Kern County Weather Conditions, Closures and Alerts

68°

Fair

Feels like: 68°

Hi: -°

Lo: 63°

Humidity: 30%

Barometer: 29.43 in

Dew Point: 35°

Sunrise: 6:11 AM

Sunset: 7:37 PM

Wed 04/25

Clear

-° / 63°

Thu 04/26

Sunny

89° / 58°

Fri 04/27

Sunny

80° / 53°

Sat 04/28

Sunny

75° / 52°

Sun 04/29

Sunny

76° / 53°

Mon 04/30

Mostly Sunny

76° / 55°

Tue 05/01

Partly Cloudy

77° / 56°

Wed 05/02

Sunny

84° / 59°

Daily Forecast Hourly Forecast

We will be back down to average temperatures starting on Friday.

Expect a high of 91 in Bakersfield this afternoon with air quality that remains on the high end of the moderate range. The Kern River Valley tops out in the mid-80s with the upper 70s again in the south mountains today. We'll have some high, thin passing clouds at mid-day but plenty of sunshine to keep our temperatures about 15 degrees above average for another afternoon.

We had another day of above average temperatures with 90's across the valley.

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