{"id":231338,"date":"2026-03-22T15:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T15:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/231338\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T15:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T15:17:09","slug":"bakersfield-marathon-gets-a-cooler-window-as-south-valley-dips-below-90","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/231338\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakersfield Marathon gets a cooler window as South Valley dips below 90"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 For the first time since last Monday 90s are NOT in the forecast for the South Valley on Sunday! The super-duper and unusually strong (for winter) heat dome high will finally move on along. It&#8217;s itinerary into Sonora Mexico means a weakening of the intense heat grip across our region.<\/p>\n<p>The timing is helpful as the Bakersfield Marathon occurs during this slightly cooler scenario.<\/p>\n<p>Runners and spectators will still need to practice heat safety with plenty of sunshine and very warm afternoon temperatures expected but it&#8217;s an improvement from the low to mid 90s of just about every day since Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bakersfield Marathon.png\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/273328cf-0864-464a-a546-7c9849a68472-BakersfieldMarathon.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The heat could still hold onto the desert communities where a 90+ degree reading continues to be in the forecast.<\/p>\n<p>Have a great day!<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Chief Meteorologist Ilya Neyman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 For the first time since last Monday 90s are NOT in the forecast for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177318,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-231338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}