All-time weather records — Santa Monica, CA

Record high
105.1°F
September 22, 1939
Record low
33.1°F
March 1, 1945
Wettest day
5.11 in
January 20, 1969

Climate change signal in Santa Monica

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of Santa Monica's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (0 of 366 records since 2015).

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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 #
1930s
28
14
1940s
75
228
1950s
67
67
1960s
44
33
1970s
52
9
1980s
47
11
1990s
24
3
2000s
29
1

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 1937, the latest in 2009. Period of observation: 1937-2010.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 84.9°F — Jan 13, 1938 34.0°F — Jan 13, 1950 5.11 in — Jan 20, 1969
February 89.1°F — Feb 6, 1987 35.1°F — Feb 16, 1946 4.24 in — Feb 8, 1962
March 90.0°F — Mar 17, 1978 33.1°F — Mar 1, 1945 4.14 in — Mar 8, 1968
April 99.0°F — Apr 6, 1989 39.0°F — Apr 22, 1957 1.72 in — Apr 27, 1960
May 93.0°F — May 7, 1941 43.0°F — May 2, 1983 1.73 in — May 5, 1998
June 91.9°F — Jun 18, 1957 45.0°F — Jun 23, 1965 0.55 in — Jun 5, 1993
July 91.0°F — Jul 10, 1959 48.9°F — Jul 13, 1941 0.39 in — Jul 11, 1969
August 95.0°F — Aug 6, 1983 51.1°F — Aug 22, 1947 2.81 in — Aug 17, 1977
September 105.1°F — Sep 22, 1939 44.1°F — Sep 1, 1961 2.61 in — Sep 25, 1939
October 99.0°F — Oct 9, 1988 42.1°F — Oct 5, 1955 1.45 in — Oct 30, 1996
November 100.0°F — Nov 1, 1966 37.0°F — Nov 27, 1983 4.20 in — Nov 29, 1970
December 89.1°F — Dec 5, 1979 34.0°F — Dec 9, 1951 3.34 in — Dec 29, 1951

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