Bishop, CA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 41.9°F in Bishop, CA, the warmest January since 2018, 9th warmest of 83.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 41.9°F; Warmest since 2018; 9th warmest of 83
Precipitation: 1.02 in; Wettest since 2023; 29th wettest of 82

A normal January in Bishop, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 39.2°F, between 36.4°F and 43.3°F in eight years of ten and 0.38 in of precipitation, between 0.03 in and 3.15 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Bishop, CA since 1944: 41.9°F in 2026; the highest is 44.9°F, in 2014.

Normal range, 36.4 to 43.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Bishop, CA from 1944 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank
2026	41.9	9	58.7	14	25.1	17	1.02	29
2025	39.2	36	57.5	19	20.8	61	0.06	60
2024	41.3	13	57.2	21	25.4	15	0.08	59
2023	36.5	65	47.5	72	25.6	10	5.55	2
2022	40.9	17	58.1	17	23.6	30	0.00	78
2021	39.6	32	56.3	29	22.9	34	1.09	27
2020	41	14	59.4	11	22.6	42	0.06	60
2019	41.6	10	56.1	30	27	5	1.89	14
2018	43.2	5	60.9	6	25.6	10	0.04	63
2017	36.5	65	47.4	73	25.7	9	5.23	3
2016	38.5	41	53	52	23.9	29	1.06	28
2015	44.6	2	62.6	2	26.5	7	0.09	58
2014	44.9	1	64.7	1	25	18	0.20	54
2013	38.1	45	54.5	40	21.6	51	trace	73
2012	39.4	33	57.3	20	21.4	55	1.43	23
2011	41.5	11	58.6	15	24.5	23	0.02	69
2010	36.7	60	50.5	65	22.8	36	1.28	25
2009	42.5	6	59.3	12	25.6	10	0.03	66
2008	35.4	68	48	70	22.8	36	4.82	5
2007	36.8	59	54.3	44	19.4	68	0.35	49
2006	35.1	71	47.9	71	22.3	45	3.01	10
2005	39.8	27	51.9	62	27.7	3	3.78	6
2004	37.1	58	53.3	50	20.9	57	0.03	66
2003	44.4	3	61	5	27.8	2	0.04	63
2002	36.6	64	53	52	20.2	64	0.03	66
2001	36.7	60	52	61	21.5	54	0.79	33
2000	39.7	30	56.5	24	22.8	36	0.30	51
1999	40.6	18	56.9	23	24.2	26	1.10	26
1998	39	39	56.4	25	21.6	51	0.55	40
1997	40.1	23	53.3	50	26.9	6	2.26	12
1996	40.5	19	56.1	30	24.9	19	0.38	47
1995	37.2	57	47.4	73	27.1	4	3.08	8
1994	39.9	25	58.8	13	20.9	57	0.04	63
1993	30.8	79	43.4	80	18.1	74	2.03	13
1992	37.5	55	52.4	58	22.5	43	0.38	47
1991	37.3	56	55.4	36	19.2	71	trace	73
1990	38.2	44	54.3	44	22.1	47	0.95	30
1989	35.2	69	51.2	64	19.3	69	0.06	60
1988	36.7	60	51.6	63	21.9	49	0.87	31
1987	36.7	60	52.5	57	20.9	57	0.42	45
1986	42.2	8	60.2	7	24.3	25	0.86	32
1985	38.1	45	53.9	48	22.2	46	0.25	52
1984	42.4	7	60.1	8	24.7	21	trace	73
1983	39.7	30	54.5	40	24.9	19	1.82	15
1982	31.9	77	46	77	17.7	76	1.43	23
1981	39.4	33	56.1	30	22.7	39	0.65	38
1980	40.2	22	54.5	40	25.8	8	1.56	20
1979	34.8	73	46.8	75	22.7	39	0.45	44
1978	39	39	49.8	66	28.2	1	2.68	11
1977	38	47	52.7	55	23.2	33	0.77	34
1976	40	24	59.9	10	20.1	65	0.00	78
1975	39.3	35	57.1	22	21.6	51	trace	73
1974	29.7	81	42.5	82	16.8	80	1.48	21
1973	31.6	78	44.2	79	19.1	72	3.02	9
1972	37.7	52	54.3	44	21.1	56	trace	73
1971	41.5	11	58.5	16	24.5	23	0.01	71
1970	37.8	51	53	52	22.7	39	0.71	37
1969	38.5	41	52.7	55	24.2	26	8.93	1
1968	37.9	49	56	33	19.8	66	0.01	71
1967	39.8	27	55	38	24.6	22	1.64	18
1966	34.9	72	49.3	67	20.5	62	0.00	78
1965	41	14	56.4	25	25.6	10	0.48	43
1964	35.2	69	52.3	60	18.2	73	0.49	41
1963	36.4	67	56	33	16.9	79	3.22	7
1962	38.3	43	54.5	40	22.1	47	0.49	41
1961	40.5	19	60.1	8	20.9	57	0.17	56
1960	33.2	74	48.6	69	17.8	75	0.18	55
1959	41	14	56.4	25	25.6	10	0.77	34
1958	39.8	27	56.4	25	23.3	31	0.58	39
1957	32.1	76	46.6	76	17.6	77	1.61	19
1956	39.2	36	54.2	47	24.2	26	1.45	22
1955	27.1	82	44.9	78	9.4	83	1.81	16
1954	37.9	49	55.4	36	20.5	62	1.68	17
1953	43.5	4	61.5	4	25.4	15	0.11	57
1952	30.4	80	43.3	81	17.5	78	5.03	4
1951	39.1	38	54.9	39	23.3	31	0.25	52
1950	32.9	75	49.1	68	16.6	81	0.42	45
1949	23.8	83	37.7	83	9.8	82	0.73	36
1948	40.5	19	61.8	3	19.3	69	0.00	78
1947	37.7	52	56	33	19.5	67
1946	38	47	53.5	49	22.5	43	0.02	69
1945	39.9	25	58	18	21.8	50	0.00	78
1944	37.6	54	52.4	58	22.9	34	0.34	50

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2014	44.9
2015	44.6
2003	44.4
1953	43.5
2018	43.2
2009	42.5
1984	42.4
1986	42.2
2026	41.9
2019	41.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1949	23.8
1955	27.1
1974	29.7
1952	30.4
1993	30.8
1973	31.6
1982	31.9
1957	32.1
1950	32.9
1960	33.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1969	8.93
2023	5.55
2017	5.23
1952	5.03
2008	4.82
2005	3.78
1963	3.22
1995	3.08
1973	3.02
2006	3.01

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2022	0.00
1976	0.00
1966	0.00
1948	0.00
1945	0.00
2013	trace
1991	trace
1984	trace
1975	trace
1972	trace

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 72°F; 14 January 2026
Coldest night: 16°F; 27 January 2026, 25 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.61 in; 3 January 2026

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Every answer in words

January 2026 brought 1.02 in of precipitation in Bishop, CA, the wettest January since 2023, 29th wettest of 82.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Bishop, CA: 72°F on Wednesday 14 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Bishop, CA: a low of 16°F on Tuesday 27 January 2026 and Sunday 25 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Bishop, CA: 0.61 in on Saturday 3 January 2026.