Bakersfield, CA: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 51.1°F in Bakersfield, CA, the warmest winter since 2025, tied 25th warmest of 121 (with 2003).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 51.1°F; Warmest since 2025; 25th warmest of 121
Precipitation: 3.18 in; Wettest since 2024; 47th wettest of 108

A normal winter in Bakersfield, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 50.3°F, between 48.5°F and 52.1°F in eight years of ten and 3.06 in of precipitation, between 1.26 in and 6.21 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Bakersfield, CA since 1900: 51.1°F in 2026; the highest is 56°F, in 1978.

Normal range, 48.5 to 52.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	51.1	25	60.2	60	42	14	3.18	47	0
2025	52.2	9	63.7	12	40.7	37	1.26	99	0
2024	53.3	6	62.8	19	43.8	4	4.51	21	0
2023	49.2	72	58.3	96	40.2	44	6.10	7	0
2022	50.7	32	61.8	34	39.6	53	2.72	54	0
2021	51.7	16	63	16	40.4	42	1.42	96	0
2020	52	12	62.4	28	41.6	18	1.77	84	0
2019	51.5	19	60.5	53	42.4	8	3.20	46	0
2018	52.5	8	64.4	5	40.7	37	1.29	98	0
2017	51.9	13	60.4	55	43.3	6	6.63	4	0
2016	51.9	13	62.7	22	41	28	2.71	55	0
2015	54.2	2	64	8	44.3	3	3.61	35	0
2014	52.8	7	65.1	1	40.5	41	0.54	107	0
2013	49.4	64	60.5	53	38.2	77	2.08	67	0
2012	50.6	36	63.6	13	37.6	88	0.73	106	0
2011	49.8	49	59.3	74	40.3	43	6.71	3	0
2010	50.3	41	58.9	79	41.6	18	5.25	14	0
2009	50.2	42	59.3	74	41	28	2.71	55	0
2008	49.1	77	58.8	83	39.4	57	1.83	76	0
2007	48.3	96	59.6	69	37	103	1.80	80	0
2006	51.7	16	62.7	22	40.7	37	2.16	66	0
2005	49.6	55	58	99	41.1	25	5.12	16	0
2004	51.4	20	60.4	55	42.3	11	3.47	37	0
2003	51.1	25	60.3	58	41.8	15	2.91	51	0
2002	48.5	92	58.5	93	38.4	73	1.44	94	0
2001	48.5	92	59	77	38.1	80	3.84	30	0
2000	50.8	30	61.4	39	40.2	44	2.70	57	0
1999	45.9	114	56.3	114	35.4	109	4.91	17	0
1998	48.8	84	57.8	101	39.8	50	7.65	2	0
1997	50.2	42	58.9	79	41.5	20	4.41	24	0
1996	51.7	16	61.2	43	42.3	11	5.65	9	0
1995	51.3	23	59.9	65	42.7	7	4.48	23	0
1994	48.9	80	59.5	72	38.3	76	2.53	60	0
1993	49.6	55	58.4	95	40.8	33	6.16	6	0
1992	49.4	64	58.7	86	40	47	4.74	18	0
1991	49.3	69	61.1	45	37.5	93	1.01	103	0
1990	46.9	109	58.6	89	35.2	110	1.78	83	0
1989	47.5	102	58.8	83	36.1	107	1.79	82	0
1988	49.5	61	61.5	37	37.6	88	2.01	71	0
1987	47.8	100	57.5	105	38.1	80	3.47	37	0
1986	50.1	46	58.5	93	41.7	16	2.19	64	0
1985	47.3	106	56.4	112	38.2	77	1.81	79	0
1984	49.7	52	60	63	39.5	55	1.25	100	0
1983	48	97	56.5	110	39.5	55	4.03	27	0
1982	50.7	32	59.1	76	42.3	11	1.60	88	0
1981	52.1	10	61.9	32	42.4	8	1.86	75	0
1980	54.1	3	63.6	13	44.7	2	3.86	29	0
1979	49.8	49	58.8	83	40.9	30	3.78	31	0
1978	56	1	64.5	4	47.5	1	7.69	1	0
1977	51.4	20	62	30	40.8	33	0.78	104	0
1976	51	27	61.2	43	40.8	33	1.82	78	0
1975	49.1	77	58.6	89	39.6	53	2.85	52	0
1974	51.4	20	61.1	45	41.7	16	2.08	67	0
1973	49.3	69	57.8	101	40.9	30	3.22	44	0
1972	47.1	107	56	116	38.2	77	1.44	94	0
1971	48.8	84	57.5	105	40.1	46	1.59	90	0
1970	53.7	4	64.9	2	42.4	8	2.29	62	0
1969	48.9	80	56.6	108	41.2	23	5.62	10	0
1968	50.5	38	59.6	69	41.3	22	1.59	90	0
1967	47.4	105	56	116	38.9	66	2.57	59	0
1966	46.1	113	54.9	119	37.3	99	3.44	39	0
1965	49.4	64	58.9	79	39.9	49	1.60	88	0
1964	46.2	112	56.5	110	35.9	108	0.76	105	0
1963	50.7	32	62.2	29	39.1	61	1.66	87	0
1962	45.7	116	53.9	122	37.4	95	5.35	13	0
1961	47.5	102	57.8	101	37.2	100	0.51	108	0
1960	49.9	47	60.6	51	39.3	59	3.33	41	0
1959	51.9	13	63	16	40.8	33	1.22	101	0
1958	50.7	32	60.2	60	41.2	23	3.50	36	0
1957	48.9	80	58.9	79	38.8	68	1.57	92	0
1956	50.5	38	59.9	65	41.1	25	2.05	70	0
1955	46.9	109	56.6	108	37.2	100	2.93	50	0
1954	49.2	72	60.9	48	37.5	93	2.29	62	0
1953	50.5	38	61.4	39	39.7	52	2.68	58	0
1952	48.7	87	59	77	38.4	73	4.50	22	0
1951	51	27	60.9	48	41.1	25	2.48	61	0
1950	48.6	89	58.6	89	38.5	71	3.36	40	0
1949	44.8	119	55.3	118	34.2	115	2.07	69	0
1948	49.6	55	61.9	32	37.4	95	1.16	102	0
1947	47.1	107	56.3	114	37.8	82	1.69	86	0
1946	49.5	61	61.3	41	37.7	85	2.76	53	0
1945	49.4	64	59.4	73	39.4	57	4.33	25	0
1944	49.7	52	60.4	55	39	64	3.27	42	1
1943	49	79	60.3	58	37.6	88	5.75	8	0
1942	49.9	47	60.6	51	39.2	60	2.18	65	0
1941	53.7	4	64.1	7	43.4	5	5.49	11	0
1940	52.1	10	63.3	15	40.9	30	4.58	20	0
1939	48.6	89	58.7	86	38.5	71	3.65	32	0
1938	49.2	72	60	63	38.4	73	3.65	32	0
1937	45.6	117	56.9	107	34.3	114	4.74	18	0
1936	50.2	42	62.7	22	37.6	88	3.22	44	0
1935	48.9	80	58	99	39.8	50	4.25	26	0
1934	48.7	87	59.7	68	37.8	82	1.76	85	0
1933	44.2	121	54.9	119	33.4	118	5.24	15	2
1932	47.9	99	58.2	98	37.7	85	6.50	5	0
1931	48.4	94	59.6	69	37.2	100	2.95	49	0
1930	50.6	36	62.7	22	38.6	70	1.80	80	0
1929	45.1	118	56.4	112	33.8	116	1.98	72	0
1928	49.5	61	62.8	19	36.3	106	1.34	97	0
1927	49.6	55	60.2	60	39	64	3.64	34	0
1926	49.3	69	60.8	50	37.8	82	1.53	93	0
1925	50.2	42	61.3	41	39.1	61	1.90	73	0
1924	49.6	55	64.3	6	35	111			0
1923	49.2	72	61.1	45	37.4	95			0
1922	48.4	94	59.9	65	37	103			0
1921	49.7	52	62	30	37.4	95			0
1920	49.2	72	61.6	35	36.8	105			0
1919	44.6	120	54.1	121	35	111			0
1918	49.4	64	64	8	34.8	113			0
1917	48.6	89	63.8	10	33.5	117			0
1916	51.2	24	63.8	10	38.8	68			1
1915	49.6	55	61.5	37	37.6	88	3.90	28	0
1914	50.8	30	62.8	19	38.9	66	5.43	12	0
1913	47.6	101	62.7	22	32.5	120			0
1912					40.6	40			28
1911	49.8	49	58.6	89	41.5	20	3.24	43	4
1910	48.8	84	57.6	104	40	47			0
1909									28
1908									24
1907	50.9	29	62.6	27	39.1	61	2.99	48	0
1906			64.7	3					33
1905									22
1904	47.5	102	62.9	18	32.1	121			1
1903	45.8	115	58.7	86	33	119			0
1902	46.9	109	61.6	35	32.1	121	1.83	76	0
1900	48	97	58.3	96	37.7	85	1.87	74	0
1895									31
1894									59
1893									31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1978	56
2015	54.2
1980	54.1
1970	53.7
1941	53.7
2024	53.3
2014	52.8
2018	52.5
2025	52.2
1981	52.1
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1933	44.2
1919	44.6
1949	44.8
1929	45.1
1937	45.6
1962	45.7
1903	45.8
1999	45.9
1966	46.1
1964	46.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1978	7.69
1998	7.65
2011	6.71
2017	6.63
1932	6.50
1993	6.16
2023	6.10
1943	5.75
1996	5.65
1969	5.62

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1961	0.51
2014	0.54
2012	0.73
1964	0.76
1977	0.78
1991	1.01
1948	1.16
1959	1.22
1984	1.25
2025	1.26

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 81°F; 28 February 2026
Coldest night: 32°F; 10 January 2026
Wettest day: 0.97 in; 24 December 2025

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 3.18 in of precipitation in Bakersfield, CA, the wettest winter since 2024, 47th wettest of 108.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Bakersfield, CA: 81°F on Saturday 28 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Bakersfield, CA: a low of 32°F on Saturday 10 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Bakersfield, CA: 0.97 in on Wednesday 24 December 2025.