Climate averages 1991–2020
Salinas weather
in February.
A mild, wet month: the 10th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a mild month in Salinas: daytime highs average 15.5°C and nights cool to about 6.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 49 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Jose (77 km away). In February its highs average 15.8°C, about as warm as Salinas, with 135 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Salinas ranks joint 176th of 498 for the warmest February highs and joint 396th of 498 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 498 cities is 11.1°C; Salinas is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 16.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 95 mm to 73 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- San Jose in FebruaryUnited States · 77 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.1°C · 135 mm rain
- Sunnyvale in FebruaryUnited States · 84 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 7.2°C · 135 mm rain
- Milpitas in FebruaryUnited States · 86 kmHigh 15.8°C · Low 7.5°C · 96 mm rain
- Mountain View in FebruaryUnited States · 87 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 7.4°C · 96 mm rain
- Fremont in FebruaryUnited States · 101 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 7.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Redwood City in FebruaryUnited States · 104 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 7.6°C · 107 mm rain
- Union City in FebruaryUnited States · 107 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 6.9°C · 96 mm rain
- Pleasanton in FebruaryUnited States · 111 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.3°C · 86 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.