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Hail storm takes many by surprise

Hail storm takes many by surprise
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Pea to quarter sized hail fell across Kern County.

Severe thunderstorm warnings were issued around 7:30 p.m. Sunday night.

Extremely uncommon for the Valley to see hail this size.

Temperatures dropped by almost 10 degrees once the storm passed.

PG&E reported just before 10 p.m. that 20 different outages in Bakersfield left nearly 2,000 customers without power.

PG&E updated that number around 10:45 p.m. from 20 outages to 23, but the number of people dropped just under 1,400 affected customers.

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Day

Conditions

HI / LO

Precip

Monday

02/02/2026

Sunny

64° / 43°

1%

Tuesday

02/03/2026

Partly Cloudy

68° / 44°

8%

Wednesday

02/04/2026

Partly Cloudy

71° / 45°

5%

Thursday

02/05/2026

Partly Cloudy

73° / 52°

2%

Friday

02/06/2026

AM Clouds/PM Sun

72° / 48°

1%

Saturday

02/07/2026

Partly Cloudy

67° / 47°

6%

Sunday

02/08/2026

Partly Cloudy

67° / 47°

9%

Monday

02/09/2026

Mostly Cloudy

60° / 44°

19%