All-time weather records — Bakersfield, CA

Record high
111.9°F
July 8, 2024
Record low
12.9°F
January 25, 1999
Wettest day
1.52 in
February 25, 2023

Climate change signal in Bakersfield

50%

of Bakersfield's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (183 of 366 records since 2015).

17.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (64 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1990s
18
77
2000s
108
184
2010s
125
73
2020s
115
32

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1999, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1999-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 79.0°F — Jan 22, 2009 12.9°F — Jan 25, 1999 1.07 in — Jan 25, 1999
February 86.0°F — Feb 13, 2022 25.0°F — Feb 1, 2002 1.52 in — Feb 25, 2023
March 93.9°F — Mar 19, 2026 30.9°F — Mar 6, 1999 1.26 in — Mar 6, 2019
April 98.1°F — Apr 8, 2022 30.0°F — Apr 11, 1999 0.93 in — Apr 8, 2020
May 104.0°F — May 18, 2009 39.0°F — May 8, 2003 0.79 in — May 2, 2009
June 109.9°F — Jun 20, 2021 46.0°F — Jun 4, 1999 0.42 in — Jun 7, 2023
July 111.9°F — Jul 8, 2024 52.0°F — Jul 9, 1999 0.05 in — Jul 19, 2015
August 109.0°F — Aug 8, 2024 48.0°F — Aug 17, 2007 1.10 in — Aug 21, 2023
September 108.0°F — Sep 3, 2017 35.1°F — Sep 20, 2007 0.91 in — Sep 14, 2017
October 100.9°F — Oct 4, 2024 39.9°F — Oct 28, 2009 0.92 in — Oct 26, 2021
November 91.9°F — Nov 6, 2010 26.1°F — Nov 29, 2004 1.27 in — Nov 17, 2025
December 80.1°F — Dec 7, 2023 24.1°F — Dec 1, 2004 1.13 in — Dec 24, 2016

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