Built 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026)

Bakersfield Threshold Days by Year

15 fixed thresholds counted per year at Bakersfield (USC00040439): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Bakersfield Thresholds

  • Bakersfield: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 35 years, most in 1913 with 184.
  • Bakersfield: days with a maximum temperature at or above 35 C (95 F) in 35 years, most in 1905 with 115.
  • Bakersfield: days with a maximum temperature at or above 40 C (104 F) in 35 years, most in 1929 with 42.
  • Bakersfield: days with a maximum temperature at or above 90 F (32.2 C) in 35 years, most in 1913 with 157.
  • 15 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Bakersfield.
35 years with a qualifying day
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Bakersfield Days per year at Bakersfield with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 184 in 1913. 0501001502001893: 801902: 1291903: 1491904: 1381905: 1671906: 1341907: 1331908: 1781910: 1591911: 1101912: 1161913: 1841914: 1531915: 1481916: 1261917: 1421918: 1401919: 1261920: 1191921: 1391922: 1371923: 1231924: 1361925: 1301926: 1581927: 1301928: 1511929: 1471930: 1341931: 1571932: 1441933: 1481934: 1561935: 1471936: 131189319051910191419181922192619301934
Days per year at Bakersfield with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 184 in 1913.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Bakersfield
YearDaysDecade average
18938080
1902129146.9
1903149146.9
1904138146.9
1905167146.9
1906134146.9
1907133146.9
1908178146.9
1910159140.4
1911110140.4
1912116140.4
1913184140.4
1914153140.4
1915148140.4
1916126140.4
1917142140.4
1918140140.4
1919126140.4
1920119137
1921139137
1922137137
1923123137
1924136137
1925130137
1926158137
1927130137
1928151137
1929147137
1930134145.3
1931157145.3
1932144145.3
1933148145.3
1934156145.3
1935147145.3
1936131145.3
First to last qualifying date each year at Bakersfield For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Bakersfield meeting 30 C (86 F). 1893: 28 March 1893 to 14 October 18931902: 16 February 1902 to 19 October 19021903: 24 April 1903 to 23 October 19031904: 8 April 1904 to 1 October 19041905: 8 March 1905 to 9 November 19051906: 19 April 1906 to 29 October 19061907: 10 April 1907 to 26 November 19071908: 10 April 1908 to 31 October 19081910: 12 March 1910 to 4 November 19101911: 25 April 1911 to 18 October 19111912: 3 May 1912 to 8 November 19121913: 10 March 1913 to 30 October 19131914: 10 March 1914 to 28 October 19141915: 22 March 1915 to 2 December 19151916: 11 March 1916 to 26 October 19161917: 4 April 1917 to 24 November 19171918: 3 April 1918 to 3 November 19181919: 16 April 1919 to 17 October 19191920: 26 April 1920 to 4 October 19201921: 8 April 1921 to 3 November 19211922: 30 April 1922 to 24 October 19221923: 27 March 1923 to 21 October 19231924: 19 April 1924 to 25 October 19241925: 24 March 1925 to 28 October 19251926: 2 March 1926 to 10 November 19261927: 21 April 1927 to 3 November 19271928: 18 March 1928 to 22 October 19281929: 4 March 1929 to 4 November 19291930: 18 February 1930 to 7 November 19301931: 4 April 1931 to 4 November 19311932: 31 March 1932 to 19 November 19321933: 3 April 1933 to 27 October 19331934: 8 March 1934 to 28 October 19341935: 20 April 1935 to 29 October 19351936: 12 April 1936 to 15 October 19361893190619121917192219271932JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Bakersfield meeting 30 C (86 F).
First to last qualifying date each year at Bakersfield
YearFirst dateLast date
18931893-03-281893-10-14
19021902-02-161902-10-19
19031903-04-241903-10-23
19041904-04-081904-10-01
19051905-03-081905-11-09
19061906-04-191906-10-29
19071907-04-101907-11-26
19081908-04-101908-10-31
19101910-03-121910-11-04
19111911-04-251911-10-18
19121912-05-031912-11-08
19131913-03-101913-10-30
19141914-03-101914-10-28
19151915-03-221915-12-02
19161916-03-111916-10-26
19171917-04-041917-11-24
19181918-04-031918-11-03
19191919-04-161919-10-17
19201920-04-261920-10-04
19211921-04-081921-11-03
19221922-04-301922-10-24
19231923-03-271923-10-21
19241924-04-191924-10-25
19251925-03-241925-10-28
19261926-03-021926-11-10
19271927-04-211927-11-03
19281928-03-181928-10-22
19291929-03-041929-11-04
19301930-02-181930-11-07
19311931-04-041931-11-04
19321932-03-311932-11-19
19331933-04-031933-10-27
19341934-03-081934-10-28
19351935-04-201935-10-29
19361936-04-121936-10-15

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Bakersfield
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days351841913131
35 C (95 F): Days35115190585
40 C (104 F): Days3542192930
45 C (113 F): Days10719084
90 F (32.2 C): Days351571913115
100 F (37.8 C): Days3576191752
110 F (43.3 C): Days261919084
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max1119181
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min3470190324
-10 C (14 F): Days with min2219051
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min3455191045
25 C (77 F): Days with min171019106
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain15719056
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain5119051
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall1119321

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1893.

Download the Data

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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

Data as of . Last revised (2025-12-31).