Severe Thunderstorms and Heavy Rain in the Southern Plains; Fire Weather Threat in the Southwest U.S.

Thunderstorms, some severe, may produce heavy to excessive rainfall and isolated flooding over portions of the Southern Plains today and Saturday. Dry conditions, combined with gusty winds and low relative humidities will continue to support an elevated to critical fire weather threat in the Desert Southwest into to early next week. Read More >

Normals, Means & Extremes
October - Bakersfield, CA
Values in red represent the extremes for the month.

D a t e	Temperature							Degree Days				Precipitation			D a t e
	Normal			High Max.	Low Max.	High Min.	Low Min.	Heating (daily)	Normal Season to Date	Cooling (daily)	Normal Season to Date	Daily	Normal Season to Date	Record Maximum
	Max.	Min.	Avg.	High Max.	Low Max.	High Min.	Low Min.	Heating (daily)	Normal Season to Date	Cooling (daily)	Normal Season to Date	Daily	Normal Season to Date	Record Maximum
1	87	61	74	103 / 1980	65 / 1912	77 / 2010	37 / 1908	0	1	9	2294	0	0.00	0.70 / 1981	1
2	86	60	73	103 / 1917	63 / 2006	72 / 2010	36 / 1908	0	2	8	2302	0.01	0.01	1.19 / 1974	2
3	86	60	73	103 / 2024	64 / 1916	72 / 2012	34 / 1908	0	2	8	2311	0	0.01	0.07 / 1946	3
4	85	59	72	104 / 1933	67 / 2009	71 / 1970	33 / 1908	0	2	8	2318	0	0.01	0.24 / 1956	4
5	85	59	72	104 / 1933	66 / 2007	74 / 2024	36 / 1908	0	3	7	2326	0.01	0.02	0.52 / 2011	5
6	85	59	72	103 / 1933	64 / 1912	70 / 2024	37 / 1908	1	3	7	2333	0	0.02	1.20 / 1956	6
7	84	58	71	99 / 2023	65 / 1923	71 / 2024	38 / 1908	1	4	7	2340	0	0.02	0.29 / 1923	7
8	84	58	71	99 / 2023	67 / 1949	71 / 2024	36 / 1908	1	4	6	2346	0.01	0.03	0.57 / 1904	8
9	83	58	71	101 / 1996	67 / 1930	70 / 2024	35 / 1908	1	5	6	2352	0	0.03	0.09 / 1920	9
10	83	57	70	101 / 1991	62 / 1924	67 / 2024	34 / 1908	1	6	6	2358	0.01	0.04	0.35 / 1916	10
11	83	57	70	98 / 1935	63 / 1997	70 / 2022	34 / 1908	1	7	5	2363	0	0.04	0.38 / 1957	11
12	82	57	69	98 / 1918	67 / 2021	68 / 2015	38 / 1912	1	7	5	2368	0.01	0.05	0.12 / 1925	12
13	82	56	69	102 / 1978	65 / 2007	70 / 2015	37 / 1912	1	8	5	2373	0.01	0.06	0.50 / 1900	13
14	81	56	69	102 / 1978	64 / 1899	72 / 2015	37 / 1908	1	9	5	2378	0	0.06	0.44 / 1968	14
15	81	56	68	101 / 1954	63 / 1899	67 / 2015	35 / 1908	1	10	4	2382	0.01	0.07	0.40 / 1935	15
16	80	55	68	98 / 1954	64 / 1893	66 / 1979	35 / 1899	1	12	4	2386	0.01	0.08	0.27 / 1963	16
17	80	55	67	100 / 1959	63 / 1984	67 / 1961	37 / 1908	1	13	4	2389	0.01	0.09	0.23 / 1963	17
18	79	54	67	96 / 1913	62 / 1943	65 / 1961	36 / 1908	1	14	3	2393	0.01	0.10	0.50 / 1972	18
19	79	54	67	96 / 1973	60 / 1949	67 / 1979	35 / 1908	2	16	3	2396	0.01	0.11	0.96 / 1936	19
20	79	54	66	97 / 1927	60 / 1910	63 / 1978	33 / 1908	2	18	3	2399	0.01	0.12	0.24 / 2004	20
21	78	53	66	94 / 2003	62 / 2004	65 / 1976	32 / 1906	2	20	3	2402	0.02	0.14	0.21 / 1941	21
22	78	53	65	95 / 1901	63 / 1985	65 / 1982	37 / 1920	2	22	3	2404	0.01	0.15	0.05 / 1899	22
23	77	53	65	97 / 1929	64 / 1975	65 / 1982	34 / 1906	2	24	2	2406	0.01	0.16	0.35 / 1902	23
24	77	52	65	95 / 1959	59 / 1971	67 / 1982	32 / 1912	3	26	2	2408	0.01	0.17	0.24 / 1998	24
25	76	52	64	94 / 1917	62 / 1939	66 / 1982	35 / 1899	3	29	2	2410	0.01	0.18	1.51 / 1940	25
26	76	52	64	94 / 2017	58 / 1996	61 / 1959	35 / 1939	3	32	2	2412	0.02	0.20	0.96 / 2004	26
27	75	51	63	99 / 1906	56 / 2004	64 / 1987	34 / 1919	3	35	2	2414	0.01	0.21	0.40 / 1922	27
28	75	51	63	92 / 2003	55 / 1971	61 / 1987	35 / 1919	3	38	1	2415	0.02	0.23	0.53 / 1974	28
29	74	51	63	92 / 1913	56 / 1971	61 / 1914	31 / 1900	4	42	1	2416	0.02	0.25	0.44 / 1968	29
30	74	51	62	92 / 1939	59 / 1996	66 / 1899	29 / 1971	4	46	1	2417	0.01	0.26	0.85 / 1992	30
31	74	50	62	92 / 1949	55 / 1923	65 / 2008	33 / 1935	4	50	1	2418	0.02	0.28	1.00 / 1927	31
Avg.	80.2	55.2	67.7					49		133		0.28			Avg.
D a t e	Max.	Min.	Avg.	High Max.	Low Max.	High Min.	Low Min.	Heating (daily)	Normal Season to Date	Cooling (daily)	Normal Season to Date	Daily	Normal Season to Date	Record Maximum	D a t e
	Normal			High Max.	Low Max.	High Min.	Low Min.	Heating (daily)	Normal Season to Date	Cooling (daily)	Normal Season to Date	Daily	Normal Season to Date	Record Maximum
	Temperature							Degree Days				Precipitation

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