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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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Precip

Thursday

12/25/2025

Showers/Wind

63° / 53°

60%

Friday

12/26/2025

Showers

57° / 46°

54%

Saturday

12/27/2025

Partly Cloudy

56° / 44°

17%

Sunday

12/28/2025

Mostly Sunny

54° / 40°

8%

Monday

12/29/2025

Partly Cloudy

55° / 40°

5%

Tuesday

12/30/2025

Partly Cloudy

53° / 41°

4%

Wednesday

12/31/2025

Partly Cloudy

56° / 45°

7%

Thursday

01/01/2026

PM Showers

56° / 48°

35%