Bakersfield, CA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from BAKERSFIELD 5 NW, CA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Bakersfield has an annual average temperature of 65.1°F with about 6.7 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 97.4°F), and the coldest is December (average low 37.7°F). February is typically the wettest month (1.28 in) and August the driest (0.00 in).
Best time to visit Bakersfield
Full guide →Climate change signal
All-time records →183 of 366 (50%) of Bakersfield's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.
| 1990s | 18 | |
| 2000s | 108 | |
| 2010s | 125 | |
| 2020s | 115 |
Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.
Monthly averages
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Avg Temp | Precipitation | Snow | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58.1°F | 38.9°F | 48.5°F | 1.27 in | — | 6 |
| February | 63.6°F | 41.2°F | 52.4°F | 1.28 in | — | 5 |
| March | 69.4°F | 45.1°F | 57.3°F | 1.24 in | — | 5 |
| April | 74.5°F | 49.3°F | 61.9°F | 0.62 in | — | 4 |
| May | 82.7°F | 56.6°F | 69.7°F | 0.32 in | — | 2 |
| June | 91.0°F | 63.9°F | 77.4°F | 0.01 in | — | 0 |
| July | 97.4°F | 70.0°F | 83.7°F | 0.02 in | — | 0 |
| August | 96.0°F | 68.7°F | 82.4°F | 0.00 in | — | 0 |
| September | 90.9°F | 63.7°F | 77.3°F | 0.11 in | — | 0 |
| October | 80.1°F | 53.9°F | 67.0°F | 0.22 in | — | 2 |
| November | 67.0°F | 44.0°F | 55.5°F | 0.53 in | — | 3 |
| December | 58.9°F | 37.7°F | 48.3°F | 1.03 in | — | 5 |
Climate twins of Bakersfield
Why these? →The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).