Arvin weather in April

In April, Arvin sees average daytime highs of 66°F and overnight lows near 46°F, with 1.1 in of precipitation across 5.2 wet days and about 12.9 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 64°F in the first days to 70°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Arvin's 8th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Arvin's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 66°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 46°; 6th coldest
Precipitation: 1.1 in; 5.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 54 min; 5:29 AM – 6:22 PM
Cloud cover: 39%; 8th clearest
Wind: 4 mph; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.9 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.1; out of 10

Arvin is city in Kern County, California, United States.

Density: 1,672/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1960

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 64°F in the first days to 70°F by the end.

A typical April day in Arvin reaches about 66°F in the afternoon and slips back to 46°F overnight — a 20°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 55°F and 78°F. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 4°F warmer than March and about 7°F cooler than May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°F)	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	65	65	65	65	65	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	68	68	68	69	69	69	69	70	70	70
Avg low (°F)	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	45	45	45	45	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	47	47	47	47	48	48	48	49	49	49	49

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	64	44
2	64	44
3	64	44
4	64	44
5	64	44
6	64	44
7	64	44
8	64	45
9	65	45
10	65	45
11	65	45
12	65	45
13	65	45
14	66	45
15	66	46
16	66	46
17	66	46
18	67	46
19	67	46
20	67	47
21	68	47
22	68	47
23	68	47
24	69	48
25	69	48
26	69	48
27	69	49
28	70	49
29	70	49
30	70	49

Arvin weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°F)	Rainfall (inches)	Wet days	Snow days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	57° / 38°	2.0	7.2	0.8	9.9	4.3
Feb	58° / 40°	2.1	8.2	1.2	10.7	4.6
Mar	62° / 43°	2.0	7.8	0.8	11.7	5.8
Apr	66° / 46°	1.1	5.2	0.5	12.9	7.1
May	73° / 53°	0.5	3	0	13.8	8.5
Jun	81° / 60°	0.1	0.5	0	14.3	8.6
Jul	86° / 66°	0.1	0.8	0	14.1	6.6
Aug	86° / 65°	0.1	0.4	0	13.3	6.8
Sep	81° / 59°	0.1	1	0	12.2	8.5
Oct	72° / 50°	0.5	2.5	0	11.1	8.7
Nov	62° / 42°	1.1	4.3	0.3	10.1	6.4
Dec	56° / 38°	2.0	6.7	0.8	9.7	4.2

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 54% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 30%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	65	65	65	66	66	67	67	67	68	68	68	68	69	70	70	70	70	70	71	71	72	72	72	73	74	74	74	75	76	76
Cloudier (%)	35	35	35	34	34	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	31	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	28	28	28	27	26	26	26	25	24	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	69	31
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	72	28
24	73	27
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	75	25
29	76	24
30	76	24

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitationSnow

Arvin gets around 1.1 in of rain and snow over 5.2 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable precipitation averages around 17% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days, and about 1 day brings snow. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	13
Snow chance (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	22	2
2	22	2
3	21	2
4	21	2
5	21	2
6	20	2
7	20	2
8	20	2
9	20	2
10	19	2
11	19	2
12	19	2
13	18	2
14	18	2
15	17	2
16	17	2
17	17	2
18	16	2
19	16	1
20	16	1
21	15	1
22	15	1
23	15	1
24	15	1
25	14	1
26	14	0
27	14	0
28	14	0
29	14	0
30	13	0

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1

Wind in April

Winds average 4 mph in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 4 mph on the calmest days to 4 mph at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (mph)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (mph)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
21	4	calm
22	4	calm
23	4	calm
24	4	calm
25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of April to 13 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 66 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:50 AM to 5:12 AM, and sunset from 6:10 PM to 6:34 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.5	12.5	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.7	12.7	12.7	12.8	12.8	12.9	12.9	12.9	13.0	13.0	13.0	13.1	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.2	13.2	13.3	13.3	13.3	13.4
Sunrise (AM)	5:50	5:49	5:47	5:46	5:44	5:43	5:41	5:40	5:39	5:37	5:36	5:34	5:33	5:32	5:30	5:29	5:28	5:26	5:25	5:24	5:22	5:21	5:20	5:19	5:17	5:16	5:15	5:14	5:13	5:12
Sunset (PM)	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:32	6:33	6:34

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:50	6:10
2	12.4	5:49	6:11
3	12.4	5:47	6:12
4	12.4	5:46	6:12
5	12.5	5:44	6:13
6	12.5	5:43	6:14
7	12.6	5:41	6:15
8	12.6	5:40	6:16
9	12.6	5:39	6:16
10	12.7	5:37	6:17
11	12.7	5:36	6:18
12	12.7	5:34	6:19
13	12.8	5:33	6:20
14	12.8	5:32	6:20
15	12.9	5:30	6:21
16	12.9	5:29	6:22
17	12.9	5:28	6:23
18	13.0	5:26	6:24
19	13.0	5:25	6:25
20	13.0	5:24	6:25
21	13.1	5:22	6:26
22	13.1	5:21	6:27
23	13.1	5:20	6:28
24	13.2	5:19	6:29
25	13.2	5:17	6:30
26	13.2	5:16	6:30
27	13.3	5:15	6:31
28	13.3	5:14	6:32
29	13.3	5:13	6:33
30	13.4	5:12	6:34

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.83 kWh/m² to a high of 8.49 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 6.9 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.4	7.4	7.5
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.3	Intense
2	6.3	Intense
3	6.3	Intense
4	6.4	Intense
5	6.4	Intense
6	6.5	Intense
7	6.5	Intense
8	6.6	Intense
9	6.6	Intense
10	6.7	Intense
11	6.7	Intense
12	6.7	Intense
13	6.8	Intense
14	6.8	Intense
15	6.9	Intense
16	6.9	Intense
17	7.0	Intense
18	7.0	Intense
19	7.0	Intense
20	7.1	Intense
21	7.1	Intense
22	7.2	Intense
23	7.2	Intense
24	7.3	Intense
25	7.3	Intense
26	7.3	Intense
27	7.4	Intense
28	7.4	Intense
29	7.4	Intense
30	7.5	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Arvin?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.1

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

3.2

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Arvin for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Arvin in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Arvin sees daytime highs around 66°F and nights near 46°F. Pack sun protection. Worth having: a warm layer. About 5 days see rain.

sun protectiona warm layer

UV index in Arvin in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Arvin peaks around June 20 at about 11 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	3	4	5	7	8	11	10	11	8	6	3	3
Level	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Very high	High	Moderate	Moderate

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	3	Moderate
Feb	4	Moderate
Mar	5	High
Apr	7	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	6	High
Nov	3	Moderate
Dec	3	Moderate

Air quality in Arvin in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where April falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Arvin is worst in August — around 35 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 6.1× the cleanest month (January, 6 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	6	7	8	8	7	12	19	35	17	12	6	16
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	6	Good
Feb	7	Good
Mar	8	Good
Apr	8	Good
May	7	Good
Jun	12	Good
Jul	19	Moderate
Aug	35	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	12	Good
Nov	6	Good
Dec	16	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Arvin?

Arvin sits at 35.2°N, 118.8°W, 449 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Lamont, 6.2 mi away.

Topography around Arvin

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Arvin.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Arvin has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 125 ft around an average of 440 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 6,217 ft; within 50 miles, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 8,579 ft.

The land around Arvin is covered by cropland (47%) within 2 miles, grassland (42%) and cropland (35%) within 10 miles, and grassland (53%) and trees (21%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

125 ft

cropland 47%

10 miles

6,217 ft

grassland 42%

50 miles

8,579 ft

grassland 53%

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← March Arvin year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Lamont 6.2 mi · Bakersfield 16 mi · Oildale 18 mi · Shafter 32 mi · Wasco 39 mi · Rosamond 45 mi · Delano 45 mi · Castaic 51 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 100% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $90,027; 2025
Happiness: 6.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 98%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 5.8; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 12.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: High; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Arvin (35.2091°, -118.8284°, elevation 449 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	64	44
2	64	44
3	64	44
4	64	44
5	64	44
6	64	44
7	64	44
8	64	45
9	65	45
10	65	45
11	65	45
12	65	45
13	65	45
14	66	45
15	66	46
16	66	46
17	66	46
18	67	46
19	67	46
20	67	47
21	68	47
22	68	47
23	68	47
24	69	48
25	69	48
26	69	48
27	69	49
28	70	49
29	70	49
30	70	49

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	69	31
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	72	28
24	73	27
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	75	25
29	76	24
30	76	24

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	22	2
2	22	2
3	21	2
4	21	2
5	21	2
6	20	2
7	20	2
8	20	2
9	20	2
10	19	2
11	19	2
12	19	2
13	18	2
14	18	2
15	17	2
16	17	2
17	17	2
18	16	2
19	16	1
20	16	1
21	15	1
22	15	1
23	15	1
24	15	1
25	14	1
26	14	0
27	14	0
28	14	0
29	14	0
30	13	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	64	44
2	64	44
3	64	44
4	64	44
5	64	44
6	64	44
7	64	44
8	64	45
9	65	45
10	65	45
11	65	45
12	65	45
13	65	45
14	66	45
15	66	46
16	66	46
17	66	46
18	67	46
19	67	46
20	67	47
21	68	47
22	68	47
23	68	47
24	69	48
25	69	48
26	69	48
27	69	49
28	70	49
29	70	49
30	70	49

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	69	31
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	72	28
24	73	27
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	75	25
29	76	24
30	76	24

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	22	2
2	22	2
3	21	2
4	21	2
5	21	2
6	20	2
7	20	2
8	20	2
9	20	2
10	19	2
11	19	2
12	19	2
13	18	2
14	18	2
15	17	2
16	17	2
17	17	2
18	16	2
19	16	1
20	16	1
21	15	1
22	15	1
23	15	1
24	15	1
25	14	1
26	14	0
27	14	0
28	14	0
29	14	0
30	13	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	64	44
2	64	44
3	64	44
4	64	44
5	64	44
6	64	44
7	64	44
8	64	45
9	65	45
10	65	45
11	65	45
12	65	45
13	65	45
14	66	45
15	66	46
16	66	46
17	66	46
18	67	46
19	67	46
20	67	47
21	68	47
22	68	47
23	68	47
24	69	48
25	69	48
26	69	48
27	69	49
28	70	49
29	70	49
30	70	49

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	66	34
5	66	34
6	67	33
7	67	33
8	67	33
9	68	32
10	68	32
11	68	32
12	68	32
13	69	31
14	70	30
15	70	30
16	70	30
17	70	30
18	70	30
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	72	28
22	72	28
23	72	28
24	73	27
25	74	26
26	74	26
27	74	26
28	75	25
29	76	24
30	76	24

	Rain chance (%)	Snow chance (%)
1	22	2
2	22	2
3	21	2
4	21	2
5	21	2
6	20	2
7	20	2
8	20	2
9	20	2
10	19	2
11	19	2
12	19	2
13	18	2
14	18	2
15	17	2
16	17	2
17	17	2
18	16	2
19	16	1
20	16	1
21	15	1
22	15	1
23	15	1
24	15	1
25	14	1
26	14	0
27	14	0
28	14	0
29	14	0
30	13	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	100	0
2	100	0
3	100	0
4	100	0
5	100	0
6	100	0
7	100	0
8	100	0
9	100	0
10	100	0
11	100	0
12	100	0
13	100	0
14	100	0
15	100	0
16	100	0
17	100	0
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	99	1
26	99	1
27	99	1
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1