Avenal, CA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from KETTLEMAN CITY, CA US.

BWk Desert (cold) climate 9a USDA hardiness Zone 9a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

30° 50° 70° 90° J F M A M J J A S O N D
Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Avenal has an annual average temperature of 64.3°F with about 7.5 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 98.7°F), and the coldest is December (average low 35.6°F). February is typically the wettest month (1.47 in) and August the driest (0.02 in).

Annual swing
36.8°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
2,202
Cooling need
1,941

Best time to visit Avenal

Full guide →

Climate change signal

All-time records →

100 of 366 (27.3%) of Avenal's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1950s
61
1960s
89
1970s
48
2000s
42
2010s
73
2020s
53

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month Avg High Avg Low Avg Temp Precipitation Snow Rainy days
January 56.6°F 36.0°F 46.3°F 1.39 in 6
February 63.3°F 39.6°F 51.5°F 1.47 in 6
March 69.5°F 43.4°F 56.4°F 1.46 in 6
April 75.5°F 48.0°F 61.7°F 0.59 in 4
May 84.4°F 55.4°F 69.9°F 0.37 in 1
June 92.4°F 61.7°F 77.1°F 0.04 in 1
July 98.7°F 67.5°F 83.1°F 0.13 in 0
August 97.5°F 66.2°F 81.8°F 0.02 in 0
September 92.2°F 60.6°F 76.4°F 0.06 in 1
October 81.4°F 51.4°F 66.4°F 0.16 in 1
November 67.3°F 41.2°F 54.2°F 0.57 in 4
December 57.5°F 35.6°F 46.5°F 1.24 in 7

Climate twins of Avenal

Why these? →

The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).

Frost dates
Last spring / first fall frost
All-time records
Hottest, coldest, wettest
Planting calendar
What to plant, and when

Compare Avenal to another city