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Weather extremes
How extreme does Salinas's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Salinas has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Salinas has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 32°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in Salinas (typical high near 80°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 34°F colder than a normal January night in Salinas (typical low near 39°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 91% of a typical January's rain in a single day (Salinas averages roughly 3.1 in across the month).
The three most extreme on record
Close to a whole typical December's snow in one day (Salinas averages about 0 in across the month).
Top recorded days
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
Salinas's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 112°F is about 32°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Salinas #2 (NOAA GHCN station USC00047668), about 2 km from the city centre.