Fairfax CDP (Kern County), CA Climate

Fairfax CDP (Kern County), CA has a desert climate, with hot, dry summers and mild winters. Average highs in the summer months are between 100-110 degrees Fahrenheit and average lows in the winter months are around 40-50 degrees Fahrenheit. Precipitation is low throughout the year, with most of it falling during the winter months. Snow is rare in this area, but there can be occasional frost during the coldest winter nights.

Climate	Fairfax CDP (Kern County), California	United States
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Climate

YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.