East Bakersfield weather by month
What a typical year looks like in East Bakersfield, California: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Bakersfield Airport, 9 km from East Bakersfield; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 6.4 in162 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Feb 3
- First fall freeze
- Dec 7
- Heating degree days
- 1,958
- Cooling degree days
- 2,425
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 30°−1° (heating, 99%) and 106°41° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
East Bakersfield in January
Highs average 59°15° and lows 41°5°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation and 0.1 in0.3 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 82°28° (1923)
- Record low
- 14°−10° (1913)
- Heating degree days
- 481
- Cooling degree days
- 0
East Bakersfield in February
Highs average 64°18° and lows 43°6°, with 1.2 in30 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 88°31° (1902)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1900)
- Heating degree days
- 316
- Cooling degree days
- 1
East Bakersfield in March
Highs average 70°21° and lows 47°8°, with 1.2 in29 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 95°35° (2026)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1917)
- Heating degree days
- 211
- Cooling degree days
- 13
East Bakersfield in April
Highs average 76°24° and lows 51°10°, with 0.6 in15 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1981)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1893)
- Heating degree days
- 113
- Cooling degree days
- 62
East Bakersfield in May
Highs average 84°29° and lows 58°14°, with 0.25 in6.4 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 110°43° (1910)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1907)
- Heating degree days
- 26
- Cooling degree days
- 214
East Bakersfield in June
Highs average 92°34° and lows 65°18°, with 0.05 in1.3 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 114°46° (1976)
- Record low
- 38°3° (1907)
- Heating degree days
- 2
- Cooling degree days
- 413
East Bakersfield in July
Highs average 98°37° and lows 71°22°, with 0 in0 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 118°48° (1908)
- Record low
- 46°8° (1903)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 614
East Bakersfield in August
Highs average 97°36° and lows 70°21°, with 0 in0 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 117°47° (1933)
- Record low
- 44°7° (1903)
- Heating degree days
- 0
- Cooling degree days
- 572
East Bakersfield in September
Highs average 91°33° and lows 65°18°, with 0.05 in1.3 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 115°46° (2022)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1908)
- Heating degree days
- 1
- Cooling degree days
- 397
East Bakersfield in OctoberThis month
Highs average 80°27° and lows 55°13°, with 0.28 in7.1 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1933)
- Record low
- 29°−2° (1971)
- Heating degree days
- 49
- Cooling degree days
- 133
East Bakersfield in November
Highs average 67°19° and lows 45°7°, with 0.51 in13 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 95°35° (1921)
- Record low
- 22°−6° (1931)
- Heating degree days
- 269
- Cooling degree days
- 6
East Bakersfield in December
Highs average 59°15° and lows 40°4°, with 1.1 in28 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 87°31° (1915)
- Record low
- 13°−11° (1905)
- Heating degree days
- 490
- Cooling degree days
- 0