Bakersfield
San Joaquin Valley
The dry end of the valley — six inches a year, boxed in on three sides.
98°FJuly mean high
40°FJanuary mean low
6.4″Annual precipitation
35.3°FAnnual range
Source station: BAKERSFIELD AP, CA US (USW00023155), 489 ft, 4.7 mi from Bakersfield, 85 ft higher. NOAA/NCEI 1991–2020 monthly normals.
35.373°N, 119.019°W in San Joaquin Valley.
35.373°N, 119.019°W. In San Joaquin Valley.
The next three days
NATIONAL BLEND OF MODELSDRAWN ON REQUESTThe year, in one picture
NOAA/NCEI 1991–2020 NORMALSThe interactive monthly temperature and precipitation chart loads with JavaScript; the values are tabulated below.
Mean daily high
Mean daily low
Monthly precipitation
Month by month
JANUARY AND JULY ARE FREE| Month | Mean high | Mean low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Share of year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 58° | 40° | 49.5° | 1.19″ | 0.1″ | 19% |
| Jul | 98° | 71° | 84.8° | 0.00″ | — | 0% |
| Year | 98° | 40° | 66.2° | 6.36″ | 0.1″ | 100% |
Where it sits among the fifty-seven
RANKED AGAINST EVERY OTHER PLACE ON THE SITE49th of 576.4 inches a year.WETTEST10th of 57A mean high of 98°F.HOTTEST JULY32nd of 57A mean low of 40°F.COLDEST JANUARY NIGHTS30th of 57404 feet.HIGHEST12th of 5735.3°F between July and January.WIDEST ANNUAL RANGE
Nearby, and nothing like it
The three places within 90 miles of Bakersfield whose climate differs most — usually because something stands between them.