Rainy days · California
How often does it rain in Fresno?
Fresno is so dry in summer that a wet day in July would need a press release.
Fresno gets measurable rain or snow on about 47 days a year, adding up to about 11 inches.
November usually brings Fresno about 5 wet days and 0.9 inches. The wettest month is usually February, with about 9 wet days, and the driest is August, with less than 1 wet day. That makes Fresno number 124 of the 129 US cities we track, rainiest first.
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Rainy days, month by month
| Month | Wet days | Inches |
|---|---|---|
| January | 8 | 2.2 |
| February | 9 | 1.9 |
| March | 7 | 1.9 |
| April | 5 | 1.0 |
| May | 3 | 0.4 |
| June | 1 | 0.2 |
| July | 0 | trace |
| August | 0 | trace |
| September | 1 | 0.1 |
| October | 2 | 0.6 |
| November | 5 | 0.9 |
| December | 7 | 1.8 |
Cities with about as many rainy days
- Tucson, Arizona: about 47 wet days a year
- El Paso, Texas: about 48 wet days a year
- Reno, Nevada: about 51 wet days a year
Source: NOAA daily precipitation records for the Fresno area, 1991 to 2020 (at least 30 complete years behind every month), via the Applied Climate Information System. A wet day here means at least a hundredth of an inch of rain or melted snow.