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- Humidity: 40%
- Visibility: 6.2 Mi
- Wind: NE at 5 MPH
- Dew Point: 0° F
- Cloud Cover: 0%
- UV Index: 0 - Low
- Air Quality: Fair
- Moon: Waxing Gibbous (94% full) · up 5:22pm, down 4:39am
☀ Solar Outbreak Watch: Quiet · largest flare C1.1 · Kp 3 The sun naps. The horde does not. full report →
🏔 Ground Watch: M3.2 earthquake 69 mi away — 17 km WSW of Johannesburg, CA, 14h ago A small one. The ground is restless, but so far only the ground. USGS →
Today's high of 79° F is colder than 86% of every September 23rd since 2005.
Zombie Survival Index™
55/100 — ELEVATED Locckk yourr doooorssss
- Mild temps: standard shamble speed
- Clear sightlines: you will see them coming
- Darkness: their favorite
Today's undead advice: Count your group at dusk. Count again at dawn.
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🌡 The weather here, in general
Bakersfield runs the full range. The warmest stretch, around July, averages a high near 104°F, while December nights average 41°F — a 63-degree spread, so a coat that works in January is useless by July and the other way round.
Heat is the defining hazard here: 129 days a year reach 90°F or hotter. That is a third of the year, and it makes shade, hydration and a working air conditioner genuine safety equipment rather than comfort.
This is dry country — roughly 10 inches a year. When rain does come it tends to arrive all at once, which is why flash flooding is a desert problem as much as a tropical one.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rain | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 61° | 42° | 1.7" | — |
| Feb | 65° | 43° | 1.7" | 0.2" |
| Mar | 70° | 48° | 1.9" | — |
| Apr | 79° | 55° | 0.7" | — |
| May | 86° | 61° | 0.4" | — |
| Jun | 98° | 70° | 0" | — |
| Jul | 104° | 77° | 0" | — |
| Aug | 102° | 75° | 0.2" | — |
| Sep | 95° | 68° | 0" | — |
| Oct | 84° | 58° | 0.2" | — |
| Nov | 69° | 46° | 1.1" | — |
| Dec | 60° | 41° | 2.2" | — |
Averages from ten years of observed daily records (2015–2024) for this location. They describe what is typical, not what will happen — for that, see the forecast above.
📷 Golden Hour
- Golden hour: 6:18pm - 6:51pm (dawn: 6:43am - 7:17am)
- Blue hour: 6:51pm - 7:16pm (dawn: 6:18am - 6:43am)
- Sun sets: 270° W (rises 90° E)
- Dark sky: 8:16pm – 5:18am · next new moon Oct 11 (17d)
Clear Sunset odds 40/100 Clean gradient, no drama. Good night for silhouettes.
94% · full Sep 26
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