Kern County Weather Conditions, Closures and Alerts

85°

Fair

Feels like: 84°

Hi: 102°

Lo: 69°

Humidity: 37%

Barometer: 29.41 in

Dew Point: 56°

Sunrise: 5:41 AM

Sunset: 8:14 PM

Wed 06/20

Sunny

102° / 69°

Thu 06/21

Sunny

100° / 70°

Fri 06/22

Sunny

103° / 73°

Sat 06/23

Partly Cloudy

106° / 75°

Sun 06/24

Sunny

105° / 72°

Mon 06/25

Sunny

100° / 72°

Tue 06/26

Sunny

100° / 72°

Wed 06/27

Sunny

100° / 69°

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It feels like summer out there with a Bakersfield high of 99 today, the mid-90s in the Kern River Valley, upper 80s in the south mountains of Tehachapi and Frazier Park and widespread 100s down in the Kern Desert.The valley is then back to the 100s with our first official heatwave of the season tomorrow through the weekend.

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