Local Climatological Data - Bakersfield March 1996 The following data are taken from the ASOS unit at Meadows Field in Bakersfield (BFL) and was published by the National Climatic Data Center in Ashville, NC. This is for unofficial purposes only. For official certified copies of this information contact either the National Climatic Data Center at (828) 271-4800 or the San Joaquin Valley Office at (559) 584-3752. Values in red represent the extremes for the month.

Lat: 35o 25'N Long: 119o 03'W

Elev (Ground): 496 Feet

D a t e	Temperature (Degrees F)					Degree Days (Base 65oF)		Weather	Precip. (inches)	Avg. Station Pressure (Inches of HG)	Wind (Speed=MPH, Direction=Tens of Degrees)			D a t e
	Max	Min	Avg	Depart. from nrml.	Average Dew Point	Heat	Cool				Resultant		Average Speed
											Dir	Speed
1	65	44	55	0	46.2	10	0	FG+ HZ	0.00	29.740	1	3.5	6.4	1
2	65	42	54	-2	46.3	11	0	BR	0.00	29.600	16	1.6	4.0	2
3	66	43	55	-1	48.0	10	0	BR HZ	0.00	29.420	9	1.9	3.5	3
4	70	48	59	3	49.1	6	0	BR	0.05	29.390	33	1.7	6.5	4
5	66	49	58	2	47.7	7	0		0.03	29.525	31	4.5	7.8	5
6	64	37	51	-5	43.9	14	0	FG+ HZ	0.00	29.730	35	2.0	4.8	6
7	72	44	58	2	46.8	7	0	BR	0.00	29.710	2	2.8	5.1	7
8	75	42	59	3	48.1	6	0	BR HZ	0.00	29.580	3	2.2	4.3	8
9	74	47	61	-5	52.2	4	0	BR HZ	0.00	29.520	2	3.1	5.6	9
10	75	49	62	5	45.0	3	0		0.00	29.645	1	4.4	7.2	10
11	72	50	61	4	49.4	4	0		0.00	29.660	34	4.4	6.6	11
12	64	49	57	0	47.3	8	0	BR	0.32	29.335	11	1.6	7.0	12
13	65	46	56	-1	46.9	9	0	BR	0.22	29.270	9	0.3	5.9	13
14	70	42	56	-1	46.1	9	0		0.00	29.560	8	2.4	5.4	14
15	73	45	59	2	46.8	6	0		0.00	29.600	3	1.5	5.4	15
16	74	47	61	4	50.4	4	0		0.00	29.600	6	2.7	7.0	16
17	76	48	62	5	52.5	3	0	BR HZ	0.00	29.550	5	1.8	4.9	17
18	82	49	66	9	53.1	0	1	BR	0.00	29.490	4	2.9	5.6	18
19	84	51	68	11	55.0	0	3	BR	0.00	29.490	5	3.1	5.7	19
20	84	54	69	11	56.8	0	4	BR HZ	0.00	29.470	5	2.8	5.7	20
21	83	53	68	9	54.9	0	3	BR HZ	0.00	29.380	3	1.6	6.4	21
22	72	47	60	1	43.9	5	0		0.00	29.380	34	11.0	11.8	22
23	62	37	50	-9	35.0	15	0		0.00	29.460	34	5.6	7.7	23
24	69	40	55	-4	36.2	10	0		0.00	29.490	2	2.6	6.6	24
25	68	38	53	-6	37.6	12	0		0.00	29.480	33	6.2	7.9	25
26	73	42	58	-1	38.8	7	0		0.00	29.530	4	3.1	5.6	26
27	75	40	58	-1	37.6	7	0		0.00	29.430	36	1.0	5.0	27
28	70	41	56	-3	45.8	9	0	BR	0.16	29.370	35	8.6	10.4	28
29	68	37	53	-6	35.5	12	0		0.00	29.535	4	3.0	6.0	29
30	75	40	58	-1	37.2	7	0		0.00	29.520	4	3.3	6.6	30
31	82	43	63	4	38.0	2	0		0.00	29.410	2	2.6	6.4	31
Avg	72.0	44.6	58.3		45.7	207	11	Total ->	0.78	29.515	01	2.5	6.3	Avg
				0.9		-39	0		-0.26	<-- Departure from Normal
D a t e	Max	Min	Avg	Depart. from nrml.	Dew Point	Heat	Cool	Weather	Precip. (inches)	Avg. Station Pressure (Inches of HG)	Speed	Dir	Average Speed	D a t e
											Resultant
	Temperature (Degrees F)					Degree Days (Base 65oF)					Wind (Speed=MPH, Direction=Tens of Degrees)

Degree Days	Monthly		Seasonal			Greatest 24hr Precipitation			Number of Days with...
	Total	Departure	Total	Departure					Max Temp		Min Temp		Precip	Heavy Fog	Tstrm
Heating	207	-39	1557	-447		Total	Date		>89	<33	<33	<1	>Trace
Cooling	0	0	0	0		0.52	12th-13th		0	0	0	0	5	2	0