All-time weather records — Santa Barbara, CA

Record high
115.0°F
June 17, 1917
Record low
-15.0°F
March 15, 2003
Wettest day
24.60 in
June 1, 1916

Climate change signal in Santa Barbara

7.7%

of Santa Barbara's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (28 of 366 records since 2015).

0%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (0 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 #
1890s
8
6
1900s
22
21
1910s
23
35
1920s
55
63
1930s
52
57
1940s
23
90
1950s
41
15
1960s
25
3
1970s
24
5
1980s
18
10
1990s
8
41
2000s
21
20
2010s
31
·
2020s
15
·

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 1893, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1893-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 90.0°F — Jan 9, 1923 19.9°F — Jan 4, 1949 8.00 in — Jan 4, 1995
February 93.9°F — Feb 25, 1921 27.0°F — Feb 2, 1939 5.33 in — Feb 17, 2017
March 96.1°F — Mar 17, 2026 -15.0°F — Mar 15, 2003 4.75 in — Mar 15, 2003
April 100.9°F — Apr 6, 1989 14.0°F — Apr 25, 1984 3.30 in — Apr 17, 2000
May 100.9°F — May 9, 1923 19.9°F — May 24, 1992 19.67 in — May 1, 1915
June 115.0°F — Jun 17, 1917 39.9°F — Jun 1, 1916 24.60 in — Jun 1, 1916
July 108.0°F — Jul 1, 1937 21.0°F — Jul 16, 1918 0.63 in — Jul 9, 1950
August 99.0°F — Aug 10, 1978 39.9°F — Aug 8, 1992 0.70 in — Aug 9, 1936
September 108.0°F — Sep 17, 1913 33.1°F — Sep 30, 1993 2.36 in — Sep 15, 1910
October 102.9°F — Oct 13, 1950 23.0°F — Oct 4, 2005 3.12 in — Oct 14, 2009
November 98.1°F — Nov 8, 1914 28.0°F — Nov 24, 1931 5.90 in — Nov 8, 2002
December 91.9°F — Dec 3, 1958 23.0°F — Dec 25, 1924 5.32 in — Dec 28, 1977

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