Heat Advisory — Coalinga - Avenal, CA, West Side of Fresno and Kings Counties, CA, Caruthers - San Joaquin - Selma, CA, Fresno-Clovis, CA, West Side Mountains South of 198, CA, Buttonwillow - Lost Hills - I5, CA, Delano-Wasco-Shafter, CA, Hanford - Corcoran - Lemoore, CA, Visalia - Porterville - Reedley, CA, Buena Vista, CA, Bakersfield, CA, Southeast San Joaquin Valley, CA, South End San Joaquin Valley, CA 1:00 AM

Bakersfield, California

Last updated: 9:26 AM CDT  ·  Refresh
24°C
Feels like 23°
Partly Cloudy
▲ 42°  /  ▼ 21°
Wind
3 mph W
Humidity
30%
Dew Point
7°
Pressure
29.52 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
3.2
Cloud Cover
40%
Sunrise
6:22 AM
Sunset
7:32 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Bakersfield is currently partly cloudy at 25°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Sunrise: 6:22AM · Sunset: 7:32PM.

Alerts

Heat Advisory
Coalinga - Avenal, CA, West Side of Fresno and Kings Counties, CA, Caruthers - San Joaquin - Selma, CA, Fresno-Clovis, CA, West Side Mountains South of 198, CA, Buttonwillow - Lost Hills - I5, CA, Delano-Wasco-Shafter, CA, Hanford - Corcoran - Lemoore, CA, Visalia - Porterville - Reedley, CA, Buena Vista, CA, Bakersfield, CA, Southeast San Joaquin Valley, CA, South End San Joaquin Valley, CA
Expires 1:00 AM
67 AQI · Moderate Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
24°
3%
8 AM
24°
3%
9 AM
26°
3%
10 AM
28°
3%
11 AM
30°
3%
12 PM
32°
3%
1 PM
34°
3%
2 PM
36°
3%
3 PM
37°
3%
4 PM
37°
3%
5 PM
42°
3%
6 PM
40°
3%
7 PM
38°
3%
8 PM
36°
3%
9 PM
34°
3%
10 PM
32°
3%
11 PM
31°
3%
12 AM
30°
3%
1 AM
29°
3%
2 AM
27°
3%
3 AM
26°
3%
4 AM
26°
3%
5 AM
22°
3%
6 AM
23°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Today
42° 21°
Partly Cloudy.
Wed
42° 21°
Clear.
Thu
37° 21°
Mostly Cloudy.
Fri
36° 20°
Mostly Clear.
Sat
36° 18°
Clear.
Sun
35° 16°
Clear.
Mon
33° 15°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 24° Partly Cloudy 3% 3 mph W 30%
8 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 3% 3 mph WNW 28%
9 AM 26° Mostly Cloudy 3% 3 mph W 26%
10 AM 28° Mostly Cloudy 3% 4 mph W 23%
11 AM 30° Mostly Cloudy 3% 4 mph WNW 20%
12 PM 32° Mostly Cloudy 3% 4 mph NW 18%
1 PM 34° Partly Cloudy 3% 5 mph NW 16%
2 PM 36° Partly Cloudy 3% 6 mph NW 14%
3 PM 37° Mostly Clear 3% 6 mph NW 14%
4 PM 37° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph NNW 13%
5 PM 42° Clear 3% 7 mph NNW 14%
6 PM 40° Clear 3% 5 mph NNW 15%
7 PM 38° Clear 3% 4 mph NNW 17%
8 PM 36° Clear 3% 4 mph NNW 18%
9 PM 34° Clear 3% 3 mph N 20%
10 PM 32° Clear 3% 3 mph NNE 22%
11 PM 31° Clear 3% 4 mph NNW 24%
12 AM 30° Clear 3% 4 mph NNW 27%
1 AM 29° Clear 3% 4 mph NW 30%
2 AM 27° Clear 3% 4 mph NW 32%
3 AM 26° Clear 3% 4 mph WNW 34%
4 AM 26° Clear 3% 4 mph SE 35%
5 AM 22° Clear 3% 4 mph SSE 35%
6 AM 23° Clear 3% 4 mph SSW 34%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/25
Partly Cloudy
3%
21°
42°
Wed
8/26
Clear
3%
21°
42°
Thu
8/27
Mostly Cloudy
8%
21°
37°
Fri
8/28
Mostly Clear
3%
20°
36°
Sat
8/29
Clear
9%
18°
36°
Sun
8/30
Clear
9%
16°
35°
Mon
8/31
Clear
3%
15°
33°
Tue
9/1
Clear
3%
14°
31°
Wed
9/2
Clear
25%
15°
33°
Thu
9/3
Clear
25%
15°
36°
Fri
9/4
Clear
25%
17°
31°
Sat
9/5
Clear
3%
17°
32°
Sun
9/6
Clear
25%
17°
31°
Mon
9/7
Clear
3%
17°
32°
Tue
9/8
Clear
25%
16°
31°
67
Moderate
U.S. Air Quality Index · Dominant: O3
50 100 150 200

Air quality is acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Pollutant Breakdown · Today
PM2.5
Fine particulate matter
52 AQI 9.7 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
67 AQI 60 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Wed 67 Moderate 67 52
Thu 67 Moderate 67 56
Fri 56 Moderate 51 56
About the Air Quality Index
0–50 Good
51–100 Moderate
101–150 Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
151–200 Unhealthy
201–300 Very Unhealthy
301–500 Hazardous

The U.S. AQI runs 0–500. The overall value equals the highest individual pollutant sub-index, and the dominant pollutant is the one driving it. PM2.5 (fine particles) is reported in µg/m³ and ozone (O3) in ppb. Forecast source: NWS NAQFC.

1000850700500400300250200150100 -40-30-20-10010203040 0.41247101624 LCL0°C Temperature (°C) Pressure (hPa)
Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio
RAP
Valid Tue Aug 25, 13:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 50 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE0 J/kg
MLCAPE34 J/kg
MUCAPE0 J/kg
SBCIN—
MLCIN0 J/kg
Lifted Index10.1
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear13 kt
0–1 km Shear3 kt
Eff. Shear—
0–1 km SRH-6
0–3 km SRH-23
Eff. SRH—
Storm Motion270° @ 20 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)—
Supercell—
K-Index22.0
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.01 in
0–3 km LR3.9 °C/km
700–500 LR7.5 °C/km
Total Totals43.4
LCL772 hPa
LFC—
EL—
Freezing Lvl14,869 ft