Climate averages 1991–2020
Salinas weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Salinas: daytime highs average 23.5°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.4 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 34 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Jose (77 km away). In August its highs average 28.4°C, 4.9°C warmer than Salinas, with 1.0 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Salinas ranks 492nd of 498 for the warmest August highs and joint 74th of 498 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 498 cities is 29.9°C; Salinas is 6.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.4 mm to 2.1 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- San Jose in AugustUnited States · 77 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Sunnyvale in AugustUnited States · 84 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 15.0°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Milpitas in AugustUnited States · 86 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 15.7°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Mountain View in AugustUnited States · 87 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Fremont in AugustUnited States · 101 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 15.2°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Redwood City in AugustUnited States · 104 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Union City in AugustUnited States · 107 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 15.1°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Pleasanton in AugustUnited States · 111 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 14.8°C · 2.1 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.