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Tule Lake National Monument visitation by month and year

July is the busiest month at Tule Lake, when the average temperature nearby is 67 degrees. January is the quietest, and the average temperature then is 32 degrees. An average July draws 1,166 visits where an average January draws 1. The crowd arrives with the warm weather and leaves with it. The park recorded 4,868 recreation visits in 2025. A full 2019 count is not available, so no change figure is given.

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Visits by month, with temperature and precipitation

Visits by month with average temperature, precipitation, snowfall, Tule Lake03006009001.2kJanuary: 1 visits on average, 31.9°FJanFebruary: 1 visits on average, 34.9°FFebMarch: 2 visits on average, 39.6°FMarApril: 10 visits on average, 44.4°FAprMay: 375 visits on average, 53.0°FMayJune: 854 visits on average, 59.5°FJunJuly: 1,166 visits on average, 66.8°FJulAugust: 982 visits on average, 65.0°FAugSeptember: 395 visits on average, 58.4°FSepOctober: 8 visits on average, 48.1°FOctNovember: 6 visits on average, 37.4°FNovDecember: 5 visits on average, 30.5°FDecJanuary: 31.9°F averageFebruary: 34.9°F averageMarch: 39.6°F averageApril: 44.4°F averageMay: 53.0°F averageJune: 59.5°F averageJuly: 66.8°F averageAugust: 65.0°F averageSeptember: 58.4°F averageOctober: 48.1°F averageNovember: 37.4°F averageDecember: 30.5°F average30°F40°F50°F60°F70°FVisitsRain and snow, inches0.0 in4.0 in8.0 inJanuary: 1.32 in precipitationFebruary: 1.14 in precipitationMarch: 1.20 in precipitationApril: 0.99 in precipitationMay: 1.11 in precipitationJune: 0.80 in precipitationJuly: 0.21 in precipitationAugust: 0.25 in precipitationSeptember: 0.37 in precipitationOctober: 0.72 in precipitationNovember: 1.14 in precipitationDecember: 1.45 in precipitationJanuary: 6.2 in snowFebruary: 4.0 in snowMarch: 2.8 in snowApril: 1.6 in snowMay: 0.1 in snowJune: 0.0 in snowJuly: 0.0 in snowAugust: 0.0 in snowSeptember: 0.0 in snowOctober: 0.1 in snowNovember: 3.0 in snowDecember: 5.0 in snow
Bars are the average recreation visits in each month over 2023 to 2025. The line is the average temperature at Tulelake, 7 miles from the park's reference point at 4,038 feet, station USC00049053 in the NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals. The lower panel is monthly rain and snow from the same station, also 1991 to 2020 averages.

Annual visits, 2023 to 2025

Annual recreation visits, Tule Lake02k4k198019902000201020202023: 2,7312024: 3,8102025: 4,8682025: 5k
Recreation visits per calendar year. A year with a missing month is left blank rather than estimated.

The last ten years

YearRecreation visitsChange on prior year
20254,868+27.8%
20243,810+39.5%
20232,731
2022month missing
2021month missing
2020month missing
2019month missing
2018month missing
2017month missing
2016month missing

Visitation at other parks

Source: NPS Visitor Use Statistics, monthly recreation visits, as compiled for Publicopia Labs. A year is shown only when all twelve months were reported. Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals are the 1991 to 2020 monthly averages published by NOAA NCEI for station USC00049053, 4,038 feet above sea level. Data refreshed October 14, 2026.