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
December - 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	62	41	51	79 / 1903	44 / 1972	57 / 1909	27 / 2004	14	333	0	2424	0.02	0.81	0.45 / 1952	1
2	61	41	51	87 / 1915	42 / 1972	58 / 2012	28 / 2004	14	347	0	2424	0.03	0.84	0.63 / 2005	2
3	61	41	51	83 / 1979	45 / 1972	53 / 2014	27 / 1908	14	361	0	2424	0.03	0.87	0.60 / 1941	3
4	61	41	51	82 / 1939	44 / 1965	54 / 1938	28 / 2004	14	375	0	2424	0.03	0.90	0.97 / 1915	4
5	61	40	50	80 / 1918	43 / 1965	55 / 1966	23 / 1903	15	390	0	2424	0.03	0.93	0.65 / 1894	5
6	60	40	50	80 / 2023	42 / 1965	60 / 1918	22 / 1903	15	405	0	2424	0.02	0.95	0.82 / 1946	6
7	60	40	50	76 / 1907	41 / 1965	53 / 1950	24 / 1912	15	419	0	2424	0.03	0.98	0.98 / 1992	7
8	60	40	50	83 / 1915	43 / 1965	56 / 1909	24 / 1903	15	435	0	2424	0.03	1.01	1.02 / 1931	8
9	60	40	50	74 / 1979	36 / 1972	54 / 2016	24 / 1923	15	450	0	2424	0.04	1.05	0.40 / 1996	9
10	59	40	50	85 / 1912	41 / 1972	53 / 1937	24 / 1923	16	465	0	2424	0.03	1.08	0.75 / 2009	10
11	59	40	49	81 / 1912	35 / 1932	58 / 1937	24 / 1923	16	481	0	2424	0.03	1.11	0.50 / 1907	11
12	59	40	49	75 / 1913	43 / 1932	53 / 1893	20 / 1901	16	497	0	2424	0.04	1.15	1.12 / 2014	12
13	59	39	49	79 / 1998	41 / 1972	54 / 1933	20 / 1901	16	513	0	2424	0.03	1.18	0.85 / 1995	13
14	59	39	49	80 / 1958	36 / 1972	53 / 1950	20 / 1901	16	529	0	2424	0.03	1.21	0.97 / 2021	14
15	59	39	49	79 / 1958	40 / 1992	51 / 2006	19 / 1901	16	545	0	2424	0.04	1.25	0.58 / 1934	15
16	58	39	49	77 / 1976	42 / 1963	55 / 1893	22 / 1901	16	561	0	2424	0.04	1.29	0.64 / 1957	16
17	58	39	49	75 / 1977	41 / 1985	54 / 1977	23 / 1901	16	577	0	2424	0.03	1.32	0.36 / 2002	17
18	58	39	49	75 / 1979	35 / 1908	53 / 1938	23 / 1908	16	593	0	2424	0.04	1.36	1.37 / 2010	18
19	58	39	49	80 / 1981	39 / 1965	55 / 2010	23 / 1924	16	610	0	2424	0.04	1.40	1.53 / 2010	19
20	58	39	49	76 / 1944	35 / 1908	54 / 1964	26 / 1928	17	626	0	2424	0.03	1.43	0.86 / 1943	20
21	58	39	49	78 / 1919	36 / 1998	59 / 1977	23 / 1905	17	643	0	2424	0.04	1.47	0.84 / 1938	21
22	58	39	48	76 / 2005	34 / 1998	56 / 1977	20 / 1990	17	659	0	2424	0.04	1.51	0.74 / 1893	22
23	58	39	48	73 / 1964	36 / 1928	63 / 1955	14 / 1905	17	676	0	2424	0.04	1.55	0.91 / 2016	23
24	58	39	48	75 / 1964	39 / 1993	57 / 1979	13 / 1905	17	693	0	2424	0.05	1.60	0.75 / 1994	24
25	58	39	48	76 / 1902	32 / 1918	56 / 1977	21 / 1899	17	709	0	2424	0.04	1.64	0.92 / 2003	25
26	58	39	48	71 / 1999	35 / 1918	56 / 1977	20 / 1905	17	726	0	2424	0.04	1.68	0.62 / 2019	26
27	58	39	48	72 / 1991	39 / 1933	56 / 1977	23 / 1930	17	742	0	2424	0.04	1.72	1.02 / 1936	27
28	57	39	48	73 / 1977	40 / 1908	58 / 1977	24 / 1930	17	759	0	2424	0.04	1.76	0.79 / 1977	28
29	57	39	48	75 / 2023	40 / 1929	57 / 1977	22 / 1929	17	776	0	2424	0.05	1.81	0.93 / 1965	29
30	57	39	48	74 / 1904	44 / 2014	53 / 1981	15 / 1905	17	792	0	2424	0.04	1.85	0.44 / 2016	30
31	57	40	48	73 / 1913	39 / 1919	53 / 1981	19 / 1929	17	809	0	2424	0.04	1.89	1.00 / 1906	31
Avg.	58.8	39.6	49.2					490		0		1.10			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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