Climate averages 1991–2020
Salinas weather
in November.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a mild month in Salinas: daytime highs average 17.8°C and nights cool to about 8.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 10 h 15 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is San Jose (77 km away). In November its highs average 18.3°C, 0.5°C warmer than Salinas, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 498 cities listed in the United States, Salinas ranks joint 199th of 498 for the warmest November highs and joint 153rd of 498 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 498 cities is 15.2°C; Salinas is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 14.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 85 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- San Jose in NovemberUnited States · 77 kmHigh 18.3°C · Low 9.3°C · 62 mm rain
- Sunnyvale in NovemberUnited States · 84 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 9.6°C · 62 mm rain
- Milpitas in NovemberUnited States · 86 kmHigh 18.2°C · Low 9.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Mountain View in NovemberUnited States · 87 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.9°C · 43 mm rain
- Fremont in NovemberUnited States · 101 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 9.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Redwood City in NovemberUnited States · 104 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 10.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Union City in NovemberUnited States · 107 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 9.3°C · 43 mm rain
- Pleasanton in NovemberUnited States · 111 kmHigh 17.8°C · Low 8.7°C · 40 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.