All-time weather records — Soledad, CA

Record high
116.1°F
July 15, 1972
Record low
1.0°F
March 7, 1986
Wettest day
4.74 in
February 3, 1998

Climate change signal in Soledad

12.8%

of Soledad's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (47 of 366 records since 2015).

4.9%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (18 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
4
5
1940s
27
35
1950s
56
28
1960s
48
26
1970s
38
32
1980s
42
36
1990s
37
35
2000s
47
123
2010s
43
37
2020s
24
9

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 2026. Period of observation: 1937-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 87.1°F — Jan 31, 2018 10.0°F — Jan 2, 1960 3.25 in — Jan 13, 2023
February 86.0°F — Feb 13, 1971 17.1°F — Feb 6, 1989 4.74 in — Feb 3, 1998
March 93.0°F — Mar 19, 2026 1.0°F — Mar 7, 1986 3.14 in — Mar 10, 1995
April 100.0°F — Apr 8, 1989 18.0°F — Apr 14, 2011 2.17 in — Apr 3, 1958
May 106.0°F — May 18, 2009 21.9°F — May 24, 2011 1.17 in — May 3, 2003
June 111.9°F — Jun 14, 1961 16.0°F — Jun 11, 1976 0.70 in — Jun 29, 2011
July 116.1°F — Jul 15, 1972 30.0°F — Jul 26, 2015 0.59 in — Jul 18, 1995
August 115.0°F — Aug 5, 1998 28.0°F — Aug 19, 1998 0.88 in — Aug 19, 1976
September 116.1°F — Sep 7, 2020 28.9°F — Sep 23, 1993 1.18 in — Sep 29, 1976
October 116.1°F — Oct 4, 1980 24.1°F — Oct 29, 2004 2.02 in — Oct 14, 2009
November 93.9°F — Nov 1, 1966 15.1°F — Nov 28, 1976 3.34 in — Nov 29, 1970
December 90.0°F — Dec 3, 1958 10.0°F — Dec 22, 1990 3.69 in — Dec 28, 2022

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