All-time weather records — Santa Maria, CA

Record high
109.9°F
June 20, 2008
Record low
19.9°F
January 2, 1976
Wettest day
3.46 in
March 20, 2011

Climate change signal in Santa Maria

18%

of Santa Maria's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (66 of 366 records since 2015).

1.4%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (5 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 #
1940s
8
30
1950s
41
78
1960s
33
68
1970s
38
98
1980s
72
45
1990s
33
15
2000s
45
19
2010s
63
11
2020s
33
2

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 1948, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1948-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 89.1°F — Jan 16, 2014 19.9°F — Jan 2, 1976 3.42 in — Jan 9, 2023
February 89.1°F — Feb 2, 1995 21.9°F — Feb 27, 1971 2.61 in — Feb 24, 2023
March 95.0°F — Mar 14, 2015 24.1°F — Mar 2, 1971 3.46 in — Mar 20, 2011
April 102.9°F — Apr 6, 1989 30.9°F — Apr 2, 1975 2.14 in — Apr 17, 2000
May 105.1°F — May 15, 2014 30.9°F — May 2, 1964 1.74 in — May 5, 1998
June 109.9°F — Jun 20, 2008 36.0°F — Jun 2, 1955 0.72 in — Jun 16, 1995
July 104.0°F — Jul 8, 1985 43.0°F — Jul 3, 1964 0.62 in — Jul 9, 1950
August 104.0°F — Aug 29, 2009 43.0°F — Aug 23, 1973 0.84 in — Aug 19, 1976
September 106.0°F — Sep 2, 2017 36.0°F — Sep 26, 1948 1.77 in — Sep 19, 2022
October 108.0°F — Oct 4, 1987 26.1°F — Oct 29, 1971 1.89 in — Oct 6, 1960
November 96.1°F — Nov 7, 2006 25.0°F — Nov 17, 1958 1.88 in — Nov 23, 1965
December 90.0°F — Dec 3, 1958 19.9°F — Dec 7, 1978 3.19 in — Dec 18, 2010

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