/a
March 6 -6 9 9 n/a
April 10 -4 11 6 n/a
May 15 0 12 5 n/a
June 20 3 12 5 n/a
July 25 6 13 5 n/a
August 24 6 12 5 n/a
September 20 3 11 4 n/a
October 15 -1 9 5 n/a
November 8 -4 7 8 n/a
December 5 -7 6 8 n/a
= 0-5 mm ● = 6-30 mm ● = 31-60 mm ● = 61-100 mm ● = 101-200 mm ● = over 200 mm
= 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches

More climate information
Climate figures are very useful but don’t present a general impression of the climate and the eventual weather circumstances within a certain period. The figures don’t always reflect the chance of wintry weather, extreme heat or hurricanes. That is why we offer useful extra climate information for each month of the year:
 

chance of
(very) hot

weather

chance of
(very) cool
weather
chance of
long-term

precipitation
chance of
hurricanes
(cyclones)
chance of
sunny days

UV-index

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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