SANTA MARIA, CALIFORNIA
NORMALS, MEANS, AND EXTREMES

LATITUDE: 34 Deg. 54 Min. N LONGITUDE: 120 Deg. 27 Min. W ELEVATION: FT. GRND 236 BARO 270 TIME ZONE: PACIFIC WBAN: 23273

(a)
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
YEAR
TEMPERATURE (Deg. F)
Normals
-Daily Maximum
-Daily Minimum
-Monthly
Extremes
-Record Highest
-Year
-Record Lowest
-Year






53

53



63.8
38.3
51.1

86
1976
20
1976


64.7
40.4
52.6

89
1995
22
1971


64.2
41.3
52.8

95
1988
24
1971


66.9
42.5
54.8

103
1989
31
1984


67.8
46.4
57.1

100
1970
31
1964


71.0
50.3
60.7

102
1976
36
1962


73.3
52.9
63.1

104
1985
43
1964


74.1
53.9
64.0

103
1962
43
1973


74.8
52.3
63.6

103
1978
36
1948


73.9
48.0
61.0

108
1987
26
1971


68.7
42.3
55.5

93
1956
25
1958


64.2
37.8
51.1

90
1958
20
1978


69.0
45.5
57.3

108
OCT 1987
20
DEC 1978
NORMAL DEGREE DAYS
Heating (base 65 Deg. F)
Cooling (base 65 Deg. F)




431
0

347
0

378
0

311
5

248
0

138
9

96
37

72
41

100
58

143
19

289
0

431
0

2984
169
% OF POSSIBLE SUNSHINE














MEAN SKY COVER(tenths)
Sunrise - Sunset
MEAN NUMBER OF DAYS:
Sunrise to Sunset
-Clear
-Partly Cloudy
-Cloudy
Precipitation
.01 inches or more
Snow, Ice Pellets, Hail
1.0 inches or more
Thunderstorms
Heavy Fog Visibility
1/4 mile or less
Temperature Deg. F
-Maximum
90 Deg. F and above
32 Deg. F and below
-Minimum
32 Deg. F and below
0 Deg. F and below

45


4
45
45

53

53
23

23


32
32

32
32

5.0


12.7
7.4
11.0

7.4

0.0
0.2

4.6


0.0
0.0

5.7
0.0

5.1


11.6
6.4
10.2

7.4

0.0
0.1

4.4


0.0
0.0

3.1
0.0

4.9


12.5
8.5
10.0

8.0

0.0
0.3

4.7


0.1
0.0

1.6
0.0

4.6


13.0
8.8
8.3

4.5

0.0
0.2

5.8


0.4
0.0

0.4
0.0

4.3


14.3
9.9
6.9

1.8

0.0
0.2

6.3


0.4
0.0

0.1
0.0

3.8


15.5
10.6
3.9

1.8

0.0
0.*

6.7


0.7
0.0

0.0
0.0

3.4


17.3
12.0
1.6

0.4

0.0
0.2

7.7


0.3
0.0

0.0
0.0

3.5


16.8
12.5
1.7

0.4

0.0
0.3

9.9


0.3
0.0

0.0
0.0

3.6


16.1
10.3
3.6

1.3

0.0
0.4

12.3


1.5
0.0

0.0
0.0

3.7


16.7
8.8
5.4

2.4

0.0
0.1

12.0


1.5
0.0

0.2
0.0

4.1


15.2
7.2
7.6

5.0

0.0
0.1

6.5


0.1
0.0

1.6
0.0

4.7


13.8
7.3
9.9

6.4

0.0
0.1

5.8


0.0
0.0

5.8
0.0

4.2


175.6
109.7
79.9

45.8

0.0
2.3

86.7


5.3
0.0

18.5
0.0
AV. STATION PRES. (mb)














RELATIVE HUMIDITY (%)
Hour 04
Hour 10 (Local Time)
Hour 16
Hour 22

19
29
30
19

81
62
59
81

84
63
61
83

86
63
64
84

88
58
60
87

91
60
61
87

92
61
60
88

88
63
61
86

93
65
62
91

91
63
63
89

85
57
62
85

78
54
60
77

79
59
59
79

86
61
61
85
PRECIPITATION (in.)
Water Equivalent
-Normal
-Maximum Monthly
-Year
-Minimum Monthly
-Year
-Maximum in 24 hrs
-Year
Snow, Ice Pellets, Hail
-Maximum Monthly
-Year
-Maximum in 24 hrs
-Year



53

53

53


53

53



2.16
11.78
1995
T
1976
2.55
1943

T
1962
T
1962


2.62
9.69
1962
T
1953
2.61
1978

T
1992
T
1992


2.27
9.41
1991
T
1959
3.32
1995

T
1995
T
1995


0.99
4.24
1958
T
1992
1.60
1960

0.0

0.0



0.20
2.44
1977
0.00
1978
1.35
1977

0.0

0.0



0.03
0.86
1995
T
1994
0.79
1995

0.0

0.0



0.01
0.62
1950
0.00
1982
0.62
1950

0.0

0.0



0.05
0.86
1976
0.00
1971
0.85
1976

0.0

0.0



0.30
3.05
1976
0.00
1992
1.78
1976

0.0

0.0



0.49
2.07
1960
0.00
1988
2.07
1960

0.0

0.0



1.46
4.74
1965
0.00
1959
1.93
1965

T
1975
T
1975


1.78
4.82
1955
0.02
1989
3.15
1974

T
1990
T
1990


12.36
11.78
JAN 1995
0.00
SEP 1992
3.32
MAR 1995

T
MAR 1995
T
MAR 1995
WIND
Mean Speed (mph)
Prevailing Direction
through 1964
Fastest Mile
-Direction(!!)
-Speed(mph)
-Year
Peak Gust
-Direction(!!)
-Speed(mph)
-Date

15



6



5
5


6.7

WNW

13
36
1995

SE
54
1995

7.2

WNW

14
29
1993

SE
58
1993

8.3

WNW

16
35
1995

SE
53
1995

8.0

WNW

30
31
1991

NW
47
1990

8.3

WNW

30
31
1991

NW
45
1991

7.9

WNW

29
30
1995

NW
45
1995

6.5

WNW

29
30
1995

W
41
1995

6.2

W

28
28
1993

NW
35
1990

5.9

W

28
28
1993

NW
38
1992

6.2

W

30
29
1995

NW
37
1994

6.6

WNW

31
29
1994

N
38
1991

6.4

WNW

16
36
1995

S
52
1995

7.0

WNW

13
36
JAN 1995

SE
58
FEB 1993
(a) - Length of Record in Years, although individual months may be missing.
0.* or * - The value is between 0.0 and 0.05.
Normals - Based on the 1961 - 1990 record period.
Extremes - Dates are the most recent occurrence.
Wind Dir.- Numerals show tens of degrees clockwise from true north. "00" indicates calm.
Resultant Directions are given to whole degrees.