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Salinas weather by month

Salinas runs from about 22°C in September to 27°C in March, with February the wettest month at 133 mm.

warmest month

March

27°C

coolest month

September

22°C

wettest month

February

133 mm

worst air month

July

13 µg/m³

The whole year, month by month.

Monthly climate normals for Salinas
MonthAvg tempRainSunPM2.5
January26°C39 mm329 h10
February27°C133 mm303 h7
March27°C25 mm338 h9
April26°C15 mm320 h10
May25°C12 mm310 h10
June24°C3 mm284 h12
July23°C5 mm275 h13
August22°C6 mm256 h12
September22°C3 mm287 h12
October23°C6 mm298 h12
November23°C3 mm311 h13
December24°C12 mm318 h12

About 3,629 hours of sun a year. Roughly 27 rainy days a year.

These are long-run climate normals, not a forecast. A given year can sit well outside them. PM2.5 is a global model: near the coast it counts sea salt as fine particulate and reads high against ground stations, sometimes by a factor of two. Use the shape of the year, not the absolute number.

where these numbers come from

  • · Temperature, rainfall and sunshine: ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis climate normals via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), fetched once and stored.
  • · PM2.5: Copernicus CAMS reanalysis, monthly means. Modelled, not station readings; near coasts CAMS counts sea salt as PM2.5 and reads high.

Last reviewed 2026-05-24. Full method, licences and the list of sources we rejected are on the methodology page.