35.434°N, 119.055°W · station BFLthr · 134 years of record
86°F
HOTTEST SEP 7 SINCE 2025
forecast high · Sep 7
7-Day Forecast
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Bakersfield.
This Day in History
Every year's high on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Bakersfield — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
Ranks
#125 / 127
warmest Sep 1 in 127 yrs of record
Warmest Sep 1 ever
108°F
set in 1904
Coolest Sep 1 ever
79°F
set in 1964
Forecast high 84°F — 125th warmest Sep 1 of 127 years · record 108°F (1904) · warmest since 2025.
Ranks
#124 / 127
warmest Sep 2 in 127 yrs of record
Warmest Sep 2 ever
111°F
set in 2017
Coolest Sep 2 ever
74°F
set in 1910
Forecast high 82°F — 124th warmest Sep 2 of 127 years · record 111°F (2017) · warmest since 2025.
Ranks
#123 / 127
warmest Sep 3 in 127 yrs of record
Warmest Sep 3 ever
112°F
set in 1955
Coolest Sep 3 ever
78°F
set in 1985
Forecast high 84°F — 123rd warmest Sep 3 of 127 years · record 112°F (1955) · warmest since 2025.
Ranks
#120 / 127
warmest Sep 4 in 127 yrs of record
Warmest Sep 4 ever
109°F
set in 1955
Coolest Sep 4 ever
78°F
set in 1985
Forecast high 84°F — 120th warmest Sep 4 of 127 years · record 109°F (1955) · warmest since 2025.
Ranks
#118 / 127
warmest Sep 5 in 127 yrs of record
Warmest Sep 5 ever
109°F
set in 1988
Coolest Sep 5 ever
76°F
set in 1978
Forecast high 84°F — 118th warmest Sep 5 of 127 years · record 109°F (1988) · warmest since 2025.
Ranks
#117 / 127
warmest Sep 6 in 127 yrs of record
Warmest Sep 6 ever
115°F
set in 2022
Coolest Sep 6 ever
78°F
set in 1893
Forecast high 83°F — 117th warmest Sep 6 of 127 years · record 115°F (2022) · warmest since 2025.
Ranks
#109 / 127
warmest Sep 7 in 127 yrs of record
Warmest Sep 7 ever
111°F
set in 1904
Coolest Sep 7 ever
77°F
set in 1965
Forecast high 86°F — 109th warmest Sep 7 of 127 years · record 111°F (1904) · warmest since 2025.
The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Bakersfield in each calendar month, and for the whole 1893–2026 record — with the year each was set.
Month
Record High
Record Low
Jan
82°FJan 16, 1923
14°FJan 7, 1913
Feb
88°FFeb 16, 1902
20°FFeb 11, 1900
Mar
95°FMar 18, 2026
20°FMar 3, 1917
Apr
101°FApr 30, 1981
28°FApr 8, 1893
May
110°FMay 31, 1910
34°FMay 13, 1907
Jun
114°FJun 28, 1976
38°FJun 12, 1907
Jul
118°FJul 28, 1908
46°FJul 7, 1903
Aug
117°FAug 14, 1933
44°FAug 22, 1903
Sep
115°FSep 6, 2022
30°FSep 27, 1908
Oct
104°FOct 4, 1933
29°FOct 30, 1971
Nov
95°FNov 3, 1921
22°FNov 23, 1931
Dec
87°FDec 2, 1915
13°FDec 24, 1905
All-time
118°FJul 28, 1908
13°FDec 24, 1905
2026 Records So Far
Records set or tied at Bakersfield so far this year — through Aug 30.
Record Highs in 2026
5 broke
plus 3 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (95°F)
Record Lows in 2026
0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year
Record Warm Nights & Cold Days
Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.
Warmest low ever
88°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jul 22, 1910
Coldest high ever
32°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Dec 25, 1918
Month
Warmest low
Coldest high
Jan
68°FJan 24, 2014
36°FJan 8, 1947
Feb
63°FFeb 22, 1976
39°FFeb 5, 1989
Mar
66°FMar 8, 1910
45°FMar 22, 1919
Apr
68°FApr 30, 1981
50°FApr 7, 1919
May
80°FMay 3, 1906
55°FMay 1, 1915
Jun
84°FJun 28, 1925
63°FJun 12, 1998
Jul
88°FJul 22, 1910
80°FJul 2, 1902
Aug
86°FAug 9, 1978
71°FAug 28, 1911
Sep
84°FSep 7, 2022
64°FSep 29, 1911
Oct
77°FOct 1, 2010
55°FOct 31, 1923
Nov
68°FNov 10, 1926
45°FNov 25, 1902
Dec
63°FDec 23, 1955
32°FDec 25, 1918
All-time
88°FJul 22, 1910
32°FDec 25, 1918
Hot Streaks
Current run
3 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever
119 days
record run, ended Oct 5 1905
So far in 2026
101 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Climate Normals
Normal high & low by month, from Bakersfield's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 94°F · forecast is -8° vs normal.
Bakersfield's observed daily high for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
2026 So Far
Every day this year against Bakersfield's own record — the record high, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.