SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA

NCDC 1961-1990 Monthly Normals

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Mean Max. Temperature (F) 60.9 63.2 64.6 68.4 71.3 74.4 75.7 76.2 77.0 73.7 65.8 60.3 69.3
Highest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 65.1 69.6 71.5 72.5 79.9 82.5 79.4 79.8 84.7 80.6 72.6 67.3 71.7
Year Highest Occurred 1986 1988 1988 1987 1984 1976 1983 1983 1984 1965 1976 1989 1976
Lowest Mean Max. Temperature (F) 56.3 56.6 60.9 58.6 67.6 67.0 69.6 70.9 70.0 69.3 60.6 54.6 67.7
Year Lowest Occurred 1979 1969 1962 1967 1963 1967 1962 1989 1986 1988 1973 1971 1974
Mean Temperature (F) 49.9 52.1 53.2 55.7 58.6 61.9 63.5 64.0 63.9 60.5 54.3 49.5 57.3
Highest Mean Temperature (F) 55.3 56.0 58.1 59.4 63.4 65.9 66.6 67.5 69.1 64.2 59.0 53.8 59.1
Year Highest Occurred 1986 1963 1978 1990 1984 1981 1985 1983 1984 1965 1976 1977 1983
Lowest Mean Temperature (F) 47.0 48.2 50.4 49.4 55.9 58.5 59.8 61.5 60.0 57.3 51.5 45.1 55.6
Year Lowest Occurred 1963 1969 1962 1967 1974 1967 1962 1969 1962 1971 1978 1971 1975
Mean Min. Temperature (F) 38.8 41.0 41.8 42.9 45.8 49.4 51.2 51.7 50.7 47.3 42.9 38.8 45.2
Highest Mean Min. Temperature (F) 45.5 46.5 48.2 47.9 50.8 52.9 54.7 55.8 56.0 52.5 47.7 45.0 48.4
Year Highest Occurred 1986 1980 1978 1990 1987 1972 1990 1990 1983 1987 1981 1983 1983
Lowest Mean Min. Temperature (F) 34.6 35.3 37.0 37.1 42.6 46.6 48.5 47.4 46.0 41.5 38.6 32.7 42.6
Year Lowest Occurred 1963 1964 1964 1970 1974 1976 1966 1969 1970 1971 1975 1990 1971
Mean Precipitation (in.) 5.66 4.94 4.65 2.19 0.39 0.15 0.15 0.12 0.42 1.38 4.39 4.55 28.99
Highest Precipitation (in.) 14.80 12.99 15.16 8.26 4.11 1.51 2.89 1.25 2.00 3.65 11.06 13.06 59.76
Year Highest Occurred 1969 1973 1983 1967 1990 1967 1974 1976 1983 1975 1984 1964 1983
Lowest Precipitation (in.) 0.32 0.20 0.05 0.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.05 0.05 15.02
Year Lowest Occurred 1976 1964 1988 1973 1987 1987 1990 1990 1988 1978 1986 1989 1989
Heating Degree Days (F) 468. 361. 366. 284. 203. 112. 72. 65. 85. 151. 321. 481. 2969.
Cooling Degree Days (F) 0. 0. 0. 5. 0. 19. 26. 34. 52. 12. 0. 0. 148.

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