Bakersfield, California

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37°C
Feels like 35°
Mostly Clear
▲ 39°  /  ▼ 21°
Wind
7 mph NW
Humidity
15%
Dew Point
8°
Pressure
29.50 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
8.2
Cloud Cover
14%
Sunrise
6:16 AM
Sunset
7:42 PM
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WeatherAI™ Analysis

WeatherAI Analysis: Bakersfield is currently mostly clear at 37°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Sunrise: 6:16AM · Sunset: 7:42PM.

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67 AQI · Moderate Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
37°
3%
4 PM
36°
3%
5 PM
39°
3%
6 PM
38°
3%
7 PM
35°
3%
8 PM
33°
3%
9 PM
32°
3%
10 PM
30°
3%
11 PM
29°
3%
12 AM
28°
3%
1 AM
27°
3%
2 AM
26°
3%
3 AM
26°
3%
4 AM
24°
3%
5 AM
21°
3%
6 AM
22°
3%
7 AM
22°
3%
8 AM
24°
3%
9 AM
24°
3%
10 AM
28°
3%
11 AM
29°
3%
12 PM
30°
3%
1 PM
31°
3%
2 PM
32°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Today
39° 21°
Mostly Clear.
Tue
38° 21°
Partly Cloudy.
Wed
42° 21°
Partly Cloudy.
Thu
43° 22°
Clear.
Fri
42° 21°
Mostly Clear.
Sat
40° 19°
Clear.
Sun
41° 21°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 37° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph NW 15%
4 PM 36° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph NNW 12%
5 PM 39° Mostly Clear 3% 8 mph NNW 15%
6 PM 38° Clear 3% 8 mph NNW 20%
7 PM 35° Mostly Clear 3% 7 mph NNW 26%
8 PM 33° Partly Cloudy 3% 5 mph NNW 29%
9 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 3% 4 mph NNW 30%
10 PM 30° Partly Cloudy 3% 3 mph NNW 30%
11 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 3% 3 mph NNW 32%
12 AM 28° Mostly Cloudy 3% 3 mph NW 34%
1 AM 27° Mostly Cloudy 3% 3 mph NW 36%
2 AM 26° Mostly Cloudy 3% 3 mph WNW 39%
3 AM 26° Mostly Cloudy 3% 3 mph WSW 41%
4 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 3% 3 mph WNW 43%
5 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 3% 3 mph NW 44%
6 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 3% 3 mph W 43%
7 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 3% 2 mph W 41%
8 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 3% 2 mph W 38%
9 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 3% 3 mph WNW 33%
10 AM 28° Partly Cloudy 3% 3 mph WNW 29%
11 AM 29° Mostly Cloudy 3% 4 mph WNW 26%
12 PM 30° Partly Cloudy 3% 4 mph NW 24%
1 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 3% 5 mph NW 22%
2 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 3% 5 mph NW 20%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/17
Mostly Clear
3%
21°
39°
Tue
8/18
Partly Cloudy
3%
21°
38°
Wed
8/19
Partly Cloudy
3%
21°
42°
Thu
8/20
Clear
8%
22°
43°
Fri
8/21
Mostly Clear
8%
21°
42°
Sat
8/22
Clear
8%
19°
40°
Sun
8/23
Clear
8%
21°
41°
Mon
8/24
Clear
3%
20°
38°
Tue
8/25
Clear
3%
19°
41°
Wed
8/26
Mostly Clear
19%
18°
40°
Thu
8/27
Clear
19%
18°
33°
Fri
8/28
Clear
25%
18°
32°
Sat
8/29
Clear
25%
18°
32°
Sun
8/30
Clear
25%
17°
32°
Mon
8/31
Clear
25%
17°
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
54 AQI 10.8 µg/m³
O3
Ground-level ozone
Dominant
67 AQI 60 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Tue 67 Moderate 67 54
Wed 67 Moderate 67 54
Thu 84 Moderate 84 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 LCLLFCEL0°C Temperature (°C) Pressure (hPa)
Temp Dewpoint Parcel (SB) CAPE CIN Dry adiabat Moist adiabat Mixing ratio
RAP
Valid Mon Aug 17, 21:00'Z' · F0 · 130 (13 km CONUS/NA)
Hodograph · kt
10 20 30 40 SM
0–1 1–3 3–6 6–9 km
Instability
SBCAPE21 J/kg
MLCAPE4 J/kg
MUCAPE21 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN-2 J/kg
Lifted Index5.2
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear26 kt
0–1 km Shear2 kt
Eff. Shear—
0–1 km SRH-3
0–3 km SRH91
Eff. SRH—
Storm Motion271° @ 18 kt
0–1 km EHI-0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)—
Supercell—
K-Index18.8
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.06 in
0–3 km LR8.5 °C/km
700–500 LR5.9 °C/km
Total Totals34.8
LCL658 hPa
LFC999 hPa
EL876 hPa
Freezing Lvl16,657 ft