000 CDUS46 KHNX 201212 CLIBFL CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, CA 412 AM PST SAT DEC 20 2008 ................................... ...THE BAKERSFIELD CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 19 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1889 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM NORMAL ............................................................... TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 54 340 PM 80 1981 55 -1 MINIMUM 34 245 AM 23 1924 38 -4 1901 AVERAGE 44 47 -3 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 0.48 1984 0.03 -0.03 MONTH TO DATE 0.52 0.40 0.12 SINCE JUL 1 1.58 1.52 0.06 SINCE JAN 1 3.13 6.13 -3.00 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 0.0 SINCE DEC 1 0.0 SINCE JUL 1 0.0 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 21 3 MONTH TO DATE 349 33 SINCE DEC 1 349 33 SINCE JUL 1 608 -58 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 2533 247 ............................................................... WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 9 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (300) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 13 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (300) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 2.9 RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 82 LOWEST 44 AVERAGE 63 .......................................................... THE BAKERSFIELD CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 55 76 1944 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 38 26 1928 SUNRISE AND SUNSET DECEMBER 20 2008......SUNRISE 701 AM PST SUNSET 447 PM PST DECEMBER 21 2008......SUNRISE 702 AM PST SUNSET 448 PM PST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$