Soledad, CA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from PINNACLES NM, CA US.

BSk Semi-arid (cold) climate 8b USDA hardiness Zone 8b

Year-round temperatures (°F)

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Climate summary

Soledad has an annual average temperature of 59.6°F with about 16.6 inches of precipitation per year. The warmest month is July (average high 95.9°F), and the coldest is December (average low 33.4°F). January is typically the wettest month (3.46 in) and August the driest (0.02 in).

Annual swing
25.5°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
2,652
Cooling need
714

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Climate change signal

All-time records →

47 of 366 (12.8%) of Soledad'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.

1930s
4
1940s
27
1950s
56
1960s
48
1970s
38
1980s
42
1990s
37
2000s
47
2010s
43
2020s
24

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 62.6°F 34.0°F 48.3°F 3.46 in 0.1 in 12
February 63.7°F 35.6°F 49.6°F 3.45 in 11
March 67.5°F 37.7°F 52.6°F 2.80 in 10
April 72.3°F 39.4°F 55.8°F 0.96 in 6
May 80.0°F 43.1°F 61.5°F 0.57 in 3
June 88.8°F 46.6°F 67.7°F 0.13 in 1
July 95.9°F 50.4°F 73.2°F 0.04 in 0
August 95.8°F 50.3°F 73.0°F 0.02 in 0
September 91.7°F 48.1°F 69.9°F 0.06 in 1
October 82.5°F 42.7°F 62.6°F 0.73 in 3
November 70.4°F 36.7°F 53.5°F 1.27 in 7
December 62.0°F 33.4°F 47.7°F 3.08 in 12

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