All-time weather records — Solvang, CA

Record high
120.0°F
September 7, 2020
Record low
16.0°F
December 22, 1990
Wettest day
7.30 in
March 20, 2011

Climate change signal in Solvang

31.1%

of Solvang's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (114 of 366 records since 2015).

8.7%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (32 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 #
1950s
23
204
1960s
21
20
1970s
27
28
1980s
45
6
1990s
47
9
2000s
64
18
2010s
76
76
2020s
63
5

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 1952, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1952-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 93.0°F — Jan 16, 2021 19.0°F — Jan 1, 2015 6.49 in — Jan 10, 2023
February 91.9°F — Feb 3, 1995 21.9°F — Feb 15, 1990 6.63 in — Feb 3, 1998
March 98.1°F — Mar 18, 2026 23.0°F — Mar 4, 2025 7.30 in — Mar 20, 2011
April 105.1°F — Apr 7, 1989 27.0°F — Apr 19, 1955 2.52 in — Apr 6, 2020
May 105.1°F — May 16, 2014 30.9°F — May 25, 1953 2.04 in — May 3, 2003
June 113.0°F — Jun 21, 2008 32.0°F — Jun 2, 1955 0.42 in — Jun 10, 2015
July 111.9°F — Jul 21, 1960 36.0°F — Jul 31, 1955 0.08 in — Jul 30, 1972
August 111.9°F — Aug 6, 1997 34.0°F — Aug 26, 1953 0.59 in — Aug 19, 1983
September 120.0°F — Sep 7, 2020 34.0°F — Sep 16, 1954 1.55 in — Sep 5, 1978
October 109.9°F — Oct 2, 1980 27.0°F — Oct 29, 2006 4.09 in — Oct 30, 1996
November 100.0°F — Nov 3, 1997 25.0°F — Nov 17, 1958 3.26 in — Nov 14, 2025
December 93.9°F — Dec 4, 1958 16.0°F — Dec 22, 1990 7.23 in — Dec 28, 2004

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