{"id":435376,"date":"2026-08-17T16:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T16:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/435376\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T16:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T16:46:09","slug":"bakersfield-cools-to-95-after-111-degree-sunday-with-midweek-heat-bump-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/435376\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakersfield cools to 95 after 111-degree Sunday, with midweek heat bump possible"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 WARM WEEK IN STORE<\/p>\n<p>Last week started off with the hottest temperatures Bakersfield had seen in two years, with Sunday reaching 111 degrees. This week, by comparison, began a good bit cooler. Meadows Field topped off at 95. Our area is currently sandwiched in between a ridge of high pressure from northwest Mexico to Texas, and a trough out over the east Pacific. There are computer model indications that the high could expand ever-so-slightly in our direction, which would favor a modest bump up in area temperatures. Right now, it&#8217;s looking like mid to upper 90s would be most common for the South Valley, with 100 degrees not out of the question, especially around midweek or so.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"KBAK\/KBFX\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"364\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/b9e592bc-6375-49b1-ad67-670b39c4590d-temps.JPG\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>HIGH CLOUDS AT TIMES<\/p>\n<p>That trough just to our west has been funneling in some high clouds from the south-southwest, which is bringing us some sky variety. This may continue, in various amounts, throughout the week.<\/p>\n<p>HOTTEST IN THE DESERT<\/p>\n<p>Hot will be accurate when describing the desert temperatures. Triple digits are likely all week long, with highs potentially reaching as high as 107 by Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"KBAK\/KBFX\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/e75279b6-5e25-458a-896b-6ad6ea11d2ac-WatchingNext3LineIN.png\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Have a great week!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 WARM WEEK IN STORE Last week started off with the hottest temperatures Bakersfield had&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435377,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-435376","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\/435376","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=435376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}