Bakersfield, CA

California · Records since 1893–2026

☀️ 94°F
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Records for September 11

🔥 Record High

107°F

September 11, 1899

+14° from 93° normal

❄ Record Low

43°F

September 11, 1915

-23° from 66° normal
🌞 Normal high: 93°F 🌑 Normal low: 66°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Bakersfield

🔥
118°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jul 28, 1908
❄
13°F
Coldest Day Ever
Dec 24, 1905
🌧
2.29"
Wettest Day Ever
Feb 9, 1978
☃
4.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Dec 11, 1932

First & Last Dates — Bakersfield

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
352 days
Longest growing season
1976
164 days
Shortest growing season
1903
310 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — September 11

# Temp Date
🏆 107°F September 11, 1899
2 106°F September 11, 1922
3 104°F September 11, 1979
4 104°F September 11, 1955
5 103°F September 11, 1970
6 103°F September 11, 1948
7 103°F September 11, 1902
8 102°F September 11, 1981
9 102°F September 11, 1938
10 102°F September 11, 1929

Top 5 Record Lows — September 11

# Temp Date
🥶 43°F September 11, 1915
2 46°F September 11, 1952
3 49°F September 11, 1931
4 49°F September 11, 1901
5 50°F September 11, 1913
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1893–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Bakersfield

threshold: 105°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.7
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
109°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
60
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
2
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1893–2026
107
2026 so far
111
Avg/year 1970–2025
118
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
157
Most in a year (1913)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Bakersfield

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Jul 6, 1908 – Jul 31, 1908 26 118°F (Jul 28) 111°F 69°F
2 Jul 11, 1933 – Jul 30, 1933 20 117°F (Jul 27) 109°F 73°F
3 Jul 17, 1931 – Jul 31, 1931 15 117°F (Jul 26) 110°F 74°F
4 Aug 28, 1904 – Sep 9, 1904 13 111°F (Sep 6) 108°F 62°F
5 Jul 11, 1917 – Jul 23, 1917 13 110°F (Jul 13) 108°F 72°F
6 Jul 2, 1931 – Jul 13, 1931 12 114°F (Jul 4) 108°F 70°F
7 Jul 3, 2024 – Jul 13, 2024 11 114°F (Jul 7) 110°F 80°F
8 Aug 7, 1929 – Aug 17, 1929 11 110°F (Aug 14) 106°F 72°F
9 Jun 27, 1929 – Jul 7, 1929 11 109°F (Jun 28) 106°F 70°F
10 Jul 23, 1906 – Aug 1, 1906 10 113°F (Jul 24) 108°F 66°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

58
2026 total
above-normal nights
38.1
Avg / summer
1970–2020
77
Most in a summer
2017

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1893–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1893, annual totals have trended +0.13" per decade, about +1.7" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Bakersfield is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

161 of 253 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

2.28"
2026 YTD
Normal: 4.43"
-2.15"
0.00"
September so far
September normal: 0.05"
-0.05"
0
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Bakersfield is 2.15" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Sep 1 – Sep 10, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 10 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
76.2°F
Average temperature
30th-coolest of 127
-4.6°
vs. average
Normal: 80.8°F (1991–2020)

Average Temperature by Year — Sep 1 – Sep 10

1893–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.56° per decade (warming since 1893)

Precipitation by Year — Sep 1 – Sep 10

1893–2025 · 2026 highlighted

Warmest Sep 1 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 2022 92.8°F
2 2017 88.2°F
3 1977 87.6°F
4 2024 87.1°F
5 1969 87.0°F
6 1955 86.2°F
7 1976 86.0°F
8 1988 85.7°F
9 1923 85.7°F
10 1974 85.6°F

Coolest Sep 1 – Sep 10 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1914 70.1°F
2 1901 70.8°F
3 1912 70.8°F
4 1927 70.8°F
5 1937 71.2°F
6 1985 71.3°F
7 2000 71.6°F
8 1899 71.6°F
9 1964 72.3°F
10 1942 72.6°F
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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