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South Taft, California

Community in Kern County, California

Air quality

The air at South Taft

Index 86, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Bakersfield (CA), 30 miles off.

86Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)65Moderate-
  • Ozone51Moderate-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)86Moderate-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 71, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at South Taft

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at South Taft, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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On the radar over South Taft, CaliforniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest South Taft, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

New Cuyama Fire StationCYMC1

At a fire lookout or ranger station/18.2 mi away/2,162 ft/1,119 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Bakersfield/Meadows, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 30.8 mi from South Taft, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:54 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Bakersfield/Meadows, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BFLFIG. A THE SKY OVER BAKERSFIELD/MEADOWSSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBakersfield/Meadows, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BFLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BFL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

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.

Chart of the air at Bakersfield/Meadows: temperature 67.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.0, 36 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BFLFIG. B THE AIR AT BAKERSFIELD/MEADOWSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 6,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.1 FTEMPERATURE 67.0 FDEW POINT 39.0 FSPREAD 28.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 36 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEBakersfield/Meadows, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BFLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BFL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

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.

Plan of the wind at Bakersfield/Meadows, north up: blowing from 70 degrees, the east northeast, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BFLFIG. C THE WIND AT BAKERSFIELD/MEADOWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 70°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBakersfield/Meadows, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BFLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BFL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Bakersfield/Meadows, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in California

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Near South Taft

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