SR-178 - Kern Canyon RoadCF116
Beside a road/5.5 mi away/751 ft/273 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Weather/California/East Bakersfield
Now. East Bakersfield is 65° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 57° 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 91°, 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.
As of 11:00 PM in East Bakersfield, California.
Air quality
Index 86, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Bakersfield (CA), 2 miles off.
Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 71, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over East Bakersfield, CaliforniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 7 instruments nearest East Bakersfield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
SR-178 - Kern Canyon RoadCF116
Beside a road/5.5 mi away/751 ft/273 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/5.7 mi away/492 ft/14 ft above here
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Democrat RAWSDEMC1
A remote fire weather station/21.9 mi away/2,379 ft/1,901 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station CW6906CW6906
In a volunteer observer's own ground/31.1 mi away/4,005 ft/3,527 ft above here
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Cochora RanchS2189
At a soil climate station/39.6 mi away/2,697 ft/2,219 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Bakersfield 4.2 ENECA-KN-39
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/597 ft/119 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Bakersfield 5 NWBAFC1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.9 mi away/453 ft/25 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 5.7 mi from East Bakersfield, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:54 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
67.0 F with a dew point of 39.0 F, 36 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,400 ft up.
From the east northeast (70 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.
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Snow on the ground
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.