At an airfield/8.3 mi away/492 ft/114 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Airports/California/Bakersfield International Airport
Bakersfield International Airport, California
Medium airport in Kern County, California62°
92°/56°
Clear·
Feels like 62°·Light air 4 mph SE
Now. Bakersfield International Airport is 62° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the southeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 91° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 62° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 84): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 91°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 70°. Rain is possible Tuesday (42%) and Wednesday (35%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:20 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:33 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-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 18 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
84Air quality
38%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
62feels62
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
9256
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
9160
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
9061
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
8458
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7352
42%
Wed
Oct 21
7052
35%
Thu
Oct 22
7049
20%
62°
92°56°
91°60°
90°61°
84°58°
73°52°
70°52°
70°49°
As of 12:00 AM in Bakersfield International Airport, California.
Air quality
The air at Bakersfield International Airport
Index 84, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Bakersfield (CA), 3 miles off.
84Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)64Moderate-
- Ozone50Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)84Moderate-
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 71, moderate.
GoodModerateSensitive groups
- 71YesterdayOct 14
- 93TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Bakersfield International Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 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 Bakersfield International Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- L45
- ICAO
- -
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 378 ft
- Serves
- Bakersfield
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- -
- Wind now
- -
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 / 34 | 4,000 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 171° / 351° | - | - |
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Bakersfield International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
SR-178 - Kern Canyon RoadCF116
Beside a road/8.3 mi away/751 ft/373 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
BreckenridgeBKGC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/24.8 mi away/7,467 ft/7,089 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
StubblefieldS2219
At a soil climate station/36.6 mi away/2,995 ft/2,617 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Bakersfield 1.6 NNWCA-KN-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/407 ft/29 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Bakersfield 5 NWBAFC1
At a cooperative observer's station/7.2 mi away/453 ft/75 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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Near Bakersfield International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Casa Lomacommunity, 1 mi
- Rexland Acrescommunity, 1 mi
- Cottonwoodcommunity, 2 mi
- Benton Parkcommunity, 2 mi
- Bakersfieldcity, 3 mi
- Potomac Parkcommunity, 3 mi
- Old Stinecommunity, 3 mi
- Greenfieldcommunity, 4 mi
- Fairfaxcommunity, 4 mi
- Hillcrestcommunity, 4 mi
- East Bakersfieldcommunity, 4 mi
- Pumpkin Centercommunity, 4 mi
Airports near Bakersfield International Airport
- Meadows FieldBFL, 8 mi
- Delano Municipal AirportDLO, 32 mi
- Tehachapi Municipal AirportTSP, 34 mi
- Porterville Municipal AirportPTV, 49 mi
- Mojave Air & Space PortMHV, 51 mi
- California City Municipal AirportL71, 57 mi
- General William J Fox AirfieldWJF, 60 mi
- Edwards Af Aux North Base Airport9L2, 68 mi