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Bakersfield rainfall for 2020

Bakersfield picked up 5.35 inches of rain in 2020. Measurable rain, 0.01 inch or more in a day, fell on 28 days at Bakersfield Airport; the wettest day brought 0.91 inches on Apr 7, 2020. The 1991-2020 normal for a full year is 6.36 inches. The total landed 1.01 inches below the normal, which works out to 16% less. 2020 ranks 53rd out of 88 complete years, wettest first, in a record that starts in 1937.

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Bakersfield rainfall for 2020

Bakersfield rainfall for 2020
Year total5.35 inches2020
1991-2020 normal6.36 inchesAverages are 1991-2020 normals from NCEI.
Departure vs normal-1.01 inches (-16%)84% of normal
Year rank53rd of 88Complete years from 1937, wettest first
Rain days28
Wettest day0.91 inches

Rain by month in 2020

Measured total1991-2020 normal
Monthly rain totals for 2020. Dark bars show measured amounts, light bars show the 1991-2020 normal for comparison.

Every day with measurable rain in 2020

Every day with measurable rain in 2020: Bakersfield
DateRainfall
0.04 inches
0.21 inches
0.09 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.38 inches
0.02 inches
0.15 inches
0.01 inches
0.06 inches
0.04 inches
0.29 inches
0.62 inches
0.91 inches
0.46 inches
0.23 inches
0.07 inches
0.13 inches
0.12 inches
0.02 inches
0.55 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.66 inches
0.01 inches
0.01 inches
0.18 inches
0.05 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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