Climate averages 1991–2020
Salinas weather
in January.
A mild, wet month: the 11th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a mild month in Salinas: daytime highs average 15.1°C and nights cool to about 6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 57 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Jose (77 km away). In January its highs average 14.9°C, about as warm as Salinas, with 129 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Salinas ranks joint 133rd of 498 for the warmest January highs and joint 405th of 498 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 498 cities is 9.5°C; Salinas is 5.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 15.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 95 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- San Jose in JanuaryUnited States · 77 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 6.2°C · 129 mm rain
- Sunnyvale in JanuaryUnited States · 84 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 6.2°C · 129 mm rain
- Milpitas in JanuaryUnited States · 86 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 6.5°C · 91 mm rain
- Mountain View in JanuaryUnited States · 87 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 6.6°C · 91 mm rain
- Fremont in JanuaryUnited States · 101 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 6.0°C · 91 mm rain
- Redwood City in JanuaryUnited States · 104 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 6.9°C · 99 mm rain
- Union City in JanuaryUnited States · 107 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 5.9°C · 91 mm rain
- Pleasanton in JanuaryUnited States · 111 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 5.5°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.