Bakersfield, CA: records

3 October 2026: The hottest day on record in Bakersfield, CA: 118°F on Tuesday 28 July 1908.

The record begins: 1893

All-time records

The coldest night on record in Bakersfield, CA: a low of 13°F on Sunday 24 December 1905.
The wettest day on record in Bakersfield, CA: 2.29 in on Thursday 9 February 1978.
The warmest night on record in Bakersfield, CA: a low of 88°F on Friday 22 July 1910.
The coldest day on record in Bakersfield, CA: a high of 32°F on Wednesday 25 December 1918.

Records by month

Month	Highest	Lowest	Wettest day
January	82°F 2 January 2012, 31 January 1984, 16 January 1923	14°F 7 January 1913	1.57 in 19 January 1933
February	88°F 16 February 1902	20°F 12 February 1901, 11 February 1901, 11 February 1900	2.29 in 9 February 1978
March	95°F 21 March 2026, 18 March 2026	20°F 3 March 1917	1.68 in 3 March 1938
April	101°F 30 April 1981	28°F 8 April 1893	1.00 in 5 April 1943
May	110°F 31 May 1910	34°F 13 May 1907	0.95 in 8 May 1928
June	114°F 28 June 1976	38°F 7 June 1914, 2 June 1908, 12 June 1907	1.09 in 7 June 1972
July	118°F 28 July 1908	46°F 13 July 1914, 7 July 1903	0.33 in 22 July 1913
August	117°F 14 August 1933	44°F 22 August 1903	1.08 in 20 August 2023
September	115°F 6 September 2022	30°F 27 September 1908	0.60 in 23 September 1908
October	104°F 5 October 1933, 4 October 1933	29°F 30 October 1971	1.51 in 25 October 1940
November	95°F 3 November 1921	22°F 24 November 1931, 23 November 1931	1.50 in 27 November 1905
December	87°F 2 December 1915	13°F 24 December 1905	1.53 in 19 December 2010

Streaks, months and years

The longest run of days with a high of 90°F or above in Bakersfield, CA: 119 days, from Friday 9 June to Thursday 5 October 1905.
The longest run of days with a high of 32°F or below in Bakersfield, CA: 1 day, on Wednesday 25 December 1918.
The wettest month on record in Bakersfield, CA: December 2010, with 5.82 in of precipitation.
The driest month on record in Bakersfield, CA: September 2026, with 0.00 in of precipitation (shared with 297 other months); provisional.
The wettest year on record in Bakersfield, CA: 1998, with 13.32 in of precipitation.
The driest year on record in Bakersfield, CA: 1959, with 1.87 in of precipitation.

Daily records by decade

New daily records set in Bakersfield, CA by decade since the 1920s: the most record highs, 77, came in the 1930s; the most record lows, 22, in the 1930s.

Record highs
Record lows

Every decade as a table

Decade	Record highs	Record lows	Years in the record
1890s	0	0	7
1900s	0	0	10
1910s	0	0	10
1920s	11	6	10
1930s	77	22	10
1940s	52	4	10
1950s	34	3	10
1960s	24	1	10
1970s	55	2	10
1980s	37	5	10
1990s	15	2	10
2000s	21	1	10
2010s	33	0	10
2020s	28	0	7

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