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Bakersfield Threshold Days by Year

17 fixed thresholds counted per year at Bakersfield (USC00410482): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Bakersfield Thresholds

  • Bakersfield: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 68 years, most in 1987 with 21.
  • Bakersfield: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 63 years, most in 1987 with 9.
  • Bakersfield: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 49 years, most in 2011 with 201.
  • Bakersfield: days with a maximum temperature at or above 35 C (95 F) in 49 years, most in 2011 with 134.
  • 17 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Bakersfield.
49 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 201 in 2011. 01002003001966: 1411967: 1541968: 1441969: 1441970: 1401972: 1671973: 1401974: 1461975: 1441976: 1261977: 1571978: 1531979: 1551980: 1431981: 1381982: 1591983: 1561984: 1451985: 1581986: 1541987: 1261988: 1581989: 1901990: 1421991: 1551992: 1431993: 1611994: 1711995: 1631996: 1561997: 1421998: 1661999: 1602000: 1662001: 1592002: 1602003: 1552005: 1552006: 1452008: 1422010: 1552011: 2012012: 1762013: 1572014: 1612015: 1582016: 1462017: 1532018: 1401966197219771982198719921997200220102015
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 201 in 2011.
Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Bakersfield
YearDaysDecade average
1966141145.8
1967154145.8
1968144145.8
1969144145.8
1970140147.6
1972167147.6
1973140147.6
1974146147.6
1975144147.6
1976126147.6
1977157147.6
1978153147.6
1979155147.6
1980143152.7
1981138152.7
1982159152.7
1983156152.7
1984145152.7
1985158152.7
1986154152.7
1987126152.7
1988158152.7
1989190152.7
1990142155.9
1991155155.9
1992143155.9
1993161155.9
1994171155.9
1995163155.9
1996156155.9
1997142155.9
1998166155.9
1999160155.9
2000166154.6
2001159154.6
2002160154.6
2003155154.6
2005155154.6
2006145154.6
2008142154.6
2010155160.8
2011201160.8
2012176160.8
2013157160.8
2014161160.8
2015158160.8
2016146160.8
2017153160.8
2018140160.8
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). 1966: 16 March 1966 to 22 October 19661967: 4 March 1967 to 30 October 19671968: 17 April 1968 to 1 November 19681969: 9 January 1969 to 12 October 19691970: 12 April 1970 to 8 November 19701972: 24 January 1972 to 19 October 19721973: 24 March 1973 to 15 November 19731974: 18 January 1974 to 28 September 19741975: 27 January 1975 to 9 November 19751976: 11 February 1976 to 4 October 19761977: 23 February 1977 to 31 October 19771978: 11 March 1978 to 13 October 19781979: 15 February 1979 to 28 October 19791980: 29 February 1980 to 9 November 19801981: 31 March 1981 to 22 December 19811982: 11 March 1982 to 31 October 19821983: 1 April 1983 to 8 October 19831984: 14 March 1984 to 25 September 19841985: 11 March 1985 to 3 October 19851986: 18 February 1986 to 3 October 19861987: 11 April 1987 to 16 October 19871988: 10 March 1988 to 9 November 19881989: 26 February 1989 to 13 November 19891990: 22 March 1990 to 25 November 19901991: 5 March 1991 to 23 October 19911992: 7 April 1992 to 2 November 19921993: 10 March 1993 to 19 October 19931994: 9 February 1994 to 4 November 19941995: 20 March 1995 to 27 November 19951996: 11 February 1996 to 21 November 19961997: 14 March 1997 to 20 October 19971998: 24 March 1998 to 15 October 19981999: 8 April 1999 to 26 October 19992000: 16 February 2000 to 6 October 20002001: 23 March 2001 to 2 November 20012002: 14 March 2002 to 13 October 20022003: 3 February 2003 to 30 October 20032005: 30 March 2005 to 9 November 20052006: 4 January 2006 to 10 November 20062008: 26 February 2008 to 11 October 20082010: 23 January 2010 to 22 November 20102011: 18 February 2011 to 14 November 20112012: 24 February 2012 to 7 December 20122013: 4 March 2013 to 15 October 20132014: 17 February 2014 to 28 October 20142015: 24 March 2015 to 16 October 20152016: 3 March 2016 to 2 November 20162017: 12 February 2017 to 18 November 20172018: 5 March 2018 to 6 October 20181966197419811988199520022012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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
19661966-03-161966-10-22
19671967-03-041967-10-30
19681968-04-171968-11-01
19691969-01-091969-10-12
19701970-04-121970-11-08
19721972-01-241972-10-19
19731973-03-241973-11-15
19741974-01-181974-09-28
19751975-01-271975-11-09
19761976-02-111976-10-04
19771977-02-231977-10-31
19781978-03-111978-10-13
19791979-02-151979-10-28
19801980-02-291980-11-09
19811981-03-311981-12-22
19821982-03-111982-10-31
19831983-04-011983-10-08
19841984-03-141984-09-25
19851985-03-111985-10-03
19861986-02-181986-10-03
19871987-04-111987-10-16
19881988-03-101988-11-09
19891989-02-261989-11-13
19901990-03-221990-11-25
19911991-03-051991-10-23
19921992-04-071992-11-02
19931993-03-101993-10-19
19941994-02-091994-11-04
19951995-03-201995-11-27
19961996-02-111996-11-21
19971997-03-141997-10-20
19981998-03-241998-10-15
19991999-04-081999-10-26
20002000-02-162000-10-06
20012001-03-232001-11-02
20022002-03-142002-10-13
20032003-02-032003-10-30
20052005-03-302005-11-09
20062006-01-042006-11-10
20082008-02-262008-10-11
20102010-01-232010-11-22
20112011-02-182011-11-14
20122012-02-242012-12-07
20132013-03-042013-10-15
20142014-02-172014-10-28
20152015-03-242015-10-16
20162016-03-032016-11-02
20172017-02-122017-11-18
20182018-03-052018-10-06

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Bakersfield
ThresholdYears with a qualifying dayMost days in a yearYearLatest year days
30 C (86 F): Days492012011140
35 C (95 F): Days49134201164
40 C (104 F): Days412920115
45 C (113 F): Days1119941
90 F (32.2 C): Days491682011104
100 F (37.8 C): Days4981201120
110 F (43.3 C): Days5319941
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max37519832
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min4965196649
-10 C (14 F): Days with min25619822
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min491151977100
25 C (77 F): Days with min343720113
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain6821198714
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain63919874
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain31219421
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain3219862
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall8219851

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1966.

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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 2026-10-16 (16 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

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