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Bakersfield, CA

35.434°N, 119.055°W · station BFLthr · 134 years of record
91°F
forecast high · Oct 17

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Bakersfield.
91°SAT10/1789°SUN10/1883°MON10/1973°TUE10/2068°WED10/2169°THU10/2269°FRI10/23

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

#12 / 126
warmest Oct 17 in 126 yrs of record

Warmest Oct 17 ever

100°F
set in 1959

Coolest Oct 17 ever

64°F
set in 1963
Forecast high 91°F — 12th warmest Oct 17 of 126 years · record 100°F (1959) · warmest since 1991.
1893: 73°F1899: 70°F1901: 87°F1902: 81°F1903: 96°F1904: 70°F1905: 70°F1906: 76°F1907: 85°F1908: 81°F1910: 88°F1911: 87°F1912: 91°F1913: 94°F1914: 81°F1915: 86°F1916: 83°F1917: 77°F1918: 73°F1919: 87°F1920: 75°F1921: 89°F1922: 83°F1923: 76°F1924: 65°F1925: 71°F1926: 87°F1927: 76°F1928: 86°F1929: 81°F1930: 81°F1931: 81°F1932: 81°F1933: 92°F1934: 69°F1935: 69°F1936: 81°F1937: 80°F1938: 71°F1939: 84°F1940: 93°F1941: 89°F1942: 88°F1943: 78°F1944: 83°F1945: 83°F1946: 70°F1947: 74°F1948: 81°F1949: 76°F1950: 82°F1951: 77°F1952: 76°F1953: 77°F1954: 80°F1955: 88°F1956: 82°F1957: 80°F1958: 96°F1959: 100°F1960: 83°F1961: 92°F1962: 72°F1963: 64°F1964: 82°F1965: 74°F1966: 80°F1967: 89°F1968: 70°F1969: 71°F1970: 81°F1971: 65°F1972: 75°F1973: 95°F1974: 95°F1975: 87°F1976: 86°F1977: 84°F1978: 85°F1979: 82°F1980: 70°F1981: 79°F1982: 77°F1983: 76°F1984: 68°F1985: 82°F1986: 70°F1987: 86°F1988: 88°F1989: 88°F1990: 82°F1991: 93°F1992: 78°F1993: 72°F1994: 77°F1995: 80°F1996: 72°F1997: 89°F1998: 77°F1999: 86°F2000: 80°F2001: 87°F2002: 73°F2003: 87°F2004: 81°F2005: 81°F2006: 68°F2007: 69°F2008: 85°F2009: 84°F2010: 79°F2011: 83°F2012: 84°F2013: 82°F2014: 78°F2015: 86°F2016: 83°F2017: 90°F2018: 85°F2019: 74°F2020: 90°F2021: 86°F2022: 78°F2023: 82°F2024: 83°F2025: 73°F91° forecast6065707580859095100191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast high · Oct 1791°F
Hottest this date since1991
This-date record100°F
This-date rank#12 of 126
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 Oct 15.

Record Highs in 2026

5 broke
plus 4 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

0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F

Longest ever

119 days
record run, ended Oct 5 1905

So far in 2026

126 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: 81°F · forecast is +10° 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

Sunrise6:03 AM
Sunset5:20 PM
Solar noon11:42 AM
Daylight11h 17m · 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 Oct 17 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
126 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — the 14th most in 134 years. Normal for this point: 106. Record: 146 in 1913.

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