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June 23, 2023
Summary: Since we’re under a very dull weather pattern, and this is the longest day of the year, I thought I would throw some weather folklore at you. Today, we will enjoy 14:41 minutes of daylight. Beginning Saturday, the days grow slowly shorter until we reach the first day of winter on December 21 when we enjoy just 9:39 of daylight, a full five hours and two minutes shorter than today. Just thought Uncle Hector would like to know this. Back to business. An upper low is located over western Nevada this morning and is slowly shifting eastward. The valley remains pooled with marine air due to the fact barometers are lower over the interior west than off shore. The sub-90 degree weather we’ve enjoyed recently will continue, but will incrementally rise beginning Saturday as the trough of low pressure weakens and, by the latter part of next week, is displaced by upper level high pressure nosing in from the west. For the third day in a row, models are projecting a hot Fourth of July weekend. In fact, a zone of upper level high pressure stretches from the eastern Pacific eastward all the way to the Midwest. How hot it ultimately becomes will be determined by the strength and placement of the high. For now, widespread triple digits next week and the following one appear likely.
Forecast: Mostly clear and mild through Monday. Mostly clear Monday night through Friday with a slow warming trend.
Temperatures:
| Madera
83/50/87/53/89 |
Reedley
84/51/88/54/89 |
Dinuba
82/49/85/52/86 |
| Porterville
83/49/87/52/88 |
Lindsay
83/50/86/53/89 |
Delano
84/53/87/55/89 |
| Bakersfield
83/61/86/62/88 |
Taft
81/58/84/61/86 |
Arvin
84/56/87/57/89 |
| Lamont
85/57/87/59/89 |
Pixley
83/51/87/55/89 |
Tulare
82/48/85/53/87 |
| Woodlake
83/51/87/55/58 |
Hanford
84/54/87/56/88 |
Orosi
83/49/85/52/86 |
Seven Day Forecast
| Monday
Mostly clear 56/89 |
Tuesday
Mostly clear 57/91 |
Wednesday
Mostly clear 59/92 |
Thursday
Mostly clear 62/94 |
Friday
Mostly clear 65/99 |
Two Week Outlook: June 30 through July 6 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: There will be periods of winds out of the west/northwest at 10 to 20 mph at times with stronger gusts possible through Monday, mainly in the later afternoon through early evening hours.
Rain Discussion: Expect dry conditions for at least the next week.
Mid afternoon dew points: Upper 40s to the lower 50s. Kern: Mid to upper mid 40s.
ET for the past seven days: Stratford, 2.06, Parlier, 1.92, Arvin 2.07, Delano 1.84.
Soil temperatures: Stratford 68, Parlier 76, Arvin 82, Delano 83 *=data missing.
Average Temperatures: 94/63 Record Temperatures: 109/50
Cooling Degree Days This Season. 472 +42 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 74.7 -0.7 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 5:41, sunset, 8:22. hours of daylight, 14:41
NA=Not available
Yesterday’s Weather: H L R
MCE : Merced 153 : DH1700 / 81 / 54 / 0.00 /
MAE : Madera 253 : DH1700 / 84 / 50 / 0.00 /
FAT : Fresno Airport 333 : DH1700 / 84 / 58 / 0.00 /
HJO : Hanford Airport 242 : DH1700 / 85 / 56 / 0.00 /
NLC : Lemoore Naval AS 234 : DH1700 / 86 / 52 / 0.00 /
BFL : Bakersfield Airport 496 : DH1700 / 70 / 60 / 0.00 /
VIS : Visalia Airport 292 : DH1700 / 83 / 53 / 0.00 /
ATEC1 : Avenal 787 : DH1700 / 81 / 60 / 0.00 /
PTV : Porterville Airport 442 : DH1700 / 85 / 53 / 0.00 /
TFTC1 : Taft 759 : DH1652 / 83 / 61 / 0.00 /
LOSC1 : Los Banos 120 : DH1600 / 84 / 55 / 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 12.18 12.27
MERCED 0.00 20.84 178 7.44 63 11.74 11.80
MADERA 0.00 11.62 108 2.10 20 10.74 10.79
FRESNO 0.00 17.83 164 6.29 58 10.89 10.99
HANFORD 0.00 14.58 181 6.34 79 8.07 8.13
BAKERSFIELD 0.00 10.26 163 5.40 86 6.31 6.36
BISHOP 0.00 14.39 324 4.75 107 4.44 4.84
DEATH VALLEY NP 0.00 1.21 68 M M 1.78 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 11.99 12.15
SANTA MARIA T 23.83 181 7.79 59 13.20 13.32
Next report: June 24 am
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