BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — Spring began Friday but our temperatures this week were unbelievably summer-like.
The highlight came on Wednesday when Bakersfield was just one of MANY cities across the West to set an ALL-TIME record high for the month of March with Meadows Field topping out at 95. Prior to that it had only gotten up to 94 a total of 3 times over the past 133 years of record keeping during this month.
Please take every precaution as far as children and vehicles with these temperatures. As the National Weather Service’s saying goes “look before you lock”. A child’s body temperature can rise 3 to 5 times faster than that of an adult and the heat increases quickly and dangerously in a vehicle.
The heat is forecast to stay for another day, and if Bakersfield breaks into the 90s again it’ll break yet another record which was 89 set back in 1928. Please practice heat safety out there and have a great weekend!
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Chief Meteorologist Ilya Neyman