{"id":505119,"date":"2026-10-23T06:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T06:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/505119\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T06:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T06:22:10","slug":"rain-brings-a-change-to-kern-county-as-winter-approaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/505119\/","title":{"rendered":"Rain brings a change to Kern County as winter approaches"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Some Kern County residents welcomed this week\u2019s rain, which brought a change in temperatures and about half an inch of precipitation to Bakersfield.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe rain is good. It\u2019s good for everything,\u201d said Jason Gutierrez.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love how it smells and we do need the rain,\u201d said Kristy Lopez.<\/p>\n

\"AlertCalifornia<\/p>\n

AlertCalifornia camera overlooking Kern County on October 21, 2026. PHOTO: AlertCalifornia<\/p>\n

Miranda Tiburcio said the rain gave her a chance to open the windows. \u201cIt\u2019s good. It\u2019s nice, it\u2019s nice to keep the windows open. Keeps the fresh air in and it\u2019s good for the health.\u201d<\/p>\n

National Weather Service Hanford meteorologist Brody Moore said Bakersfield received 0.56 inches of rain in the 24 hours before the interview. Rainfall across Kern County ranged from about 0.4 to 0.56 inches. Moore said that amount is unusual for October.<\/p>\n

\"Rain<\/p>\n

Rain in Bakersfield early Thursday morning on October 22. PHOTO: KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is pretty anomalous to have half an inch rainfall, especially in October,\u201d Moore said.<\/p>\n

Moore said it was too early to determine whether El Ni\u00f1o was responsible for the storm.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s pretty early to draw the conclusion of whether El Ni\u00f1o is responsible for the storm,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Eyewitness News Chief Meteorologist Ilya Neyman said El Ni\u00f1o could affect Kern County by changing storm tracks and potentially bringing more active, stormy weather this winter. He said El Ni\u00f1o may increase the chances of a wetter winter, but it does not guarantee one.<\/p>\n

\"Rain<\/p>\n

Rain in Bakersfield KBAK\/KBFX<\/p>\n

Neyman said El Ni\u00f1o typically has its biggest impact on Southern California from December through February. He also encouraged residents to address property issues, such as leaky roofs and drainage problems, before more storms arrive.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf people have any property issues, any leaky roofs, any flooded back yard challenges, go ahead and get that taken care of as soon as you can because when the storms do hit, it may be kind of late at that point,\u201d Neyman said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Some Kern County residents welcomed this week\u2019s rain, which brought a change in temperatures…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":505120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-505119","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\/505119","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=505119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}