Climate averages 1991–2020
Salinas weather
in March.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a mild month in Salinas: daytime highs average 16.5°C and nights cool to about 7.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes March a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Jose (77 km away). In March its highs average 17.5°C, 1.0°C warmer than Salinas, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Salinas ranks joint 243rd of 498 for the warmest March highs and joint 239th of 498 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 498 cities is 14.9°C; Salinas is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 17.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 73 mm to 33 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- San Jose in MarchUnited States · 77 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 8.3°C · 100 mm rain
- Sunnyvale in MarchUnited States · 84 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 8.4°C · 100 mm rain
- Milpitas in MarchUnited States · 86 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 8.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Mountain View in MarchUnited States · 87 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.5°C · 75 mm rain
- Fremont in MarchUnited States · 101 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.4°C · 75 mm rain
- Redwood City in MarchUnited States · 104 kmHigh 16.2°C · Low 8.6°C · 82 mm rain
- Union City in MarchUnited States · 107 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 8.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Pleasanton in MarchUnited States · 111 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 7.5°C · 67 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.