Temperature
71 F at 8 PM; 82 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 52 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 71F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 82F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 52F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/Meadows Field
Meadows Field, California
Medium airport in Kern County, California66°
88°/57°
Clear·
Feels like 66°·Light breeze 4 mph ENE
Now. Meadows Field is 66° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-northeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 59° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 86): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 90°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 69°. Rain is possible Tuesday (42%) and Wednesday (35%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 27% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
86Air quality
31%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
66feels66
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
8857
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
9059
13mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
9063
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
8962
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
8360
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7254
42%
Wed
Oct 21
6951
35%
66°
88°57°
90°59°
90°63°
89°62°
83°60°
72°54°
69°51°
As of 11:00 PM in Meadows Field, California.
Air quality
The air at Meadows Field
Index 86, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Bakersfield (CA), 6 miles off.
86Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)65Moderate5.1 mi
- Ozone51Moderate57 ppb2.5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)86Moderate2.5 mi
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 71, moderate.
GoodModerateSensitive groups
- 71YesterdayOct 14
- 100TodayOct 15
- 93FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Meadows Field
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Meadows Field, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- BFL
- ICAO
- KBFL
- IATA
- BFL
- Field elevation
- 510 ft
- Serves
- Bakersfield
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- BFL
- Wind now
- From 70° at 5 mph, read 15 Oct, 22:54
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12L / 30R | 10,849 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 136° / 316° | 2 mph head, on 12L | 5 mph from the left |
| 12R / 30L | 7,700 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 134° / 314° | 2 mph head, on 12R | 4 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Bakersfield/Meadows (BFL), Meadows Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 39 F, the air 31% saturated; the humidity ran from 21% at 2 PM to 52% at 6 AM.
- Dew point now
- 39F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 31%
- Humidity, range
- 21 to 52%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
2 mph from the east at 8 PM; at its strongest 12 mph, 1 PM, with a gust of 20 mph at 1 PM.
- Now
- 2mph
- from the east
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 1 PM
- Highest gust
- 20mph
- 1 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.08 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.04 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.08inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.04inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 6 miles at 7 AM; 6 miles now.
- Now
- 6mi
- Lowest
- 6mi
- 7 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Bakersfield/Meadows: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Meadows Field, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/492 ft/18 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
SR-178 - Kern Canyon RoadCF116
Beside a road/10.3 mi away/751 ft/241 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
WoodyWOCC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/22.7 mi away/1,698 ft/1,188 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Cochora RanchS2189
At a soil climate station/37.4 mi away/2,697 ft/2,187 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Bakersfield 5 NWBAFC1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.1 mi away/453 ft/57 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Bakersfield 1.6 NNWCA-KN-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.4 mi away/407 ft/103 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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Near Meadows Field
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Oildalecommunity, 2 mi
- La Crestacommunity, 5 mi
- Greenacrescommunity, 5 mi
- East Bakersfieldcommunity, 6 mi
- Olde Stockdalecommunity, 6 mi
- Old Stinecommunity, 6 mi
- Benton Parkcommunity, 6 mi
- Goodmanvillecommunity, 6 mi
- Rivergrovecommunity, 7 mi
- Bakersfieldcity, 7 mi
- Hillcrestcommunity, 7 mi
- Rosedalecommunity, 7 mi
Airports near Meadows Field
- Bakersfield International AirportL45, 8 mi
- Delano Municipal AirportDLO, 24 mi
- Tehachapi Municipal AirportTSP, 41 mi
- Porterville Municipal AirportPTV, 41 mi
- Mojave Air & Space PortMHV, 58 mi
- California City Municipal AirportL71, 62 mi
- Visalia Municipal AirportVIS, 64 mi
- General William J Fox AirfieldWJF, 67 mi