000 CDUS46 KHNX 241246 CLIBFL CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, CA 445 AM PST FRI MAR 24 2006 ................................... ...THE BAKERSFIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 23 2006... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1928 TO 2006 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 81R 328 PM 81 1989 70 11 65 MINIMUM 43 633 AM 32 1935 47 -4 46 AVERAGE 62 58 4 56 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.25 1992 0.04 -0.04 0.01 MONTH TO DATE 1.52 1.12 0.40 0.68 SINCE JUL 1 4.17 5.39 -1.22 7.52 SINCE JAN 1 2.57 3.51 -0.94 4.71 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE MAR 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 3 7 -4 9 MONTH TO DATE 318 186 132 135 SINCE MAR 1 318 186 132 135 SINCE JUL 1 1745 1917 -172 1984 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 3 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 3 SINCE JAN 1 0 1 -1 3 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 16 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION N (360) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 18 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (360) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 6.4 RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 LOWEST 17 AVERAGE 50 .......................................................... THE BAKERSFIELD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 70 84 1953 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 33 1933 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 24 2006.........SUNRISE 554 AM PST SUNSET 611 PM PST MARCH 25 2006.........SUNRISE 553 AM PST SUNSET 612 PM PST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$