Weather in Kern County

Calculated from weather data of Santa Ynez/Kunkle Field (KIZA) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°F)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	62.0	65.0	60.0	67.0	66.0	64.0
February	65.0	62.0	62.0	70.0	67.0	69.0
March	66.0	65.0	61.0	72.0	65.0	63.0
April	72.0	69.0	70.0	74.0	71.0	70.0
May	74.0		71.0	76.0	74.0	79.0
June	81.0		73.0	86.0	83.0	83.0
July	87.0		89.0	85.0	87.0	84.0
August	87.0		87.0	88.0	84.0	90.0
September	85.0		80.0	88.0	85.0	90.0
October	80.0		82.0	78.0	72.0	86.0
November	73.0		74.0	69.0	78.0	74.0
December	64.0		68.0	59.0	60.0	69.0
Average	74.0	65.0	73.0	76.0	74.0	77.0

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°F)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	39.0	42	41	38	38	37
February	39.0	43	36	35	38	37
March	41.0	44	42	41	38	42
April	44.0	45	44	45	42	46
May	48.0		50	45	47	48
June	51.0		54	52	51	51
July	54.0		54	55	56	52
August	55.0		56	55	54	56
September	53.0		55	58	51	51
October	46.0		48	49	45	50
November	40.0		41	37	44	39
December	38.0		43	40	40	36
Average	45.0	43.0	47.0	46.0	45.0	46.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
86 °F or warmer	0	54	71	49	80
77 °F or warmer	5	113	150	133	171
68 °F or warmer	28	221	257	226	259
32 °F or colder	3	10	13	2	12

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	6.7	4	15	2	10	1
February	6.5	13	7	1	0	1
March	7.9	13	15	3	4	13
April	3.8	9	4	2	1	12
May	2.0		8	1	0	0
June	1.1		8	0	0	0
July	0.6		5	0	0	0
August	1.0		6	1	0	0
September	1.0		4	1	1	1
October	0.8		4	0	2	0
November	2.9		4	4	3	1
December	6.2		12	6	14	3
Average	3.9	9.9	7.3	1.6	2.7	2.7

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (miles per hour)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	5.3	7	7	3	5	5
February	6.3	7	7	6	7	5
March	7.0	8	8	8	7	7
April	7.2	7	7	8	7	6
May	7.4		7	9	7	7
June	6.6		6	7	6	7
July	6.3		6	7	6	6
August	6.2		7	6	6	6
September	5.8		6	6	5	5
October	6.0		6	6	6	5
November	5.2		7	6	5	5
December	4.9		5	5	6	5
Average	6.3	7.1	6.5	6.5	6.1	5.7

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	W	SW	W	W	W
February	SW	W	W	W	W
March	W	W	W	W	SW
April	W	W	W	W	W
May		W	W	W	W
June		W	W	W	W
July		W	W	W	W
August		W	W	W	W
September		W	SW	W	W
October		W	W	W	W
November		SW	W	W	W
December		W	W	W	W

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Kern County weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Kern County?

The warmest month is August with an average temperature of 87 °F over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Kern County?

The coldest month is January with an average daytime temperature of 62 °F in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Kern County?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in March with a probability of around 7.9 %.

Which month is the driest in Kern County?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in July. The probability is about 0.7 %.