000 CDUS46 KHNX 311245 CLIBFL CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, CA 434 AM PST FRI MAR 31 2006 ................................... ...THE BAKERSFIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 30 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 66 126 PM 87 1968 71 -5 65 MINIMUM 47 352 AM 33 1938 47 0 43 AVERAGE 57 59 -2 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.28 1946 0.03 -0.03 0.00 MONTH TO DATE 1.84 1.38 0.46 1.11 SINCE JUL 1 4.49 5.65 -1.16 7.95 SINCE JAN 1 2.89 3.77 -0.88 5.14 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 8 6 2 11 MONTH TO DATE 376 230 146 207 SINCE MAR 1 376 230 146 207 SINCE JUL 1 1803 1961 -158 2056 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 1 -1 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 6 -6 3 SINCE MAR 1 0 6 -6 3 SINCE JAN 1 0 7 -7 3 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 21 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 23 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 7.5 RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 77 LOWEST 44 AVERAGE 61 .......................................................... THE BAKERSFIELD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 71 90 2003 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 47 35 1938 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 31 2006.........SUNRISE 544 AM PST SUNSET 617 PM PST APRIL 1 2006.........SUNRISE 543 AM PST SUNSET 618 PM PST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$