Santa Maria, CA
Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from SANTA MARIA PUBLIC AP, CA US.
Year-round temperatures (°F)
Climate summary
Santa Maria has an annual average temperature of 58.6°F with about 13.3 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is September (average high 75.0°F), and the coldest is December (average low 40.1°F). February is typically the wettest month (2.85 in) and August the driest (0.01 in).
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All-time records →66 of 366 (18%) of Santa Maria'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 | 8 | |
| 1950s | 41 | |
| 1960s | 33 | |
| 1970s | 38 | |
| 1980s | 72 | |
| 1990s | 33 | |
| 2000s | 45 | |
| 2010s | 63 | |
| 2020s | 33 |
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 | 64.7°F | 41.0°F | 52.8°F | 2.74 in | — | 8 |
| February | 64.8°F | 42.5°F | 53.6°F | 2.85 in | — | 8 |
| March | 66.3°F | 44.3°F | 55.3°F | 2.56 in | — | 8 |
| April | 68.1°F | 45.4°F | 56.7°F | 0.93 in | — | 4 |
| May | 69.3°F | 48.7°F | 59.0°F | 0.36 in | — | 2 |
| June | 71.3°F | 51.6°F | 61.5°F | 0.06 in | — | 1 |
| July | 73.3°F | 54.9°F | 64.1°F | 0.03 in | — | 1 |
| August | 73.8°F | 55.1°F | 64.5°F | 0.01 in | — | 0 |
| September | 75.0°F | 53.7°F | 64.3°F | 0.07 in | — | 1 |
| October | 74.6°F | 49.8°F | 62.2°F | 0.54 in | — | 3 |
| November | 70.0°F | 44.3°F | 57.1°F | 1.12 in | — | 5 |
| December | 64.3°F | 40.1°F | 52.2°F | 2.05 in | — | 7 |
Climate twins of Santa Maria
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