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Bakersfield, CA

35.434°N, 119.055°W · station BFLthr · 134 years of record
86°F
forecast high · Sep 7

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Bakersfield.
84°TUE9/182°WED9/284°THU9/384°FRI9/484°SAT9/583°SUN9/686°MON9/7

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

#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.
1893: 81°F1899: 87°F1901: 87°F1902: 107°F1903: 97°F1904: 111°F1905: 99°F1906: 101°F1907: 96°F1908: 101°F1909: 97°F1910: 100°F1911: 82°F1912: 84°F1913: 94°F1914: 80°F1915: 97°F1916: 90°F1917: 90°F1918: 80°F1919: 85°F1920: 88°F1921: 95°F1922: 88°F1923: 107°F1924: 105°F1925: 84°F1926: 90°F1927: 80°F1928: 102°F1929: 84°F1930: 85°F1931: 95°F1932: 105°F1933: 88°F1934: 100°F1935: 94°F1936: 85°F1937: 90°F1938: 87°F1939: 98°F1940: 91°F1941: 94°F1942: 95°F1943: 98°F1944: 107°F1945: 100°F1946: 87°F1947: 86°F1948: 96°F1949: 94°F1950: 96°F1951: 90°F1952: 90°F1953: 91°F1954: 86°F1955: 94°F1956: 99°F1957: 103°F1958: 81°F1959: 97°F1960: 96°F1961: 90°F1962: 93°F1963: 100°F1964: 87°F1965: 77°F1966: 85°F1967: 96°F1968: 98°F1969: 93°F1970: 102°F1971: 86°F1972: 90°F1973: 91°F1974: 102°F1975: 102°F1976: 95°F1977: 110°F1978: 77°F1979: 105°F1980: 95°F1981: 100°F1982: 91°F1983: 99°F1984: 93°F1985: 82°F1986: 99°F1987: 88°F1988: 104°F1989: 85°F1990: 93°F1991: 93°F1992: 92°F1993: 95°F1994: 100°F1995: 103°F1996: 88°F1997: 93°F1998: 100°F1999: 97°F2000: 85°F2001: 92°F2002: 80°F2003: 94°F2004: 101°F2005: 93°F2006: 101°F2007: 89°F2008: 100°F2009: 86°F2010: 96°F2011: 101°F2012: 93°F2013: 105°F2014: 98°F2015: 96°F2016: 92°F2017: 94°F2018: 98°F2019: 99°F2020: 105°F2021: 103°F2022: 111°F2023: 93°F2024: 102°F2025: 92°F86° forecast7580859095100105110115191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast high · Sep 786°F
Hottest this date since2025
This-date record111°F
This-date rank#109 of 127
Hottest at any time since2026
All-time record118°F (1908)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1893–2026

Record Book

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.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan82°FJan 16, 192314°FJan 7, 1913
Feb88°FFeb 16, 190220°FFeb 11, 1900
Mar95°FMar 18, 202620°FMar 3, 1917
Apr101°FApr 30, 198128°FApr 8, 1893
May110°FMay 31, 191034°FMay 13, 1907
Jun114°FJun 28, 197638°FJun 12, 1907
Jul118°FJul 28, 190846°FJul 7, 1903
Aug117°FAug 14, 193344°FAug 22, 1903
Sep115°FSep 6, 202230°FSep 27, 1908
Oct104°FOct 4, 193329°FOct 30, 1971
Nov95°FNov 3, 192122°FNov 23, 1931
Dec87°FDec 2, 191513°FDec 24, 1905
All-time118°FJul 28, 190813°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
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan68°FJan 24, 201436°FJan 8, 1947
Feb63°FFeb 22, 197639°FFeb 5, 1989
Mar66°FMar 8, 191045°FMar 22, 1919
Apr68°FApr 30, 198150°FApr 7, 1919
May80°FMay 3, 190655°FMay 1, 1915
Jun84°FJun 28, 192563°FJun 12, 1998
Jul88°FJul 22, 191080°FJul 2, 1902
Aug86°FAug 9, 197871°FAug 28, 1911
Sep84°FSep 7, 202264°FSep 29, 1911
Oct77°FOct 1, 201055°FOct 31, 1923
Nov68°FNov 10, 192645°FNov 25, 1902
Dec63°FDec 23, 195532°FDec 25, 1918
All-time88°FJul 22, 191032°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.
Jan: 59°FJan: 40°FFeb: 64°FFeb: 43°FMar: 70°FMar: 46°FApr: 76°FApr: 50°FMay: 84°FMay: 57°FJun: 92°FJun: 64°FJul: 98°FJul: 71°FAug: 97°FAug: 69°FSep: 92°FSep: 64°FOct: 80°FOct: 55°FNov: 67°FNov: 45°FDec: 59°FDec: 39°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:28 AM
Sunset6:23 PM
Solar noon11:56 AM
Daylight12h 55m · losing 15 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

35.43°N, 119.06°W

Nearby Stations

Lancaster, CA67 mi SEHanford, CA68 mi NWPalmdale, CA78 mi SECamarillo, CA84 mi SSanta Maria, CA87 mi WBurbank Glendale Pasadena, CA93 mi SE

The Last 6 Weeks

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.
Bakersfield, CA — last six weeks of daily high

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.
Bakersfield, CA — 2026 daily high trace
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Every Day Since 1893

Each cell is one day's high at Bakersfield, coloured by temperature — 134 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Bakersfield, CA daily high heat map 1893–2026

Days Above the Mark

How many days a year hit a given high at Bakersfield — counted through Sep 7 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
101 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 13th most in 134 years. Normal for this point: 85. Record: 117 in 1908.

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