Lamont weather in April

In April, Lamont sees average daytime highs of 73°F and overnight lows near 51°F, with 1.1 in of rain across 4.7 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 70°F in the first days to 76°F by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% 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 Lamont's 7th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lamont's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 73°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 51°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 1.1 in; 4.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 54 min; 5:29 AM – 6:23 PM
Cloud cover: 40%; 7th clearest
Wind: 4 mph; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 6.83 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.9; out of 10

Lamont is census-designated place in Kern County, California.

Density: 1,262/km²; people per km²

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 70°F in the first days to 76°F by the end.

A typical April day in Lamont reaches about 73°F in the afternoon and slips back to 51°F overnight — a 22°F spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 63°F and 84°F. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 5°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)	70	70	70	70	70	71	71	71	71	71	71	72	72	72	72	73	73	73	74	74	74	74	75	75	75	76	76	76	76	77
Avg low (°F)	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	50	51	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	54	54

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	70	49
2	70	49
3	70	49
4	70	49
5	70	49
6	71	49
7	71	49
8	71	49
9	71	49
10	71	49
11	71	50
12	72	50
13	72	50
14	72	50
15	72	50
16	73	51
17	73	51
18	73	51
19	74	51
20	74	51
21	74	52
22	74	52
23	75	52
24	75	53
25	75	53
26	76	53
27	76	53
28	76	53
29	76	54
30	77	54

How April really feels in Lamont

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 90°F and 0 that feel at or below 32°F — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 90°F

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 32°F

wind chill below the day's low

April sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Lamont 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	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	61° / 41°	1.9	7.5	9.9	5.5
Feb	64° / 44°	1.9	7.8	10.7	6.0
Mar	68° / 47°	1.9	7.3	11.7	6.8
Apr	73° / 51°	1.1	4.7	12.9	7.9
May	80° / 57°	0.4	2.1	13.8	8.2
Jun	87° / 64°	0.1	0.3	14.3	6.4
Jul	92° / 69°	0.0	0.2	14.1	4.5
Aug	92° / 68°	0.0	0	13.3	4.8
Sep	86° / 62°	0.0	0.3	12.2	6.8
Oct	77° / 54°	0.4	2.1	11.1	8.7
Nov	67° / 46°	1.0	4.7	10.1	7.2
Dec	60° / 41°	1.9	6.9	9.7	5.4

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 31%. 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	65	65	65	65	66	66	66	66	66	67	68	68	69	69	69	70	70	71	72	73	73	73	74	74	74	75	76
Cloudier (%)	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	33	32	32	31	31	31	30	30	29	28	27	27	27	26	26	26	25	24

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

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Lamont gets around 1.1 in of rain over 4.7 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 16% and peaks near 20% on the wettest days. 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 (%)	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12

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

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 98% 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 (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	96	96
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4

Wind in April

Winds average 4 mph in April, the windiest month of the year.

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	5:45	5:43	5:42	5:40	5:39	5:37	5:36	5:35	5:33	5:32	5:31	5:29	5:28	5:27	5:25	5:24	5:23	5:21	5:20	5:19	5:18	5:16	5:15	5:14	5:13	5:12
Sunset (PM)	6:10	6:11	6:12	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:16	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:20	6:21	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:25	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:32	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	6:13
5	12.5	5:45	6:14
6	12.5	5:43	6:14
7	12.6	5:42	6:15
8	12.6	5:40	6:16
9	12.6	5:39	6:17
10	12.7	5:37	6:18
11	12.7	5:36	6:18
12	12.7	5:35	6:19
13	12.8	5:33	6:20
14	12.8	5:32	6:21
15	12.9	5:31	6:22
16	12.9	5:29	6:23
17	12.9	5:28	6:23
18	13.0	5:27	6:24
19	13.0	5:25	6:25
20	13.0	5:24	6:26
21	13.1	5:23	6:27
22	13.1	5:21	6:27
23	13.1	5:20	6:28
24	13.2	5:19	6:29
25	13.2	5:18	6:30
26	13.2	5:16	6:31
27	13.3	5:15	6:32
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 6.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 2.76 kWh/m² to a high of 8.45 kWh/m² in June across the year — April's 6.83 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)	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.9	6.9	7.0	7.0	7.1	7.1	7.2	7.2	7.2	7.3	7.3	7.3	7.4	7.4
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	6.2	Intense
2	6.2	Intense
3	6.3	Intense
4	6.3	Intense
5	6.4	Intense
6	6.4	Intense
7	6.5	Intense
8	6.5	Intense
9	6.5	Intense
10	6.6	Intense
11	6.6	Intense
12	6.7	Intense
13	6.7	Intense
14	6.8	Intense
15	6.8	Intense
16	6.8	Intense
17	6.9	Intense
18	6.9	Intense
19	7.0	Intense
20	7.0	Intense
21	7.1	Intense
22	7.1	Intense
23	7.2	Intense
24	7.2	Intense
25	7.2	Intense
26	7.3	Intense
27	7.3	Intense
28	7.3	Intense
29	7.4	Intense
30	7.4	Intense

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Lamont?

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

7.9

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

5.9

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Lamont in April

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

In April, Lamont sees daytime highs around 73°F and nights near 51°F. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 5 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Lamont 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 Lamont 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 Lamont 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 Lamont is worst in December — around 44 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 6.1× the cleanest month (June, 7 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)	9	9	11	9	8	7	10	14	11	11	9	44
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	9	Good
Feb	9	Good
Mar	11	Good
Apr	9	Good
May	8	Good
Jun	7	Good
Jul	10	Good
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	11	Good
Oct	11	Good
Nov	9	Good
Dec	44	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Lamont?

Lamont sits at 35.3°N, 118.9°W, 404 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Arvin, 6.2 mi away.

Topography around Lamont

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Lamont has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 102 ft around an average of 394 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,142 ft; within 50 miles, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 8,599 ft.

The land around Lamont is covered by cropland (52%) within 2 miles, cropland (38%) and grassland (23%) within 10 miles, and grassland (54%) and trees (21%) within 50 miles.

2 miles

102 ft

cropland 52%

10 miles

1,142 ft

cropland 38%

50 miles

8,599 ft

grassland 54%

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

April weather nearby: Arvin 6.2 mi · Bakersfield 9.9 mi · Oildale 12 mi · Shafter 26 mi · Wasco 34 mi · Delano 40 mi · Rosamond 50 mi · Castaic 56 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 Lamont (35.2597°, -118.9143°, elevation 404 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	70	49
2	70	49
3	70	49
4	70	49
5	70	49
6	71	49
7	71	49
8	71	49
9	71	49
10	71	49
11	71	50
12	72	50
13	72	50
14	72	50
15	72	50
16	73	51
17	73	51
18	73	51
19	74	51
20	74	51
21	74	52
22	74	52
23	75	52
24	75	53
25	75	53
26	76	53
27	76	53
28	76	53
29	76	54
30	77	54

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	70	49
2	70	49
3	70	49
4	70	49
5	70	49
6	71	49
7	71	49
8	71	49
9	71	49
10	71	49
11	71	50
12	72	50
13	72	50
14	72	50
15	72	50
16	73	51
17	73	51
18	73	51
19	74	51
20	74	51
21	74	52
22	74	52
23	75	52
24	75	53
25	75	53
26	76	53
27	76	53
28	76	53
29	76	54
30	77	54

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4

	Avg high (°F)	Avg low (°F)
1	70	49
2	70	49
3	70	49
4	70	49
5	70	49
6	71	49
7	71	49
8	71	49
9	71	49
10	71	49
11	71	50
12	72	50
13	72	50
14	72	50
15	72	50
16	73	51
17	73	51
18	73	51
19	74	51
20	74	51
21	74	52
22	74	52
23	75	52
24	75	53
25	75	53
26	76	53
27	76	53
28	76	53
29	76	54
30	77	54

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

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	99	1
2	99	1
3	99	1
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	98	2
14	98	2
15	98	2
16	98	2
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	97	3
20	97	3
21	97	3
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	96	4
27	96	4
28	96	4
29	96	4
30	96	4