Inyokern weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Inyokern, California: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at CHINA LAKE NAF, 12 km from Inyokern; records cover 1945–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 4.7 in119 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Mar 9
- First fall freeze
- Nov 10
- Heating degree days
- 2,490
- Cooling degree days
- 2,619
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 19°−7° (heating, 99%) and 112°44° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Inyokern in January
Highs average 60°16° and lows 31°−1°, with 0.94 in24 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 89°32° (2017)
- Record low
- 6°−14° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 606
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Inyokern in February
Highs average 65°18° and lows 35°2°, with 1.1 in28 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 91°33° (2017)
- Record low
- 12°−11° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 420
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Inyokern in March
Highs average 72°22° and lows 42°5°, with 0.55 in14 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 96°36° (2026)
- Record low
- 21°−6° (1990)
- Heating degree days
- 260
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Inyokern in April
Highs average 79°26° and lows 47°9°, with 0.24 in6.1 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1989)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (2011)
- Heating degree days
- 115
- Cooling degree days
- 57
Inyokern in May
Highs average 88°31° and lows 56°13°, with 0.1 in2.5 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 109°43° (2000)
- Record low
- 35°2° (1998)
- Heating degree days
- 25
- Cooling degree days
- 238
Inyokern in June
Highs average 99°37° and lows 64°18°, with 0.07 in1.8 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 118°48° (1994)
- Record low
- 42°6° (1954)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 484
Inyokern in July
Highs average 105°40° and lows 70°21°, with 0.12 in3 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 119°48° (1988)
- Record low
- 50°10° (1987)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 697
Inyokern in August
Highs average 103°40° and lows 69°20°, with 0.11 in2.8 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 119°48° (1993)
- Record low
- 51°11° (1991)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 649
Inyokern in September
Highs average 95°35° and lows 61°16°, with 0.24 in6.1 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 114°46° (1993)
- Record low
- 39°4° (1986)
- Heating degree days
- 4
- Cooling degree days
- 390
Inyokern in OctoberThis month
Highs average 83°28° and lows 49°9°, with 0.27 in6.9 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 106°41° (2024)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (2019)
- Heating degree days
- 77
- Cooling degree days
- 95
Inyokern in November
Highs average 69°21° and lows 37°3°, with 0.38 in9.7 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 93°34° (2010)
- Record low
- 16°−9° (1989)
- Heating degree days
- 359
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Inyokern in December
Highs average 60°15° and lows 30°−1°, with 0.54 in14 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1998)
- Record low
- 8°−13° (1962)
- Heating degree days
- 623
- Cooling degree days
- 0