Bakersfield, California

Last updated: 6:42 PM CDT  ·  Refresh
38°C
Feels like 35°
Mostly Clear
▲ 39°  /  ▼ 21°
Wind
8 mph NW
Humidity
15%
Dew Point
8°
Pressure
29.38 inHg
Visibility
10 mi
UV Index
6.7
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 38°C. Dry conditions are expected through the next 24 hours. Sunrise: 6:16AM · Sunset: 7:42PM.

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71 AQI · Moderate Dominant: O3 Air Quality
Hourly Forecast · Next 24 Hours
Now
38°
4%
5 PM
39°
4%
6 PM
37°
4%
7 PM
34°
3%
8 PM
33°
3%
9 PM
32°
3%
10 PM
30°
3%
11 PM
29°
3%
12 AM
28°
3%
1 AM
28°
3%
2 AM
26°
3%
3 AM
26°
3%
4 AM
24°
3%
5 AM
21°
3%
6 AM
22°
3%
7 AM
23°
3%
8 AM
24°
3%
9 AM
24°
3%
10 AM
26°
3%
11 AM
30°
3%
12 PM
31°
3%
1 PM
32°
3%
2 PM
33°
3%
3 PM
34°
3%
7-Day Forecast
Today
39° 21°
Mostly Clear.
Tue
38° 21°
Partly Cloudy.
Wed
41° 21°
Partly Cloudy.
Thu
41° 22°
Clear.
Fri
40° 21°
Mostly Clear.
Sat
40° 22°
Clear.
Sun
40° 21°
Clear.
TimeTempConditionsPrecipWindHumidity
Now 38° Mostly Clear 4% 8 mph NW 15%
5 PM 39° Mostly Clear 4% 9 mph NNW 17%
6 PM 37° Mostly Clear 4% 8 mph NNW 21%
7 PM 34° Partly Cloudy 3% 7 mph NNW 26%
8 PM 33° Partly Cloudy 3% 5 mph NNW 27%
9 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 3% 4 mph N 28%
10 PM 30° Mostly Cloudy 3% 3 mph NNW 29%
11 PM 29° Mostly Cloudy 3% 3 mph NNW 30%
12 AM 28° Mostly Cloudy 3% 3 mph NW 32%
1 AM 28° Mostly Cloudy 3% 3 mph WNW 35%
2 AM 26° Mostly Cloudy 3% 3 mph WSW 37%
3 AM 26° Mostly Cloudy 3% 3 mph W 39%
4 AM 24° Mostly Cloudy 3% 3 mph WNW 42%
5 AM 21° Mostly Cloudy 3% 3 mph W 42%
6 AM 22° Partly Cloudy 3% 2 mph SW 41%
7 AM 23° Partly Cloudy 3% 2 mph SW 39%
8 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 3% 2 mph WSW 35%
9 AM 24° Partly Cloudy 3% 3 mph W 31%
10 AM 26° Mostly Cloudy 3% 3 mph WNW 27%
11 AM 30° Mostly Cloudy 3% 4 mph WNW 24%
12 PM 31° Partly Cloudy 3% 4 mph NW 22%
1 PM 32° Partly Cloudy 3% 4 mph NW 20%
2 PM 33° Partly Cloudy 3% 5 mph NW 18%
3 PM 34° Mostly Cloudy 3% 5 mph NW 18%
15-Day Forecast
Today
8/17
Mostly Clear
4%
21°
39°
Tue
8/18
Partly Cloudy
3%
21°
38°
Wed
8/19
Partly Cloudy
3%
21°
41°
Thu
8/20
Clear
7%
22°
41°
Fri
8/21
Mostly Clear
7%
21°
40°
Sat
8/22
Clear
7%
22°
40°
Sun
8/23
Clear
7%
21°
40°
Mon
8/24
Clear
3%
21°
41°
Tue
8/25
Clear
3%
20°
40°
Wed
8/26
Clear
15%
18°
39°
Thu
8/27
Clear
11%
18°
34°
Fri
8/28
Drizzle
60%
18°
32°
Sat
8/29
Clear
25%
18°
32°
Sun
8/30
Clear
25%
17°
32°
Mon
8/31
Clear
25%
17°
32°
71
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
71 AQI 62 ppb
3-Day Outlook
DayAQICategoryO₃PM2.5
Tue 71 Moderate 71 54
Wed 74 Moderate 74 54
Thu 90 Moderate 90 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
SBCAPE54 J/kg
MLCAPE8 J/kg
MUCAPE54 J/kg
SBCIN0 J/kg
MLCIN-3 J/kg
Lifted Index4.6
Kinematics
0–6 km Shear26 kt
0–1 km Shear2 kt
Eff. Shear—
0–1 km SRH1
0–3 km SRH96
Eff. SRH—
Storm Motion269° @ 18 kt
0–1 km EHI0.0
Composite Parameters
Sig. Tornado0.0
STP (eff)—
Supercell—
K-Index18.9
Thermo & Levels
PWAT1.07 in
0–3 km LR8.7 °C/km
700–500 LR6.0 °C/km
Total Totals35.3
LCL653 hPa
LFC995 hPa
EL845 hPa
Freezing Lvl16,430 ft