June 26, 2023
Summary: A weak trough of low pressure continues to linger from the Pacific Northwest southward to southern California. This is allowing modified marine air to move down the valley from time to time, maintaining somewhat below average temperatures for late June. Temperatures through Thursday will continue to be near to marginally below average. What is left of the trough will move into the interior west Friday. Friday will be a turn around day, leading us into the first big heat wave of the summer season. Strong upper level high pressure will build in from the west over the Fourth of July weekend, eventually linking up with a second high center located over the southern plains. The western high will be right overhead Sunday through Tuesday. It’s still a way off but it does now appear that the period from this coming Saturday through the Fourth of July will see temperatures between 105 and 110 each day. The next cooling trend will probably have to wait until roughly the 7th of July when models indicate a trough of low pressure will move through the western states with no active weather as a dry southwesterly flow continues.
Forecast: Mostly clear through Thursday. Mostly clear and hot Friday through Monday.
Temperatures:
| Madera
89/53/91/56/92 |
Reedley
89/54/90/56/91 |
Dinuba
87/53/88/55/90 |
| Porterville
88/54/89/55/91 |
Lindsay
87/53/89/55/90 |
Delano
88/56/91/57/92 |
| Bakersfield
87/63/91/64/91 |
Taft
86/63/89/64/90 |
Arvin
88/57/89/58/92 |
| Lamont
89/57/89/60/92 |
Pixley
89/56/91/58/92 |
Tulare
86/54/88/55/90 |
| Woodlake
88/54/89/56/91 |
Hanford
89/54/90/57/92 |
Orosi
86/53/88/55/90 |
Seven Day Forecast
| Thursday
Mostly clear 59/92 |
Friday
Mostly clear 65/99 |
Saturday
Mostly clear 67/106 |
Sunday
Mostly clear 71/108 |
Monday
Mostly clear 72/108 |
Two Week Outlook: July 1 through July 4 This model indicates a blanket of overall high pressure will dominate the pattern through the 4th of July weekend, resulting in above average temperatures and the typically dry conditions.
June: Of course, this time of year, 30 and 90 day outlooks are virtually useless as they’re essentially the same every year. Basically, light all day and hot and dark all night and warm. Essentially for June, near average temperatures and dry.
June, July, August: The 90 day summary outlook is the same this year as it is every year. Generally dry with somewhat above average temperatures. The monsoon season hasn’t begun yet, so we’ll start taking that more seriously down the road.
Wind Discussion: Winds during the afternoon through the late evening hours will be out of the northwest at 8 to 15 mph. locally stronger gusts are possible from the late morning through the late evening hours through Thursday.
Rain Discussion: Expect dry conditions for at least the next week.
Mid afternoon dew points: Low to mid 50s. Kern: Low to mid 50s.
ET for the past seven days: Stratford, 1.92, Parlier, 1.79, Arvin 1.97, Delano 1.73.
Soil temperatures: Stratford 69, Parlier 74, Arvin 81, Delano 80 *=data missing.
Average Temperatures: 95/63 Record Temperatures: 108/48
Cooling Degree Days This Season. 493 +24 Varies widely from location to location. courtesy of the NWS
Precipitation: Seasonal total for Fresno 17.83, Monthly .T
Precipitation for Bakersfield: Season: 10.26, Monthly: .37
Average Temperature this Month 74.1 -1.4 taken at NWS Hanford.
Water year season is from October 1st through September 30.
Chilling Hours November 1st through February 28: Parlier 1306, Arvin 1115, Belridge 1204, Shafter 1230, Stratford 1277, Delano 1273, Porterville 1245 courtesy UC Davis
Sunrise 5:42, sunset, 8:22. hours of daylight, 14:40
NA=Not available
Yesterday’s Weather: H L R
MCE : Merced 153 : DH1700 / 83 / 57 / 0.00 /
MAE : Madera 253 : DH1700 / 86 / 57 / 0.00 /
FAT : Fresno Airport 333 : DH1700 / 87 / 60 / 0.00 /
HJO : Hanford Airport 242 : DH1700 / 87 / 60 / 0.00 /
NLC : Lemoore Naval AS 234 : DH1700 / 87 / 56 / 0.00 /
BFL : Bakersfield Airport 496 : DH1700 / 86 / 62 / 0.00 /
VIS : Visalia Airport 292 : DH1700 / 86 / 58 / 0.00 /
PTV : Porterville Airport 442 : DH1700 / 86 / 56 / 0.00 /
TFTC1 : Taft 759 : DH1652 / 84 / 62 / 0.00 /
Rainfall stats: seas % L.Y % ave. s.a.
STOCKTON 0.00 23.21 174 9.81 73 13.35 13.45
MODESTO 0.00 19.71 162 8.99 74 12.19 12.27
MERCED 0.00 20.84 178 7.44 63 11.74 11.80
MADERA 0.00 11.62 108 2.21 21 10.75 10.79
FRESNO 0.00 17.83 164 6.29 58 10.90 10.99
HANFORD 0.00 14.58 181 6.34 79 8.07 8.13
BAKERSFIELD 0.00 10.26 163 5.41 86 6.31 6.36
BISHOP 0.00 14.39 323 4.75 107 4.45 4.84
DEATH VALLEY NP 0.00 1.21 68 M M 1.79 2.20
SALINAS 0.00 13.95 112 7.31 59 12.48 12.58
PASO ROBLES 0.00 20.89 174 8.70 73 12.00 12.15
SANTA MARIA 0.00 23.83 181 7.79 59 13.20 13.32
Next report: June 27 am
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