Bakersfield, CA: December

31 December 2025: December 2025 averaged 48.2°F in Bakersfield, CA, the warmest December since 2024, tied 58th warmest of 127 (with 2009, 2006 and 1991).

December 2025

Mean temperature: 48.2°F; Warmest since 2024; 58th warmest of 127
Precipitation: 1.36 in; Wettest since 2022; 26th wettest of 118

A normal December in Bakersfield, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 48.2°F, between 45.8°F and 52.1°F in eight years of ten and 0.82 in of precipitation, between 0.09 in and 2.02 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every December in Bakersfield, CA since 1893: 48.2°F in 2025; the highest is 57.1°F, in 1977.

Normal range, 45.8 to 52.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every December in Bakersfield, CA from 1893 to 2025, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2025	48.2	58	54.3	115	42.1	15	1.36	26	0
2024	52	15	61.9	23	42.1	15	0.41	82	0
2023	53.5	6	64.1	11	42.9	10	0.64	67	0
2022	47.8	64	55.3	101	40.3	32	1.69	13	0
2021	49	48	57.1	80	40.9	28	2.60	3	0
2020	49.9	38	61.4	26	38.5	53	0.35	86	0
2019	52.5	9	61.1	32	43.9	7	1.52	19	0
2018	51	24	58.7	64	43.4	9	0.62	69	0
2017	50	36	63.3	15	36.7	80	0.04	108	0
2016	49.9	38	58.8	62	41	26	2.41	4	0
2015	47.8	64	58.1	70	37.4	65	0.58	73	0
2014	53.7	5	62.2	20	45.2	3	2.02	7	0
2013	47.7	68	60.2	45	35.2	104	0.10	104	0
2012	50.2	31	59.3	54	41.1	25	0.65	66	0
2011	45.6	107	58.9	61	32.3	117	trace	111	0
2010	52.5	9	60.9	35	44.1	5	5.82	1	0
2009	48.2	58	57.3	78	39.2	46	1.66	15	0
2008	45.7	106	52.7	121	38.6	51	0.63	68	0
2007	46.2	97	56.1	96	36.4	88	0.36	84	0
2006	48.2	58	59.3	54	37.1	70	0.60	71	0
2005	52.1	13	61.7	24	42.5	12	1.11	39	0
2004	46.4	92	56	97	36.8	76	1.09	40	0
2003	52.1	13	62.2	20	41.9	17	1.28	30	0
2002	51.1	19	60.5	37	41.8	20	1.40	23	0
2001	48.5	52	56.9	82	40	35	0.66	63	0
2000	48.1	62	59.2	56	37	71	trace	111	0
1999	47.5	71	59.7	50	35.3	102	0.14	100	0
1998	43.5	119	54.6	110	32.4	116	0.55	77	0
1997	46.1	100	55.4	98	36.9	74	0.97	46	0
1996	50.1	33	58.4	68	41.9	17	1.73	12	0
1995	52	15	61.3	30	42.6	11	2.03	6	0
1994	45.8	105	54.6	110	37	71	1.32	29	0
1993	46.8	84	56.3	92	37.4	65	0.62	69	0
1992	46.5	89	55.3	101	37.7	59	1.81	8	0
1991	48.2	58	58.6	65	37.8	58	1.04	42	0
1990	43	123	54.7	108	31.2	122	0.26	93	0
1989	44.2	118	56.6	85	31.8	119	0.00	116	0
1988	47.1	80	58.1	70	36.2	92	0.82	55	0
1987	47	81	57.2	79	36.7	80	0.83	54	0
1986	47	81	55	104	39.1	47	0.97	46	0
1985	43.2	122	49.6	125	36.9	74	0.27	92	0
1984	47.2	76	54.8	107	39.6	40	0.95	49	0
1983	50.6	28	59.8	49	41.4	24	1.15	37	0
1982	46.4	92	55.4	98	37.4	65	0.33	89	0
1981	51.3	17	59.1	58	43.6	8	0.23	94	0
1980	50.1	33	60.5	37	39.7	39	0.15	99	0
1979	54.2	3	66.5	3	41.8	20	0.22	95	0
1978	46.1	100	54.4	114	37.9	57	0.57	74	0
1977	57.1	1	66	5	48.2	1	1.80	9	0
1976	51.1	19	65.4	8	36.8	76	0.13	101	0
1975	48	63	58	72	38	55	0.13	101	0
1974	46.7	86	54.2	116	39.3	44	1.19	33	0
1973	49.9	38	57.7	74	42.2	14	0.79	56	0
1972	43.5	119	50.6	124	36.5	85	0.66	63	0
1971	45.4	109	53.8	118	37	71	1.17	36	0
1970	49.1	46	56.5	86	41.6	23	0.71	59	0
1969	51.1	19	62.6	19	39.5	42	0.16	98	0
1968	47	81	56.4	90	37.5	62	0.67	62	0
1967	45.3	112	54.5	113	36.1	96	0.54	78	0
1966	46.2	97	52.2	123	40.3	32	1.58	17	0
1965	42.8	125	49	126	36.6	83	1.60	16	0
1964	50.7	27	59.5	52	41.9	17	0.69	61	0
1963	41.5	127	48.5	127	34.4	110	0.08	106	0
1962	49.5	41	61.7	24	37.3	68	trace	111	0
1961	45.2	113	52.5	122	38	55	0.34	88	0
1960	45.4	109	54.6	110	36.2	92	trace	111	0
1959	49.2	43	61.2	31	37.3	68	0.35	86	0
1958	52.4	12	65.5	7	39.3	44	0.02	109	0
1957	47.5	71	56.5	86	38.6	51	1.02	43	0
1956	47.3	75	58.8	62	35.7	99	0.05	107	0
1955	52.5	9	59.9	47	45.1	4	0.50	80	0
1954	46.3	95	55	104	37.5	62	0.57	74	0
1953	47.2	76	59.9	47	34.5	107	0.18	97	0
1952	49.2	43	58.6	65	39.8	37	1.80	9	0
1951	46.8	84	56.8	84	36.7	80	1.76	11	0
1950	52.6	8	61.1	32	44.1	5	0.32	90	0
1949	46.4	92	56.5	86	36.3	90	0.57	74	0
1948	45.6	107	54.7	108	36.5	85	0.50	80	0
1947	46.2	97	56.2	94	36.2	92	0.66	63	0
1946	46.5	89	53.5	119	39.6	40	1.33	27	0
1945	50.9	26	61.1	32	40.7	29	1.48	21	0
1944	50.2	31	61.4	26	39.1	47	0.60	71	0
1943	50.1	33	60.3	42	39.9	36	1.38	24	0
1942	46.5	89	57	81	35.9	98	1.33	27	0
1941	50.3	29	60	46	40.7	29	1.52	19	0
1940	53.9	4	65.3	9	42.5	12	1.67	14	0
1939	51	24	66.5	3	35.5	101	0.19	96	0
1938	50.3	29	59.7	50	41	26	1.53	18	0
1937	49.1	46	61.4	26	36.8	76	0.84	53	0
1936	46.1	100	57.8	73	34.5	107	2.10	5	0
1935	49.3	42	63.3	15	35.3	102	0.40	83	0
1934	48.5	52	56.9	82	40.2	34	1.37	25	0
1933	46.3	95	57.4	77	35.1	105	0.71	59	0
1932	43	123	52.8	120	33.3	114	1.26	31	0
1931	48.4	54	59.2	56	37.6	60	2.98	2	0
1930	43.5	119	56.5	86	30.4	123	0.00	116	0
1929	48.9	49	61.4	26	36.4	88	0.01	110	0
1928	44.3	117	55	104	33.7	112	1.00	44	0
1927	48.4	54	60.3	42	36.5	85	0.72	58	0
1926	46.7	86	57.6	75	35.7	99	1.18	34	0
1925	48.3	56	59.1	58	37.5	62	0.96	48	0
1924	46.6	88	56.4	90	36.8	76	0.89	51	0
1923	45.4	109	58.3	69	32.5	115			0
1922	51.1	19	60.5	37	41.7	22			0
1921	51.2	18	63.5	14	39	50			0
1920	49.2	43	60.7	36	37.6	60			0
1919	47.6	70	60.5	37	34.6	106			0
1918	45	115	55.4	98	34.5	107			0
1917	50	36	66.6	2	33.5	113			0
1916	47.5	71	63.6	13	31.4	121	1.08	41	0
1915	51.1	19	63.9	12	38.3	54	1.18	34	0
1914	47.8	64	59.5	52	36.1	96	0.94	50	0
1913	47.7	68	59	60	36.3	90	1.46	22	0
1912	47.2	76	64.3	10	30.2	124	0.00	116	0
1911	47.8	64	56.2	94	39.5	42			0
1910	48.7	51	57.6	75	39.8	37	0.54	78	0
1909	48.3	56	56.3	92	40.4	31			0
1908	42.6	126	55.2	103	29.9	125			0
1907	53.3	7	70.1	1	36.6	83	1.14	38	0
1906	48.8	50	58.6	65	39.1	47	1.00	44	0
1905	46	103	60.3	42	31.7	120	0.32	90	0
1904	47.5	71	62.8	17	32.1	118			0
1903	44.9	116	62.1	22	27.6	127	0.13	101	0
1902	47.2	76	60.4	41	34	111	0.36	84	0
1901	46	103	62.8	17	29.2	126	0.10	104	0
1900							trace	111	31
1899	45.1	114	54	117	36.2	92	0.77	57	0
1894							1.26	31	31
1893	55.7	2	65.8	6	45.6	2	0.89	51	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1977	57.1
1893	55.7
1979	54.2
1940	53.9
2014	53.7
2023	53.5
1907	53.3
1950	52.6
2019	52.5
2010	52.5
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1963	41.5
1908	42.6
1965	42.8
1990	43
1932	43
1985	43.2
1998	43.5
1972	43.5
1930	43.5
1989	44.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2010	5.82
1931	2.98
2021	2.60
2016	2.41
1936	2.10
1995	2.03
2014	2.02
1992	1.81
1977	1.80
1952	1.80

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1989	0.00
1930	0.00
1912	0.00
2011	trace
2000	trace
1962	trace
1960	trace
1900	trace
1929	0.01
1958	0.02

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 74°F; 23 December 2025
Coldest night: 36°F; 30 December 2025
Wettest day: 0.97 in; 24 December 2025

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Every answer in words

December 2025 brought 1.36 in of precipitation in Bakersfield, CA, the wettest December since 2022, 26th wettest of 118.
The hottest day of December 2025 in Bakersfield, CA: 74°F on Tuesday 23 December 2025.
The coldest night of December 2025 in Bakersfield, CA: a low of 36°F on Tuesday 30 December 2025.
The wettest day of December 2025 in Bakersfield, CA: 0.97 in on Wednesday 24 December 2025.