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Bakersfield is a city in and the county seat of Kern County, California, United States.The city covers about 151 sq mi (390 km 2) [9] [10] near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley, which is located in the Central Valley region.
The southeastern regions have a hot arid climate (Koppen BWh), similar to that of the Sahara Desert. In the northern portion of the Mojave Desert on the east side of the state is Death Valley, which has recorded temperatures among the highest in the world. It is common in the summer for temperatures in the valley to surpass 120 °F (49 °C).
The northern Central Valley has a hot Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa); the more southerly parts in rainshadow zones are dry enough to be Mediterranean steppe or even low-latitude desert (BWh, as in areas around Bakersfield). It is very hot and dry during the summer and cool and damp in winter when frequent ground fog ...
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The spring vent is "under a giant rock just above water level," and the water from both sides of said big rock. [16] According to a U.S. government geologist in 1915, "At the western edge of Kern River, about 6 miles below the Clear Creek Springs, is a group of three hot springs that are called after a prospector named Delonegha.
Evaporation slows down and all that heat stays stuck to you, so you start cooking. That's why weather forecasters use a "heat index" to describe the weather because dry days really do feel cooler.