Climate averages 1991–2020

Salinas weather
in July.

A warm, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 22.9°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 13.2°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a warm month in Salinas: daytime highs average 22.9°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 24 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is San Jose (77 km away). In July its highs average 28.1°C, 5.2°C warmer than Salinas, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Salinas ranks 493rd of 498 for the warmest July highs and joint 31st of 498 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 498 cities is 30.3°C; Salinas is 7.3°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.4 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Salinas, 1991–2020
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, selected	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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Salinas

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 limits

How 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.