Climate averages 1991–2020
Salinas weather
in April.
A mild, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Salinas: daytime highs average 17.2°C and nights cool to about 8.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 06 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Jose (77 km away). In April its highs average 19.3°C, 2.0°C warmer than Salinas, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Salinas ranks joint 309th of 498 for the warmest April highs and joint 102nd of 498 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 498 cities is 19.4°C; Salinas is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 18.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 33 mm to 15 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Salinas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 15.1°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 95 | 8.4 | 10.010 h |
| February | 15.5°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 95 | 9.0 | 10.811 h |
| March | 16.5°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 73 | 8.3 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 17.2°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 33 | 5.1 | 13.113 h |
| May | 18.9°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 15 | 2.9 | 14.114 h |
| June | 21.2°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 2.6 | 0.4 | 14.615 h |
| July | 22.9°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 14.414 h |
| August | 23.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 2.1 | 0.4 | 12.512 h |
| October | 21.7°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 19 | 2.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 17.8°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 42 | 5.2 | 10.310 h |
| December | 14.9°C5.9°C | 5.9°C | 85 | 7.9 | 9.710 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- San Jose in AprilUnited States · 77 kmHigh 19.3°C · Low 9.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Sunnyvale in AprilUnited States · 84 kmHigh 18.6°C · Low 9.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Milpitas in AprilUnited States · 86 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 9.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Mountain View in AprilUnited States · 87 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 9.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Fremont in AprilUnited States · 101 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 9.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Redwood City in AprilUnited States · 104 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 9.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Union City in AprilUnited States · 107 kmHigh 19.1°C · Low 9.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Pleasanton in AprilUnited States · 111 kmHigh 19.5°C · Low 8.5°C · 32 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Salinas) is explained once on the Salinas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.