{"id":504503,"date":"2026-10-22T18:44:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T18:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/504503\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T18:44:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T18:44:24","slug":"kern-county-sets-october-22-rain-record-as-0-43-inches-falls-in-two-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/504503\/","title":{"rendered":"Kern County sets October 22 rain record as 0.43 inches falls in two hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Rain fell in Kern County between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m. That two-hour period brought 0.43&#8243; of rainfall.<\/p>\n<p>That was a record amount for October 22nd; the old record was 0.05&#8243; set in 1899.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitness News Weather Authority says there still is more to go!<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Rain in Bakersfield early Thursday morning on October 22. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/081dc267-80ff-40fa-8659-4729069bf330-Sequence_99TRAFFICFLOODEDROADS_0001_frame_6868.jpeg\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Rain in Bakersfield early Thursday morning on October 22. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n<p>Flood Watch has been posted for the Kern County South Valley, mountains, Kern River Valley, and desert areas. It runs through 10 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Thunderstorm chances remain possible into Thursday evening. We expect the best thunderstorm chances after 2 p.m. This will be more focused for areas of Tehachapi, Lake Isabella, and the Kern County desert.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here <\/a>for the latest from your Weather Authority team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Rain fell in Kern County between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m. That two-hour period&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504504,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-504503","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\/504503","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=504503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504503\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}