Weather

Yosemite National Park covers nearly 1,200 square miles (3,100 square km) in the Sierra Nevada, with elevations ranging from about 2,000 feet (600 m) to 13,000 ft (4,000 m). Yosemite receives 95% of its precipitation between October and May (and over 75% between November and March). Most of Yosemite is blanketed in snow from about November through May. (Yosemite Valley can be rainy or snowy in any given winter storm.)

Check current weather forecasts in the park by location.

Average Temperatures & Precipitation

(based on averages from 1991–2020)

Yosemite Valley (4,000 feet / 1,220 m)

Month	Maximum	Minimum	Precipitation
	(°F/°C)	(°F/°C)	(inches/mm)
January	48/9	29/-2	7.0/177
February	51/11	30/-1	6.5/165
March	57/14	34/1	5.5/139
April	63/17	38/3	3.2/81
May	71/21	45/7	1.9/49
June	81/27	51/11	0.5/12
July	89/32	57/14	0.3/7
August	89/32	57/14	0.2/4
September	83/28	51/11	0.4/10
October	71/22	41/5	1.6//40
November	56/13	33/0	4.1/103
December	46/8	28/-2	5.6/142

 

 

Tuolumne Meadows (8,600 feet / 2,622 m)

Month	Maximum	Minimum	Precipitation
	(°F/°C)	(°F/°C)	(inches/mm)
January	41/5	13/-11	6.2/157
February	39/4	12/-11	4.0/101
March	42/6	15/-10	4.2/107
April	45/7	22/-6	2.0/52
May	54/12	27/-3	1.7/43
June	65/18	33/0	0.6/16
July	72/22	39/4	.5/14
August	70/21	37/3	0.5/13
September	65/18	32/0	0.5/13
October	57/14	26/-3	1.8/46
November	47/8	20/-7	3.1/79
December	40/4	12/-11	4.6/117