Del Mar, CA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from SAN DIEGO MIRAMAR NAS, CA US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 10a USDA hardiness Zone 10a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Del Mar has an annual average temperature of 64.2°F with about 11.5 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is August (average high 82.4°F), and the coldest is December (average low 46.1°F). February is typically the wettest month (2.66 in) and August the driest (0.02 in).

Pleasant months
6 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
17.4°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
1,140
Cooling need
849

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

60 of 366 (16.4%) of Del Mar's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1940s
2
1950s
27
1960s
51
1970s
37
1980s
79
1990s
41
2000s
44
2010s
79
2020s
6

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month Avg High Avg Low Avg Temp Precipitation Snow Rainy days
January 67.4°F 47.0°F 57.2°F 2.30 in 7
February 67.2°F 48.1°F 57.6°F 2.66 in 9
March 67.5°F 49.9°F 58.7°F 1.64 in 7
April 70.3°F 52.2°F 61.2°F 0.78 in 4
May 71.9°F 56.6°F 64.3°F 0.28 in 3
June 75.3°F 60.0°F 67.7°F 0.05 in 1
July 80.0°F 64.1°F 72.0°F 0.12 in 1
August 82.4°F 65.2°F 73.8°F 0.02 in 0
September 81.5°F 63.2°F 72.3°F 0.14 in 1
October 77.6°F 57.5°F 67.5°F 0.57 in 3
November 72.4°F 50.8°F 61.6°F 0.93 in 5
December 66.6°F 46.1°F 56.4°F 1.99 in 8

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