While much of the eastern United States sweltered under record-breaking heat last month, Fresno experienced one of its coolest Julys since the turn of the century, providing residents with an unusual reprieve from the city’s typically scorching summer temperatures.
July 2025 ranked as the 31st coolest July out of 45 years of records dating back to 1981, according to climate data from Oregon State. Only five days in July this year hit triple digits – a milestone not achieved since 2015.
To put this in perspective, Fresno’s coolest July on record remains in 1993, when temperatures never reached 100°F and peaked at just 99.1°. The second coolest was in 1997, also with zero triple-digit days and a maximum of 99.8°.
This year’s relatively mild July stands in stark contrast to the region’s recent scorching summers, including last year’s brutal July that saw 22 days at or above 100°F – the second-hottest on record…