Bakersfield, CA Weather Forecast
Kern County, California
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Bakersfield, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Bakersfield, CA at a glance
Bakersfield is home to about 413,381 people in Kern County, across 150 square miles. It ranks 9th by population of 450 places in California with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Shafter, 13 miles away.
- County
- Kern County
- Population
- 413,381 2023 est.
- Land area
- 150 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,751
- Forecast point
- 35.3532°N, 119.0379°W
How well can the network see Bakersfield?
The nearest Doppler radar is KVTX (Los Angeles, CA), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 5,200 ft above Bakersfield. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Bakersfield can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KBFL (Bakersfield/Meadows Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Bakersfield
- Shafter, CA13 mi
- Arvin, CA16 mi
- McFarland, CA24 mi
- Wasco, CA25 mi
- Taft, CA27 mi
- Delano, CA31 mi
- Tehachapi, CA36 mi
- Porterville, CA49 mi
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