Summer Weather at Tehachapi Municipal Airport United States

Daily high temperatures increase by 10°F, from 74°F to 84°F, rarely falling below 63°F or exceeding 94°F. The highest daily average high temperature is 87°F on July 28.

Daily low temperatures are around 53°F, rarely falling below 40°F or exceeding 64°F. The highest daily average low temperature is 57°F on July 19.

For reference, on July 27, the hottest day of the year, temperatures at Tehachapi Municipal Airport typically range from 57°F to 87°F, while on December 18, the coldest day of the year, they range from 30°F to 50°F.

The figure below shows you a compact characterization of the hourly average summer temperatures. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the color is the average temperature for that hour and day.

Beas de Granada, Spain (5,934 miles away) is the far-away foreign place with temperatures most similar to Tehachapi Municipal Airport (view comparison).

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The summer at Tehachapi Municipal Airport experiences decreasing cloud cover, with the percentage of time that the sky is overcast or mostly cloudy decreasing from 18% to 10%. The lowest chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 9% on August 22.

The clearest day of the summer is August 22, with clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy conditions 90% of the time.

For reference, on February 22, the cloudiest day of the year, the chance of overcast or mostly cloudy conditions is 49%, while on August 22, the clearest day of the year, the chance of clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy skies is 90%.

A wet day is one with at least 0.04 inches of liquid or liquid-equivalent precipitation. At Tehachapi Municipal Airport, the chance of a wet day over the course of the summer is essentially constant, remaining around 1% throughout.

For reference, the year's highest daily chance of a wet day is 19% on February 20, and its lowest chance is 0% on June 23.

Rainfall

To show variation within the season and not just the monthly totals, we show the rainfall accumulated over a sliding 31-day period centered around each day.

The average sliding 31-day rainfall during the summer at Tehachapi Municipal Airport is essentially constant, remaining about 0.1 inches throughout, and rarely exceeding 0.2 inches or falling below -0.0 inches.

The lowest average 31-day accumulation is 0.0 inches on June 21.

Over the course of the summer at Tehachapi Municipal Airport, the length of the day is rapidly decreasing. From the start to the end of the season, the length of the day decreases by 1 hour, 28 minutes, implying an average daily decrease of 58 seconds, and weekly decrease of 6 minutes, 46 seconds.

The shortest day of the summer is August 31, with 12 hours, 55 minutes of daylight and the longest day is June 20, with 14 hours, 32 minutes of daylight.

The earliest sunrise of the summer at Tehachapi Municipal Airport is 5:38 AM on June 12 and the latest sunrise is 47 minutes later at 6:26 AM on August 31.

The latest sunset is 8:12 PM on June 28 and the earliest sunset is 51 minutes earlier at 7:20 PM on August 31.

Daylight saving time is observed at Tehachapi Municipal Airport during 2024, but it neither starts nor ends during the summer, so the entire season is in standard time.

For reference, on June 20, the longest day of the year, the Sun rises at 5:39 AM and sets 14 hours, 32 minutes later, at 8:11 PM, while on December 21, the shortest day of the year, it rises at 6:58 AM and sets 9 hours, 47 minutes later, at 4:45 PM.

The figure below presents a compact representation of the sun's elevation (the angle of the sun above the horizon) and azimuth (its compass bearing) for every hour of every day in the reporting period. The horizontal axis is the day of the year and the vertical axis is the hour of the day. For a given day and hour of that day, the background color indicates the azimuth of the sun at that moment. The black isolines are contours of constant solar elevation.

The figure below presents a compact representation of key lunar data for the summer of 2024. The horizontal axis is the day, the vertical axis is the hour of the day, and the colored areas indicate when the moon is above the horizon. The vertical gray bars (new Moons) and blue bars (full Moons) indicate key Moon phases. The label associated with each bar indicates the date and time that the phase is obtained, and the companion time labels indicate the rise and set times of the Moon for the nearest time interval in which the moon is above the horizon.

We base the humidity comfort level on the dew point, as it determines whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid. Unlike temperature, which typically varies significantly between night and day, dew point tends to change more slowly, so while the temperature may drop at night, a muggy day is typically followed by a muggy night.

The chance that a given day will be muggy at Tehachapi Municipal Airport is essentially constant during the summer, remaining around 0% throughout.

For reference, on August 21, the muggiest day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time, while on October 11, the least muggy day of the year, there are muggy conditions 0% of the time.

This section discusses the wide-area hourly average wind vector (speed and direction) at 10 meters above the ground. The wind experienced at any given location is highly dependent on local topography and other factors, and instantaneous wind speed and direction vary more widely than hourly averages.

The average hourly wind speed at Tehachapi Municipal Airport is rapidly decreasing during the summer, decreasing from 8.7 miles per hour to 6.2 miles per hour over the course of the season.

For reference, on April 25, the windiest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 9.0 miles per hour, while on September 4, the calmest day of the year, the daily average wind speed is 6.2 miles per hour.

The hourly average wind direction at Tehachapi Municipal Airport throughout the summer is predominantly from the west, with a peak proportion of 82% on July 10.

Definitions of the growing season vary throughout the world, but for the purposes of this report, we define it as the longest continuous period of non-freezing temperatures (≥ 32°F) in the year (the calendar year in the Northern Hemisphere, or from July 1 until June 30 in the Southern Hemisphere).

The growing season at Tehachapi Municipal Airport typically lasts for 5.8 months (175 days), from around April 29 to around October 21, rarely starting before April 7 or after May 25, and rarely ending before September 25 or after November 14.

The summer at Tehachapi Municipal Airport is very likely fully within the growing season, with the chance that a given day is in the growing season reaching a high of 100% on July 25.

Growing degree days are a measure of yearly heat accumulation used to predict plant and animal development, and defined as the integral of warmth above a base temperature, discarding any excess above a maximum temperature. In this report, we use a base of 50°F and a cap of 86°F.

The average accumulated growing degree days at Tehachapi Municipal Airport are very rapidly increasing during the summer, increasing by 1,774°F, from 521°F to 2,295°F, over the course of the season.

This section discusses the total daily incident shortwave solar energy reaching the surface of the ground over a wide area, taking full account of seasonal variations in the length of the day, the elevation of the Sun above the horizon, and absorption by clouds and other atmospheric constituents. Shortwave radiation includes visible light and ultraviolet radiation.

The average daily incident shortwave solar energy at Tehachapi Municipal Airport is decreasing during the summer, falling by 1.4 kWh, from 8.5 kWh to 7.2 kWh, over the course of the season.

The highest average daily incident shortwave solar energy during the summer is 8.8 kWh on June 20.

For the purposes of this report, the geographical coordinates of Tehachapi Municipal Airport are 35.135 deg latitude, -118.439 deg longitude, and 3,980 ft elevation.

The topography within 2 miles of Tehachapi Municipal Airport contains very significant variations in elevation, with a maximum elevation change of 1,522 feet and an average elevation above sea level of 4,105 feet. Within 10 miles contains very significant variations in elevation (5,525 feet). Within 50 miles also contains extreme variations in elevation (8,707 feet).

The area within 2 miles of Tehachapi Municipal Airport is covered by grassland (59%) and shrubs (36%), within 10 miles by shrubs (58%) and grassland (28%), and within 50 miles by shrubs (60%) and grassland (21%).