Bakersfield (California)
Bakersfield (Bakersfield) is a Chinese-American, Bickfield, Bickfield, or Bakerfield is located in central and southern California. According to the 2010 census, the city has a total population of 347,483. The city was founded in 1869 and is the second largest city in the United States not directly connected to an interstate. Agriculture, oil, processing and manufacturing are the major economies of cities. Bakersfield is the ninth largest city in California and the 51st largest in the United States.
| Bakersfield Bakersfield | ||
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| City | ||
| Bakersfield City of Bakersfield | ||
 Bakersfield Center | ||
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| Nickname:California Country Music Capital, Town B, Barco, West Nashville California's Country Music Capital, B-Town, Bako, Nashville West | ||
 Bakersfield in California | ||
  Bakersfield Locations in the United States | ||
| Coordinates: 35°24′21″N 119°01′07″W / 35.4058°N 119.0186°W / 35.4058; -119.0186 | ||
| country | US | |
| State | California | |
| county | Kern County | |
| area | San Joaquin Valley | |
| set up | 1869 | |
| Establishment of municipal agencies | 1873-1876, 1898-present | |
| Source | Thomas Beck | |
| government | ||
| · Type | Parliamentary Administration | |
| · Administrative bodies | Bakersfield City Council | |
| · mayor | Karen Wu | |
| · City administrators | Alan Tandy | |
| · Chief Financial Officer | Nelson Smith | |
| · secretary | Roberta Gaffdy | |
| area | ||
| · City | 143.609 Square Mile (371.946) square kilometers) | |
| · land | 142.164 Square Mile (368.204) square kilometers) | |
| · water | 1.445 Square Mile (3.742) square kilometers) 1.01% | |
| · urban district | 138.44 Square Mile (400) square kilometers) | |
| · metropolitan area | 8,161.42 Square mile (20,000) square kilometers) | |
| altitude | 404 Feet (123) meters) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| · City | 347,483 people | |
| · Estimates (2012) | 354,480 | |
| · rank | 1st in the county 9th in the middle state 51st in the domestic market | |
| · density | 2,400 people/sq mi (930 people/sq km) | |
| · urban district | 523,994 | |
| · urban density | 3,785.0 person/square mile (1,461.4 person/square kilometer) | |
| · metropolitan area | 839,631 | |
| · metropolitan area density | 103.3 people/sq mi (39.9 people/sq km) | |
| Resident Title | Bakersfieldian | |
| time zone | Pacific Time Zone (UTC-8) | |
| · Xia Shi | Pacific Time Zone (UTC-7) | |
| ZIP code | 93220, 93241, 93301-93309, 93311-93314, 93263, 93380-93390, 93399, 93313 | |
| Phone area code | 661 | |
| FIPS code | 06-03526 | |
| GNIS code | 1652668, 2409774 | |
| website | www.bakersfieldcity.us | |
geography
According to the 2000 census, the city is 143.6 square miles (371.92 square kilometers), of which 142.2 square miles (368.30 square kilometers) are land and 1.4 square miles (3.63 square kilometers) are water. This city extends to the Redwood National Forest.
climate
Bakersfield has a desert climate with long, hot, dry summers and short, cool and humid winters. Bakersfield is one of the most sunny cities in the United States. The city only snows next on average in 20 to 30 years. The last available snowfall was January 25, 1999. The month with the highest rainfall was December 2010, with 148mm (5.82 inches). The day with the highest rainfall was February 9, 1978, with 58mm (2.29 inches).
According to data from 1981 to 2010 at Yosemite International Airport in Fresno, the average daily minimum temperature below or equal to 0 °C (32 °F) is 12 days; Daily maximum temperatures exceeding 30 °C (86 °F) are 136 days per day and 12 days above 40 °C (104 °F). The coldest month (December, January) was 8.8 °C (47.8 °F), with an extreme minimum temperature of -11 °C (13 °F) (December 24, 1905). The hottest month (July) was 28.8 °C (83.8 °F) and the highest extreme temperature was 48 °C (118 °F) (July 28, 1908). Annual average precipitation of approximately 164 mm (6.47 inches), annual minimum extreme precipitation of 47 mm (1.87 inches) (1959) and maximum precipitation of 338 mm (13.32 inches) (1998); December-March accounted for about 72% of the annual precipitation. The frost-free period averaged 320 days (27 January to 12 December).
| Bakersfield, CA (Meadows Field/KBFL), normal 1981-2010, extreme data climate average since 1893 | |||||||||||||
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| Month | January | Feb | March | April | May | June | July | Aug | September | October | November | December | year |
| Highest historical temperature at°C (°F) | 28 (82) | 31 (88) | 34 (94) | 38 (101) | 43 (110) | 46 (114) | 48 (118) | 47 (117) | 44 (112) | 40 (104) | 35 (95) | 31 (87) | 48 (118) |
| Average high temperature () (°F) | 13.4 (56.2) | 17.1 (62.8) | 20.4 (68.7) | 23.9 (75.0) | 28.6 (83.5) | 32.7 (90.9) | 36.2 (97.1) | 35.4 (95.8) | 32.2 (90.0) | 26.3 (79.4) | 18.7 (65.7) | 13.7 (56.6) | 24.9 (76.8) |
| Average low temperatureat°C (°F) | 4.1 (39.3) | 5.8 (42.4) | 8.1 (46.5) | 10.1 (50.2) | 14.2 (57.5) | 17.9 (64.2) | 21.4 (70.5) | 20.6 (69.0) | 17.8 (64.0) | 12.8 (55.0) | 7 (44.6) | 3.9 (39.0) | 11.9 (53.5) |
| Historical Lowest Temperature at°C (°F) | -10 (14) | -7 (20) | -7 (20) | -2 (28) | 1 (34) | 1 (38) | 8 (46) | 7 (44) | -1 (30) | -2 (29) | -6 (22) | -11 (13) | -11 (13) |
| Average precipitation of mm (in.) Average precipitation of 100,0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 | 29.5 (1.16) | 31.5 (1.24) | 30.7 (1.21) | 13.2 (0.52) | 4.6 (0.18) | 2 (0.08) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.04) | 2 (0.08) | 7.6 (0.30) | 16.3 (0.64) | 25.9 (1.02) | 164.3 (6.47) |
| Average Precipitation Days (≥ 0.01 in)Average Precipitation Days | 6.7 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 3.7 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 39.2 |
| Average relative humidity(%) | 75.5 | 69.2 | 60.7 | 51.0 | 40.9 | 35.8 | 33.6 | 38.5 | 44.1 | 49.9 | 64.8 | 75.6 | 53.3 |
| Source: NOAA (relative humidity, 1961-1990) Bakersfield International Exchange Station, City Center, January 1893-September 1937, KBFL, October 1937. | |||||||||||||
sister city
Cixi, Zhejiang, PRC
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