All-time weather records — Santa Cruz, CA

Record high
109.9°F
September 3, 2017
Record low
15.1°F
January 3, 1907
Wettest day
6.91 in
January 5, 1982

Climate change signal in Santa Cruz

8.5%

of Santa Cruz's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (31 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
23
55
1900s
31
100
1910s
43
59
1920s
27
31
1930s
40
17
1940s
28
32
1950s
21
21
1960s
30
25
1970s
33
18
1980s
27
3
1990s
10
4
2000s
9
·
2010s
32
1
2020s
12
·

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 1894, the latest in 2022. Period of observation: 1893-2022.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.0°F — Jan 16, 2014 15.1°F — Jan 3, 1907 6.91 in — Jan 5, 1982
February 89.1°F — Feb 23, 1896 21.9°F — Feb 13, 1903 5.01 in — Feb 1, 1945
March 90.0°F — Mar 18, 1914 28.0°F — Mar 2, 1917 4.16 in — Mar 30, 1940
April 97.0°F — Apr 21, 2009 28.9°F — Apr 4, 1901 3.75 in — Apr 4, 1923
May 100.0°F — May 14, 2014 28.0°F — May 2, 1917 1.90 in — May 12, 1925
June 106.0°F — Jun 24, 1976 34.0°F — Jun 9, 1901 1.63 in — Jun 4, 2011
July 105.1°F — Jul 10, 1959 36.0°F — Jul 3, 1901 2.51 in — Jul 9, 1974
August 108.0°F — Aug 1, 1900 37.9°F — Aug 11, 1981 0.73 in — Aug 29, 1896
September 109.9°F — Sep 3, 2017 30.0°F — Sep 13, 1921 3.20 in — Sep 12, 1918
October 102.9°F — Oct 5, 1987 19.9°F — Oct 31, 1919 3.16 in — Oct 13, 2009
November 91.9°F — Nov 4, 1949 26.1°F — Nov 24, 1931 5.06 in — Nov 17, 1942
December 87.1°F — Dec 3, 1958 19.0°F — Dec 23, 1990 4.56 in — Dec 23, 1942

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