Bakersfield picked up 9.11 inches of rain in 2019. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 59 days at Bakersfield Airport; the wettest day brought 0.85 inches on Mar 5, 2019. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 6.36 inches. The total landed 2.75 inches above the normal, which works out to 43% more. 2019 ranks 12th out of 88 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1937.
Monthly rain totals for 2019. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.
Every day with measurable rain in 2019
Every day with measurable rain in 2019: Bakersfield
Date
Rainfall
0.62″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.20″ inches
0.13″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.30″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.20″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.12″ inches
0.54″ inches
0.37″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.23″ inches
0.09″ inches
0.07″ inches
0.33″ inches
0.52″ inches
0.24″ inches
0.31″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.06″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.04″ inches
0.42″ inches
0.85″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.58″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.13″ inches
0.18″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.03″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.26″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.12″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.09″ inches
0.14″ inches
0.10″ inches
0.41″ inches
0.66″ inches
0.02″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.11″ inches
0.05″ inches
0.01″ inches
0.10″ inches
Daily totals come from Bakersfield Airport, which appears in GHCN-Daily with records going back to 1937. Station observations are from GHCN-Daily, with a 1-3 day lag and quality checks by NOAA.
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