Bakersfield, CA: October

9 October 2026: October 2026 so far averaged 84.7°F in Bakersfield, CA, the warmest 1 to 9 October since 2024, 3rd warmest of 127.

October 2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 84.7°F; Warmest since 2024; 3rd warmest of 127
Precipitation: 0.00 in; Ties the record; Driest of 118, provisional

A normal 1 to 9 October in Bakersfield, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 71°F, between 65.1°F and 75.4°F in eight years of ten and 0.00 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 0.08 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 to 9 October in Bakersfield, CA since 1893: 84.7°F in 2026; the highest is 85°F, in 2024 and 1980.

Normal range, 65.1 to 75.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 to 9 October 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	84.7	3	99.7	2	69.8	2	0.00	47	0
2025	70.9	57	82.9	73	59	41	0.00	47	0
2024	85	1	99.1	3	70.9	1	0.00	47	0
2023	75.1	16	89.1	25	61.1	25	0.15	12	0
2022	77.8	11	90.7	17	64.9	6	0.00	47	0
2021	71.7	46	84.1	64	59.2	39	trace	25	0
2020	78.1	8	91.6	14	64.7	7	0.00	47	0
2019	67.6	88	81.7	87	53.4	94	0.00	47	0
2018	71.2	53	81.7	87	60.7	27	0.00	47	0
2017	68.7	78	83.2	71	54.1	85	trace	25	0
2016	67.2	95	80.2	103	54.2	82	0.00	47	0
2015	72.9	35	84.7	60	61.2	24	trace	25	0
2014	77.9	10	92.4	12	63.4	11	0.00	47	0
2013	68.5	80	82	82	55	74	trace	25	0
2012	74.9	19	87.6	37	62.3	18	0.00	47	0
2011	64.6	113	75.4	123	53.7	89	0.55	6	0
2010	71	56	80.1	105	61.9	21	0.12	15	0
2009	64.4	114	78.2	117	50.7	108	0.00	47	0
2008	70.7	63	82	82	59.4	36	trace	25	0
2007	65.4	111	78.6	116	52.3	97	0.00	47	0
2006	63.8	120	73.4	125	54.2	82	0.11	16	0
2005	67.3	92	80.3	102	54.2	82	0.00	47	0
2004	71.3	52	83.9	66	58.8	44	0.00	47	0
2003	74.8	20	86.8	45	62.8	14	0.00	47	0
2002	70.5	65	84.9	58	56.1	62	0.00	47	0
2001	74.3	26	86.6	46	62.1	20	0.00	47	0
2000	73.9	28	87.7	34	60.1	31	trace	25	0
1999	70.9	57	85	57	56.9	58	0.00	47	0
1998	65.1	112	79.6	108	50.7	108	0.00	47	0
1997	66.9	97	79.2	110	54.7	77	trace	25	0
1996	75.1	16	89.4	23	60.7	27	0.00	47	0
1995	71.8	45	87.9	31	55.7	68	0.00	47	0
1994	69.6	70	82.4	78	56.7	59	0.08	18	0
1993	72.6	37	86	50	59.2	39	0.00	47	0
1992	72.4	41	86.9	44	57.9	48	0.00	47	0
1991	80.2	6	95	8	65.4	5	0.00	47	0
1990	74.4	23	89.8	20	59	41	0.00	47	0
1989	69.5	72	84.2	63	54.8	76	0.00	47	0
1988	72.6	37	87.6	37	57.6	51	0.00	47	0
1987	79.7	7	96.2	6	63.1	13	0.00	47	0
1986	69.4	73	84.3	61	54.6	79	trace	25	0
1985	71.6	47	83.9	66	59.3	37	trace	25	0
1984	68.4	81	81.4	91	55.4	71	0.00	47	0
1983	70.8	61	81	97	60.6	29	0.13	13	0
1982	67.6	88	79.7	107	55.6	69	0.00	47	0
1981	67.7	87	78.1	118	57.2	56	0.70	4	0
1980	85	1	100.4	1	69.6	3	0.00	47	0
1979	75.8	14	87.7	34	64	8	0.00	47	0
1978	81.9	4	95.8	7	68.1	4	0.00	47	0
1977	73.6	31	86.2	49	60.9	26	trace	25	0
1976	74.5	22	85.8	52	63.2	12	0.11	16	0
1975	74.8	20	87.3	39	62.2	19	0.22	9	0
1974	73.8	29	83.6	69	64	8	1.22	2	0
1973	68.3	82	81.7	87	55	74	0.16	11	0
1972	71.6	47	83.1	72	60	32	0.04	23	0
1971	72.6	37	87.8	33	57.4	53	0.00	47	0
1970	74.2	27	88.7	26	59.8	33	trace	25	0
1969	67.8	86	82.1	80	53.6	92	0.00	47	0
1968	67.4	90	79.1	111	55.8	67	trace	25	0
1967	68.8	76	81.3	93	56.3	60	0.00	47	0
1966	70.9	57	82	82	59.8	33	trace	25	0
1965	72.8	36	88.1	28	57.6	51	0.00	47	0
1964	76.7	12	90.9	16	62.6	16	0.00	47	0
1963	73.2	32	84.9	58	61.6	22	trace	25	0
1962	68.1	85	79.9	106	56.2	61	0.00	47	0
1961	71.6	47	85.8	52	57.4	53	trace	25	0
1960	70.4	67	82.1	80	58.8	44	0.08	18	0
1959	66.6	101	79.6	108	53.7	89	trace	25	0
1958	75.5	15	89.4	23	61.6	22	0.00	47	0
1957	64.3	116	78.9	113	49.8	113	0.00	47	0
1956	69.7	69	80.4	101	58.9	43	1.46	1	0
1955	70.8	61	87.7	34	54	87	0.00	47	0
1954	65.6	110	80.6	99	50.7	108	0.00	47	0
1953	73.7	30	91.6	14	55.9	66	0.00	47	0
1952	78.1	8	93.4	9	62.7	15	0.00	47	0
1951	70	68	86.3	47	53.7	89	0.00	47	0
1950	67	96	82.7	77	51.3	103	0.00	47	0
1949	68.2	83	81.8	86	54.7	77	0.00	47	0
1948	71.6	47	87.1	41	56.1	62	0.00	47	0
1947	71.5	51	85.9	51	57.1	57	trace	25	0
1946	63	122	75.6	122	50.4	112	0.29	8	0
1945	72.6	37	85.3	56	59.8	33	0.57	5	0
1944	69.6	70	83.9	66	55.3	72	0.03	24	0
1943	74.4	23	89.6	21	59.3	37	0.00	47	0
1942	74.4	23	90.6	18	58.2	46	0.00	47	0
1941	66.8	99	82.9	73	50.8	106	0.00	47	0
1940	65.9	106	80.6	99	51.2	105	0.00	47	0
1939	61.1	126	74.9	124	47.3	118	0.20	10	0
1938	66.4	102	78.8	115	54.1	85	0.00	47	0
1937	61.8	125	77.8	120	45.9	123	trace	25	0
1936	69.3	74	84.1	64	54.6	79	0.00	47	0
1935	71.2	53	86.3	47	56	65	0.07	22	0
1934	71.2	53	87.2	40	55.1	73	trace	25	0
1933	81.3	5	98.9	4	63.7	10	0.08	18	0
1932	73	33	87.9	31	58.1	47	trace	25	0
1931	67.4	90	82.3	79	52.4	96	0.00	47	0
1930	68.2	83	82.8	75	53.6	92	trace	25	0
1929	72.2	42	87.1	41	57.3	55	trace	25	0
1928	69.2	75	85.8	52	52.6	95	0.00	47	0
1927	64.2	118	82	82	46.4	121	0.00	47	0
1926	66.9	97	81.4	91	52.3	97	0.08	18	0
1925	64.3	116	79	112	49.6	114	0.30	7	0
1924	66.4	102	80.9	98	52	99	0.13	13	0
1923	65.9	106	80.2	103	51.6	101			0
1922	67.3	92	82.8	75	51.8	100			0
1921	73	33	88.1	28	57.9	48			0
1920	66.1	104	81.3	93	50.8	106			0
1919	63.2	121	81.2	95	45.1	125			0
1918	70.5	65	83.3	70	57.7	50			0
1917	75.9	13	97.8	5	54	87			0
1916	59	127	70.8	127	47.2	119			0
1915	70.9	57	92.7	11	49.2	115	0.00	47	0
1914	66	105	84.3	61	47.7	116	0.00	47	0
1913	68.8	76	87.1	41	50.6	111	0.00	47	0
1912	64.1	119	72.1	126	56.1	62	0.00	47	0
1911	65.9	106	77.4	121	54.4	81	0.00	47	0
1910	75.1	16	89.6	21	60.6	29	0.00	47	0
1909							0.00	47	9
1908	61.9	124	88.1	28	35.8	127	0.00	47	0
1907	67.3	92	88.6	27	46.1	122	0.00	47	0
1906	72	44	92.4	12	51.6	101	0.00	47	0
1905	72.2	42	93	10	51.3	103			0
1904	70.7	63	78.9	113	62.6	16	0.78	3	0
1903	63	122	81.6	90	44.4	126			0
1902	65.8	109	85.8	52	45.9	123	0.00	47	0
1901	64.4	114	81.1	96	47.7	116	0.00	47	0
1899	68.7	78	90.3	19	47.1	120	0.00	47	0
1893	66.8	99	78	119	55.6	69	0.00	47	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2024	85
1980	85
2026	84.7
1978	81.9
1933	81.3
1991	80.2
1987	79.7
2020	78.1
1952	78.1
2014	77.9

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1916	59
1939	61.1
1937	61.8
1908	61.9
1946	63
1903	63
1919	63.2
2006	63.8
1912	64.1
1927	64.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1956	1.46
1974	1.22
1904	0.78
1981	0.70
1945	0.57
2011	0.55
1925	0.30
1946	0.29
1975	0.22
1939	0.20

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2026	0.00
2025	0.00
2024	0.00
2022	0.00
2020	0.00
2019	0.00
2018	0.00
2016	0.00
2014	0.00
2012	0.00
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 103°F; 4 October 2026
Coldest night: 64°F; 1 October 2026

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October 2026 so far brought 0.00 in of precipitation in Bakersfield, CA, tying the record for the driest 1 to 9 October, set in 2025, 2024, 2022 and 68 other years, in 118 years since 1893 (1894 excluded: 9 of 9 days missing; 1895 excluded: 9 of 9 days missing; 1896 excluded: 9 of 9 days missing; 13 more years excluded for missing days); provisional.
The hottest day of October 2026 so far in Bakersfield, CA: 103°F on Sunday 4 October 2026.
The coldest night of October 2026 so far in Bakersfield, CA: a low of 64°F on Thursday 1 October 2026.