Bakersfield, CA: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 67.5°F in Bakersfield, CA, the warmest March on record, in 127 years since 1893 (1894 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1895 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 1896 excluded: 31 of 31 days missing; 4 more years excluded for missing days); provisional.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 67.5°F; Warmest on record; Warmest of 127, provisional
Precipitation: 0.06 in; Driest since 2008; 6th driest of 118

A normal March in Bakersfield, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 58.2°F, between 55.1°F and 61.6°F in eight years of ten and 0.80 in of precipitation, between 0.21 in and 2.42 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Bakersfield, CA since 1893: 67.5°F in 2026, the highest of them all.

Normal range, 55.1 to 61.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March in Bakersfield, CA from 1893 to 2026, 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
2026	67.5	1	81.5	1	53.5	1	0.06	112	0
2025	57	72	68.3	83	45.6	51	1.49	31	0
2024	57.3	64	68.7	74	45.8	48	1.12	47	0
2023	53.5	111	63.1	122	43.9	82	2.98	4	0
2022	60.8	13	73.5	21	48	20	1.34	33	0
2021	57.2	66	68.9	72	45.4	57	0.77	64	0
2020	57.5	58	68.2	84	46.7	36	1.57	29	0
2019	57.4	61	68.6	75	46.2	46	2.01	18	0
2018	58.8	38	69.7	63	47.8	24	2.41	9	0
2017	59.9	23	72.4	32	47.4	28	0.16	107	0
2016	60.5	14	72.5	30	48.5	16	0.45	81	0
2015	64.3	4	78.2	4	50.4	7	0.27	100	0
2014	62.2	9	74.7	12	49.6	9	0.36	93	0
2013	60.5	14	73.3	24	47.8	24	0.83	60	0
2012	57.7	54	70.8	49	44.6	72	1.27	37	0
2011	56	85	67.1	94	44.9	64	1.67	27	0
2010	56	85	68.5	77	43.6	87	0.25	101	0
2009	59.4	30	72.4	32	46.4	43	0.36	93	0
2008	58	49	70.1	58	45.8	48	trace	115	0
2007	61.5	10	74.9	11	48	20	0.44	83	0
2006	52.4	123	62.3	126	42.5	98	1.91	22	0
2005	58	49	69.1	69	46.9	32	1.11	49	0
2004	65.1	2	78.3	3	52	3	0.53	76	0
2003	58.1	48	71.2	47	44.9	64	0.37	92	0
2002	56.1	83	69.1	69	43.2	91	0.43	85	0
2001	59.2	33	70.2	56	48.2	17	0.73	68	0
2000	55.9	89	66.3	103	45.5	54	1.30	35	0
1999	52.6	117	64.2	116	41.1	117	0.21	103	0
1998	55.3	96	66.5	100	44.1	81	2.51	7	0
1997	59.7	26	74.5	14	44.9	64	0.21	103	0
1996	58.3	44	72	36	44.6	72	0.78	63	0
1995	57.2	66	67.8	86	46.5	41	3.39	3	0
1994	60.3	20	73.3	24	47.4	28	0.97	56	0
1993	60.9	11	72.5	30	49.4	10	1.76	24	0
1992	58.9	37	69	71	48.7	15	1.86	23	0
1991	52.9	116	63	123	42.9	95	4.33	2	0
1990	59	36	71.7	42	46.4	43	0.45	81	0
1989	60.1	21	73.2	26	46.9	32	0.86	59	0
1988	58.7	39	74.2	15	43.3	90	0.41	89	0
1987	56.6	78	68.6	75	44.6	72	1.07	50	0
1986	59.3	31	70.4	55	48.2	17	1.95	21	0
1985	53.9	108	65.3	109	42.5	98	0.48	79	0
1984	57	72	70.8	49	43.2	91	0.69	69	0
1983	55.8	91	64.9	112	46.7	36	2.62	5	0
1982	57.9	51	66.8	97	48.9	14	2.13	15	0
1981	56.9	75	65.9	106	48	20	2.15	14	0
1980	55.2	97	65.7	107	44.7	71	1.32	34	0
1979	58.3	44	67.4	90	49.2	11	1.97	20	0
1978	62.5	7	71.6	44	53.5	1	2.00	19	0
1977	54.1	106	66.7	98	41.6	113	1.28	36	0
1976	57.4	61	68.1	85	46.7	36	0.44	83	0
1975	57.1	69	67.4	90	46.8	34	0.60	73	0
1974	59.6	27	70	61	49.1	12	1.53	30	0
1973	54.3	104	63.6	119	45	62	2.49	8	0
1972	63.3	5	75.4	8	51.3	5	trace	115	0
1971	57.7	54	70.1	58	45.4	57	0.42	87	0
1970	58.7	39	70.7	52	46.8	34	0.48	79	0
1969	56.6	78	68.5	77	44.8	69	0.29	98	0
1968	59.8	25	71.5	45	48.1	19	1.01	53	0
1967	56.1	83	67.2	93	45	62	0.52	77	0
1966	57.5	58	70.1	58	44.9	64	0.29	98	0
1965	57.1	69	67.6	89	46.5	41	1.17	45	0
1964	54.8	102	67.1	94	42.4	102	0.57	75	0
1963	55.8	91	67.4	90	44.2	80	1.25	40	0
1962	53.4	112	64.5	114	42.4	102	0.31	97	0
1961	55.2	97	66.7	98	43.6	87	0.38	91	0
1960	59.5	29	72	36	47	30	0.16	107	0
1959	60.5	14	73.2	26	47.7	26	0.02	114	0
1958	53.8	110	64	117	43.7	85	2.05	17	0
1957	57.9	51	69.8	62	45.9	47	0.16	107	0
1956	57	72	70.8	49	43.2	91	trace	115	0
1955	57.3	64	70.7	52	43.9	82	0.25	101	0
1954	55.2	97	66.9	96	43.6	87	1.24	41	0
1953	56	85	69.6	64	42.4	102	1.22	43	0
1952	52.2	125	62.9	124	41.5	115	2.39	10	0
1951	57.6	57	71.5	45	43.7	85	0.36	93	0
1950	56.4	81	68.8	73	43.9	82	0.51	78	0
1949	56	85	66.5	100	45.5	54	1.12	47	0
1948	54.2	105	66.3	103	42.1	107	1.27	37	0
1947	60.4	19	72.8	28	48	20	1.02	52	0
1946	56.9	75	69.3	67	44.5	76	1.01	53	0
1945	52.5	120	63.6	119	41.5	115	1.15	46	0
1944	56.5	80	70.2	56	42.7	96	0.76	66	0
1943	57.4	61	67.8	86	47	30	0.80	62	0
1942	56.3	82	70.6	54	41.9	111	0.60	73	0
1941	57.5	58	69.3	67	45.7	50	2.39	10	0
1940	59.9	23	72.4	32	47.5	27	0.75	67	0
1939	56.9	75	68.5	77	45.3	59	2.37	12	0
1938	53	115	64	117	42	109	4.61	1	0
1937	55.6	93	68.4	82	42.7	96	2.58	6	0
1936	58.7	39	71.8	38	45.6	51	0.65	71	0
1935	50.9	126	62.9	124	38.8	123	1.35	32	0
1934	65	3	79.6	2	50.5	6	0.00	118	0
1933	55.9	89	69.5	65	42.3	105	0.17	106	0
1932	57.7	54	71	48	44.5	76	0.68	70	0
1931	59.3	31	74.1	17	44.5	76	0.09	111	0
1930	59.1	35	72.7	29	45.5	54	1.01	53	0
1929	55.5	94	68.5	77	42.5	98	0.77	64	0
1928	60.9	11	75.1	10	46.6	39	0.39	90	0
1927	54.1	106	66.1	105	42.1	107	1.05	51	0
1926	62.5	7	75.9	5	49.1	12	0.12	110	0
1925	58.2	47	71.8	38	44.6	72	1.63	28	0
1924	54.4	103	66.5	100	42.3	105	1.71	25	0
1923	57.1	69	73.5	21	40.8	118			0
1922	52.6	117	65.2	111	40.1	120			0
1921	58.3	44	71.8	38	44.8	69			0
1920	53.4	112	64.7	113	42	109			0
1919	48.3	127	54.9	127	41.6	113	0.42	87	0
1918	58.5	42	72.1	35	44.9	64	2.25	13	0
1917	52.4	123	69.5	65	35.3	125			0
1916	60	22	73.5	21	46.6	39	1.23	42	0
1915	58.5	42	71.8	38	45.2	60	0.32	96	0
1914	60.5	14	75.7	6	45.2	60	0.20	105	0
1913	57.2	66	75.2	9	39.1	122			0
1912	57.8	53	65.3	109	50.3	8			0
1911	53.9	108	63.5	121	44.3	79	1.27	37	0
1910	62.7	6	73.9	18	51.6	4	1.20	44	0
1909	60.5	14	74.7	12	46.4	43			0
1908	53.3	114	71.7	42	34.9	126	0.06	112	0
1907	52.6	117	74.2	15	31	127	0.61	72	0
1906	55.4	95	73.8	19	36.9	124	1.70	26	0
1905	59.6	27	73.6	20	45.6	51	2.12	16	0
1904	55.1	100	67.7	88	42.5	98	0.92	57	0
1903	55.1	100	68.5	77	41.7	112	0.82	61	0
1902	52.5	120	65.5	108	39.3	121	0.89	58	1
1900	59.2	33	75.5	7	43	94	0.43	85	0
1893	52.5	120	64.5	114	40.6	119			0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2026	67.5
2004	65.1
1934	65
2015	64.3
1972	63.3
1910	62.7
1978	62.5
1926	62.5
2014	62.2
2007	61.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1919	48.3
1935	50.9
1952	52.2
2006	52.4
1917	52.4
1945	52.5
1902	52.5
1893	52.5
1999	52.6
1922	52.6
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1938	4.61
1991	4.33
1995	3.39
2023	2.98
1983	2.62
1937	2.58
1998	2.51
1973	2.49
2018	2.41
1952	2.39
More years share the last value

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1934	0.00
2008	trace
1972	trace
1956	trace
1959	0.02
2026	0.06
1908	0.06
1931	0.09
1926	0.12
2017	0.16
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 95°F; 21 March 2026, 18 March 2026
Coldest night: 41°F; 8 March 2026
Wettest day: 0.06 in; 31 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 0.06 in of precipitation in Bakersfield, CA, the driest March since 2008, tied 6th driest of 118 (with 1908).
The hottest day of March 2026 in Bakersfield, CA: 95°F on Saturday 21 March 2026 and Wednesday 18 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Bakersfield, CA: a low of 41°F on Sunday 8 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Bakersfield, CA: 0.06 in on Tuesday 31 March 2026.