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Bakersfield, CA

35.434°N, 119.055°W · station BFLthr · 134 years of record
57°F
forecast low · Sep 2

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Bakersfield.
57°WED9/259°THU9/362°FRI9/463°SAT9/565°SUN9/664°MON9/766°TUE9/8

This Day in History

Every year's low on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Bakersfield — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.

Ranks

#15 / 126
coldest Sep 2 in 126 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 2 ever

50°F
set in 1913

Mildest Sep 2 ever

79°F
set in 2017
Forecast low 57°F — 15th coldest Sep 2 of 126 years · record 50°F (1913) · coldest since 1999.
1893: 68°F1899: 55°F1901: 51°F1902: 60°F1903: 55°F1904: 60°F1905: 55°F1906: 56°F1908: 72°F1909: 64°F1910: 70°F1911: 64°F1912: 54°F1913: 50°F1914: 54°F1915: 52°F1916: 69°F1917: 51°F1918: 62°F1919: 66°F1920: 64°F1921: 58°F1922: 59°F1923: 67°F1924: 67°F1925: 62°F1926: 63°F1927: 56°F1928: 60°F1929: 58°F1930: 60°F1931: 65°F1932: 62°F1933: 58°F1934: 67°F1935: 64°F1936: 64°F1937: 54°F1938: 61°F1939: 55°F1940: 64°F1941: 58°F1942: 59°F1943: 65°F1944: 59°F1945: 63°F1946: 58°F1947: 73°F1948: 67°F1949: 68°F1950: 72°F1951: 60°F1952: 65°F1953: 65°F1954: 70°F1955: 74°F1956: 66°F1957: 63°F1958: 73°F1959: 65°F1960: 64°F1961: 63°F1962: 67°F1963: 65°F1964: 58°F1965: 63°F1966: 66°F1967: 78°F1968: 72°F1969: 76°F1970: 66°F1971: 63°F1972: 74°F1973: 65°F1974: 71°F1975: 66°F1976: 76°F1977: 70°F1978: 74°F1979: 65°F1980: 65°F1981: 70°F1982: 71°F1983: 65°F1984: 67°F1985: 60°F1986: 68°F1987: 71°F1988: 72°F1989: 60°F1990: 62°F1991: 69°F1992: 62°F1993: 72°F1994: 62°F1995: 67°F1996: 69°F1997: 69°F1998: 78°F1999: 55°F2000: 65°F2001: 69°F2002: 72°F2003: 75°F2004: 70°F2005: 68°F2006: 70°F2007: 76°F2008: 59°F2009: 72°F2010: 68°F2011: 69°F2012: 58°F2013: 73°F2014: 72°F2015: 66°F2016: 68°F2017: 79°F2018: 68°F2019: 78°F2020: 72°F2021: 65°F2022: 79°F2023: 68°F2024: 69°F2025: 79°F57° forecast50556065707580191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 257°F
Coldest this date since1999
This-date record50°F
This-date rank#15 of 126
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record13°F (1905)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1893–2026

Record Book

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.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan82°FJan 16, 192314°FJan 7, 1913
Feb88°FFeb 16, 190220°FFeb 11, 1900
Mar95°FMar 18, 202620°FMar 3, 1917
Apr101°FApr 30, 198128°FApr 8, 1893
May110°FMay 31, 191034°FMay 13, 1907
Jun114°FJun 28, 197638°FJun 12, 1907
Jul118°FJul 28, 190846°FJul 7, 1903
Aug117°FAug 14, 193344°FAug 22, 1903
Sep115°FSep 6, 202230°FSep 27, 1908
Oct104°FOct 4, 193329°FOct 30, 1971
Nov95°FNov 3, 192122°FNov 23, 1931
Dec87°FDec 2, 191513°FDec 24, 1905
All-time118°FJul 28, 190813°FDec 24, 1905

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Bakersfield so far this year — through Aug 30.

Record Highs in 2026

5 broke
plus 3 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

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

88°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jul 22, 1910

Coldest high ever

32°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Dec 25, 1918
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan68°FJan 24, 201436°FJan 8, 1947
Feb63°FFeb 22, 197639°FFeb 5, 1989
Mar66°FMar 8, 191045°FMar 22, 1919
Apr68°FApr 30, 198150°FApr 7, 1919
May80°FMay 3, 190655°FMay 1, 1915
Jun84°FJun 28, 192563°FJun 12, 1998
Jul88°FJul 22, 191080°FJul 2, 1902
Aug86°FAug 9, 197871°FAug 28, 1911
Sep84°FSep 7, 202264°FSep 29, 1911
Oct77°FOct 1, 201055°FOct 31, 1923
Nov68°FNov 10, 192645°FNov 25, 1902
Dec63°FDec 23, 195532°FDec 25, 1918
All-time88°FJul 22, 191032°FDec 25, 1918

Cold Streaks

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

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Bakersfield's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 68°F · forecast is -11° vs normal.
Jan: 59°FJan: 40°FFeb: 64°FFeb: 43°FMar: 70°FMar: 46°FApr: 76°FApr: 50°FMay: 84°FMay: 57°FJun: 92°FJun: 64°FJul: 98°FJul: 71°FAug: 97°FAug: 69°FSep: 92°FSep: 64°FOct: 80°FOct: 55°FNov: 67°FNov: 45°FDec: 59°FDec: 39°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:28 AM
Sunset6:23 PM
Solar noon11:56 AM
Daylight12h 55m · losing 15 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

35.43°N, 119.06°W

Nearby Stations

Lancaster, CA67 mi SEHanford, CA68 mi NWPalmdale, CA78 mi SECamarillo, CA84 mi SSanta Maria, CA87 mi WBurbank Glendale Pasadena, CA93 mi SE

The Last 6 Weeks

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.
Bakersfield, CA — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

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.
Bakersfield, CA — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1893

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.
Bakersfield, CA daily low heat map 1893–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Bakersfield — counted through Sep 2 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
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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