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Bakersfield, CA 35.434°N, 119.055°W · station BFLthr · 134 years of record
73°F
COLDEST JUL 19 SINCE 2025
forecast low · Jul 19
NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Bakersfield.
78° TUE 7/14 77° WED 7/15 76° THU 7/16 75° FRI 7/17 74° SAT 7/18 73° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 19
Today ranks #83 / 126
coldest Jul 19 in 126 yrs of record
Coldest Jul 19 ever 52°F
set in 1906
Mildest Jul 19 ever 85°F
set in 1907
Coldest Jul 19 — Year by Year
Every year's low on Jul 19 at Bakersfield. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
52 68 85 1893: 69°F 1899: 64°F 1902: 56°F 1903: 55°F 1904: 56°F 1905: 56°F 1906: 52°F 1907: 85°F 1908: 70°F 1909: 71°F 1910: 76°F 1911: 72°F 1912: 69°F 1913: 66°F 1914: 64°F 1915: 64°F 1916: 58°F 1917: 66°F 1918: 60°F 1919: 76°F 1920: 61°F 1921: 63°F 1922: 72°F 1923: 59°F 1924: 61°F 1925: 74°F 1926: 69°F 1927: 58°F 1928: 63°F 1929: 64°F 1930: 67°F 1931: 70°F 1932: 64°F 1933: 74°F 1934: 67°F 1935: 70°F 1936: 70°F 1937: 63°F 1938: 73°F 1939: 64°F 1940: 60°F 1941: 68°F 1942: 67°F 1943: 61°F 1944: 67°F 1945: 65°F 1946: 78°F 1947: 71°F 1948: 70°F 1949: 70°F 1950: 64°F 1951: 78°F 1952: 71°F 1953: 74°F 1954: 69°F 1955: 66°F 1956: 77°F 1957: 63°F 1958: 66°F 1959: 74°F 1960: 75°F 1961: 79°F 1962: 69°F 1963: 68°F 1964: 74°F 1965: 74°F 1966: 68°F 1967: 65°F 1968: 72°F 1969: 77°F 1970: 78°F 1971: 76°F 1972: 74°F 1973: 70°F 1974: 75°F 1975: 69°F 1976: 74°F 1977: 74°F 1978: 78°F 1979: 78°F 1980: 72°F 1981: 70°F 1982: 73°F 1983: 57°F 1984: 78°F 1985: 72°F 1986: 61°F 1987: 56°F 1988: 78°F 1989: 75°F 1990: 73°F 1991: 66°F 1992: 70°F 1993: 63°F 1994: 69°F 1995: 66°F 1996: 61°F 1997: 66°F 1998: 81°F 1999: 60°F 2000: 62°F 2001: 64°F 2002: 71°F 2003: 81°F 2004: 70°F 2005: 77°F 2006: 76°F 2007: 65°F 2008: 69°F 2009: 81°F 2010: 74°F 2011: 64°F 2012: 60°F 2013: 73°F 2014: 73°F 2015: 73°F 2016: 68°F 2017: 71°F 2018: 81°F 2019: 69°F 2020: 73°F 2021: 81°F 2022: 78°F 2023: 76°F 2024: 74°F 2025: 72°F 73° forecast 1893 2025 1906 Forecast low · Jul 19 73°F Coldest this date since 2025 This-date record 52°F This-date rank #83 of 126
Coldest at any time since 2026 All-time record 13°F (1905) Odds to tie/break 0.0% (daily) Period of record 1893–2026
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.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 82°F 1923 14°F 1913 Feb 88°F 1902 20°F 1900 Mar 95°F 2026 20°F 1917 Apr 101°F 1981 28°F 1893 May 110°F 1910 34°F 1907 Jun 114°F 1976 38°F 1907 Jul 118°F 1908 46°F 1903 Aug 117°F 1933 44°F 1903 Sep 115°F 2022 30°F 1908 Oct 104°F 1933 29°F 1971 Nov 95°F 1921 22°F 1931 Dec 87°F 1915 13°F 1905 All-time 118°F 1908 13°F 1905
Records set or tied at Bakersfield so far this year — through Jul 11.
Record Highs in 2026 5 broke
plus 2 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
Current run 0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F
Longest ever 26 days
record run, ended Jan 1 1902
So far in 2026 1 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year
Normal low & low by month, from Bakersfield's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 71°F · forecast is +2° vs normal .
Jan: 59°F Jan: 40°F Feb: 64°F Feb: 43°F Mar: 70°F Mar: 46°F Apr: 76°F Apr: 50°F May: 84°F May: 57°F Jun: 92°F Jun: 64°F Jul: 98°F Jul: 71°F Aug: 97°F Aug: 69°F Sep: 92°F Sep: 64°F Oct: 80°F Oct: 55°F Nov: 67°F Nov: 45°F Dec: 59°F Dec: 39°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 4:51 AM Sunset 7:13 PM Solar noon 12:02 PM Daylight 14h 21m · losing 7 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 35.43°N, 119.06°W Bakersfield's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Every day this year against Bakersfield's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Each cell is one day's low at Bakersfield, coloured by temperature — 134 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given low at Bakersfield — counted through Jul 19 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
40° 32° 20° 10° 0° -10° -20°
1 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 109th most in 134 years. Normal for this point: 9 . Record: 44 in 1907.
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