SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA

NCDC 1961-1990 Monthly Normals

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Mean Max. Temperature (F) 65.0 65.7 66.4 68.6 69.4 71.7 75.3 77.0 75.8 74.2 69.1 65.6 70.3
Highest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 72.9 71.4 73.3 71.9 76.1 77.8 79.1 81.2 83.4 79.0 76.7 71.4 72.5
Year Highest Occurred 1961 1977 1988 1989 1984 1976 1985 1983 1984 1965 1976 1963 1984
Lowest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 60.2 60.2 62.4 62.0 65.8 67.7 71.5 73.4 70.5 69.7 64.9 60.0 68.4
Year Lowest Occurred 1974 1969 1974 1967 1964 1965 1965 1989 1980 1988 1985 1971 1973
Mean Temperature (F) 54.2 55.6 56.7 58.9 60.6 63.4 66.6 68.1 66.8 64.1 58.8 54.6 60.7
Highest Mean Temperature (F) 58.3 60.3 61.1 63.1 65.1 69.0 70.2 72.2 74.1 67.3 63.5 59.6 63.0
Year Highest Occurred 1961 1963 1988 1989 1984 1981 1984 1984 1984 1983 1976 1977 1984
Lowest Mean Temperature (F) 50.0 51.5 53.3 53.3 57.7 60.5 63.6 65.6 63.6 60.6 56.0 49.7 59.2
Year Lowest Occurred 1972 1969 1973 1967 1964 1965 1965 1970 1980 1971 1964 1971 1971
Mean Min. Temperature (F) 43.4 45.4 47.0 49.0 51.8 55.0 57.8 59.2 57.7 53.9 48.5 43.6 51.0
Highest Mean Min. Temperature (F) 48.7 49.4 53.2 54.3 57.0 60.4 61.6 64.0 64.8 58.2 53.2 51.3 53.5
Year Highest Occurred 1978 1980 1978 1989 1987 1981 1984 1984 1984 1987 1986 1977 1984
Lowest Mean Min. Temperature (F) 38.0 41.4 42.1 44.5 48.2 52.5 55.3 55.8 53.7 47.8 44.8 39.4 49.2
Year Lowest Occurred 1972 1964 1962 1967 1961 1962 1962 1970 1970 1971 1961 1971 1962
Mean Precipitation (in.) 3.57 3.75 2.75 1.27 0.20 0.07 0.01 0.05 0.31 0.33 2.18 2.49 16.98
Highest Precipitation (in.) 15.55 17.33 11.73 6.55 2.96 1.21 0.13 0.82 4.01 2.45 8.26 7.33 43.53
Year Highest Occurred 1969 1962 1978 1965 1977 1963 1987 1983 1976 1987 1965 1971 1983
Lowest Precipitation (in.) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.72
Year Lowest Occurred 1984 1982 1984 1979 1987 1990 1990 1990 1987 1990 1980 1989 1990
Heating Degree Days (F) 335. 266. 261. 192. 147. 87. 31. 16. 45. 66. 194. 326. 1966.
Cooling Degree Days (F) 0. 0. 0. 9. 11. 39. 81. 112. 99. 38. 8. 0. 397.

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