Climate change in Bakersfield, California
Climate change is affecting locations like Bakersfield in a variety of ways. In fall, these impacts include potentially hazardous atmospheric rivers, increased cooling demand, and more unusually warm days.
Explore these pages to learn how people in Bakersfield are at risk in a warming world.
Bakersfield's climate threats in include:
Explore some ways climate change is affecting Bakersfield in fall
Warmer and wetter atmospheric rivers
Warming boosts moisture, making storms wetter, stronger, and costlier.
Higher cooling demand for schools
Hotter summers and longer warm seasons make cooling schools a growing challenge.
More warm fall days
Fall (September-November) has warmed nationwide since 1970.
More fire weather
Wildfire seasons are lengthening and intensifying.
Impacts to food prices
Extreme events fueled by climate change can damage crops, reduce yields, and disrupt supply chains.
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