All-time weather records — Salinas, CA

Record high
109.0°F
September 2, 2017
Record low
18.0°F
January 21, 1937
Wettest day
3.22 in
December 11, 2014

Climate change signal in Salinas

14.8%

of Salinas's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (54 of 366 records since 2015).

0.3%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (1 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1930s
51
182
1940s
32
67
1950s
35
30
1960s
33
39
1970s
30
16
1980s
52
14
1990s
28
6
2000s
36
10
2010s
37
2
2020s
32
·

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1931, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1930-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 86.0°F — Jan 17, 2014 18.0°F — Jan 21, 1937 2.66 in — Jan 23, 2000
February 88.0°F — Feb 12, 2022 25.0°F — Feb 13, 1949 2.12 in — Feb 16, 2026
March 93.9°F — Mar 20, 2026 27.0°F — Mar 2, 1953 1.87 in — Mar 10, 1995
April 100.0°F — Apr 26, 2004 28.9°F — Apr 9, 1933 2.15 in — Apr 1, 1974
May 99.0°F — May 12, 1976 34.0°F — May 1, 1967 1.69 in — May 24, 1931
June 105.1°F — Jun 10, 2019 39.0°F — Jun 2, 1933 0.58 in — Jun 5, 1934
July 99.0°F — Jul 1, 1985 42.1°F — Jul 18, 1936 0.51 in — Jul 2, 1980
August 100.9°F — Aug 24, 2010 42.1°F — Aug 18, 1934 0.88 in — Aug 26, 1935
September 109.0°F — Sep 2, 2017 36.0°F — Sep 26, 1934 0.78 in — Sep 30, 1983
October 105.1°F — Oct 1, 1980 28.0°F — Oct 31, 1935 1.65 in — Oct 13, 2009
November 96.1°F — Nov 5, 2012 25.0°F — Nov 12, 1938 2.22 in — Nov 30, 2012
December 84.9°F — Dec 1, 2021 23.0°F — Dec 27, 1954 3.22 in — Dec 11, 2014

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Salinas.