Santa Maria, CA: January

31 January 2026: January 2026 averaged 55.2°F in Santa Maria, CA, the warmest January since 2018, 7th warmest of 114.

January 2026

Mean temperature: 55.2°F; Warmest since 2018; 7th warmest of 114
Precipitation: 1.84 in; Driest since 2025; 50th driest of 113

A normal January in Santa Maria, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 52.5°F, between 49.6°F and 56.3°F in eight years of ten and 1.92 in of precipitation, between 0.31 in and 5.79 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every January in Santa Maria, CA since 1906: 55.2°F in 2026; the highest is 58.6°F, in 2014.

Normal range, 49.6 to 56.3°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every January in Santa Maria, CA from 1906 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	55.2	7	68.8	11	41.5	29	1.84	64	0
2025	50.9	64	65.6	31	36.2	87	0.24	103	0
2024	52.9	33	63.5	65	42.3	18	1.73	67	0
2023	50.4	74	59.9	99	41	33	7.40	4	0
2022	52.9	33	66.1	25	39.6	45	0.17	106	0
2021	53.5	22	66	28	41	33	4.13	28	0
2020	53.4	25	65.1	35	41.7	25	0.63	93	0
2019	54.9	9	65.4	33	44.4	7	4.73	20	0
2018	57.4	3	69.8	9	44.9	5	1.90	62	0
2017	50.5	73	60.8	93	40.2	42	5.84	11	0
2016	55.1	8	64.4	48	45.8	1	2.93	44	0
2015	58.1	2	72.2	2	44	9	0.32	102	0
2014	58.6	1	74.3	1	43	16	0.01	111	0
2013	49.6	86	63.3	69	36	90	0.63	93	0
2012	52.6	39	66.9	18	38.3	59	1.81	65	0
2011	53.2	27	65.7	30	40.6	36	1.08	81	0
2010	52.9	33	64.1	52	41.7	25	5.78	12	0
2009	53.9	17	68.9	10	39	50	0.17	106	0
2008	51.3	56	61.8	86	40.9	35	7.01	7	0
2007	51	63	64.9	39	37.2	76	0.80	87	0
2006	51.6	54	63.7	62	39.5	46	3.63	33	0
2005	52.5	41	63.3	69	41.6	28	4.20	24	0
2004	49.6	86	61.6	87	37.6	72	0.68	90	0
2003	56.2	5	68.8	11	43.6	13	0.23	104	0
2002	48	104	60.5	96	35.6	97	1.14	79	0
2001	49.1	93	62.5	78	35.8	93	3.87	29	0
2000	52.6	39	63	74	42.2	19	1.48	69	0
1999	51.3	56	64.3	50	38.4	57	1.64	68	0
1998	51.8	53	61.5	90	42	22	3.80	30	0
1997	52.2	49	60.8	93	43.5	14	3.51	37	0
1996	52.4	45	64.5	45	40.4	39	2.04	56	0
1995	53.7	21	61.6	87	45.8	1	11.78	1	0
1994	53	31	67.8	14	38.2	62	1.95	60	0
1993	52.5	41	63.2	73	41.9	23	5.46	14	0
1992	52.4	45	67	17	37.9	70	2.15	53	0
1991	52.4	45	64.5	45	40.3	40	0.96	84	0
1990	51.2	58	64.9	39	37.6	72	2.28	51	0
1989	49.1	93	63.3	69	35	103	0.41	100	0
1988	50.8	68	63.7	62	38	67	1.42	70	0
1987	48	104	61.5	90	34.5	106	1.22	78	0
1986	56.6	4	70.3	5	42.8	17	0.95	85	0
1985	50	81	63.5	65	36.4	85	0.74	88	0
1984	53.2	27	66.1	25	40.3	40	0.08	110	0
1983	53.5	22	66.8	20	40.1	43	6.71	8	0
1982	48.3	100	61.5	90	35.1	102	2.70	45	0
1981	54.2	13	66.3	23	42.2	19	3.54	35	0
1980	54.9	9	65.4	33	44.4	7	3.76	31	0
1979	48.6	97	59.1	102	38.1	64	3.69	32	0
1978	54.4	12	63.9	59	44.9	5	5.62	13	0
1977	50.9	64	64.4	48	37.5	74	1.39	71	0
1976	52.5	41	70.5	4	34.5	106	trace	113	0
1975	50.2	79	64.6	43	35.8	93	0.10	109	0
1974	49.7	85	58.9	103	40.5	37	4.16	25	0
1973	47.3	106	58.2	107	36.4	85	4.81	19	0
1972	48.3	100	60.7	95	35.9	91	0.16	108	0
1971	49.8	83	62.3	80	37.4	75	0.61	95	0
1970	53.9	17	64.3	50	43.5	14	2.15	53	0
1969	53.2	27	62.3	80	44	9	7.09	6	0
1968	50.9	64	63.4	67	38.3	59	0.60	97	0
1967	51.1	62	64.1	52	38	67	3.53	36	0
1966	48.1	103	61.6	87	34.6	105	1.05	82	0
1965	52	50	63.6	64	40.5	37	0.74	88	0
1964	48.6	97	63.4	67	33.9	112	1.23	77	0
1963	49.3	90	62.1	83	36.5	84	1.03	83	0
1962	50.4	74	64.9	39	35.9	91	2.01	58	0
1961	54.1	15	70.1	7	38.1	64	0.91	86	0
1960	49.3	90	59.8	101	38.7	53	3.17	42	0
1959	54.1	15	66.1	25	42.1	21	2.02	57	0
1958	52.3	48	65.6	31	38.9	51	2.46	50	0
1957	46.6	108	58	109	35.2	101	2.13	55	0
1956	50.7	72	60.2	97	41.3	30	2.54	48	0
1955	46.8	107	58.2	107	35.3	100	4.41	22	0
1954	49.6	86	60	98	39.2	48	3.34	40	0
1953	55.7	6	66.5	21	45	3	1.27	76	0
1952	48.6	97	58.5	106	38.7	53	5.03	17	0
1951	50.8	68	62.3	80	39.4	47	1.97	59	0
1950	46	111	56.4	111	35.6	97	2.54	48	0
1949	43.3	114	54.1	113	32.4	115	1.28	75	0
1948	52.7	37	67.4	15	38.1	64	0.01	111	0
1947	49.6	86	65.1	35	34.1	110	0.35	101	0
1946	50.3	76	65	38	35.7	96	0.50	99	0
1945	50.9	64	65.1	35	36.7	80	0.61	95	0
1944	51.2	58	64.1	52	38.4	57	1.32	73	0
1943	51.6	54	64.6	43	38.7	53	7.23	5	0
1942	53.9	17	66.5	21	41.3	30	1.78	66	0
1941	53.9	17	64.1	52	43.7	12	5.04	16	0
1940	54.9	9	64.8	42	45	3	5.41	15	0
1939	49.8	83	62.6	77	37	79	3.25	41	0
1938	54.2	13	68.4	13	39.9	44	4.72	21	0
1937	43.9	113	54.7	112	33	114	3.59	34	0
1936	52.7	37	66.2	24	39.2	48	1.31	74	1
1935	51.2	58	64	57	38.3	59	4.16	25	0
1934	53.5	22	71.6	3	35.4	99	1.11	80	0
1933	48.3	100	62.1	83	34.5	106	6.08	10	0
1932	46.6	108	58.9	103	34.2	109	4.25	23	0
1931	53	31	67.1	16	38.8	52	4.16	25	0
1930	50.2	79	62.4	79	37.9	70	3.42	39	0
1929	48.7	96	62.8	75	34.7	104	2.28	51	0
1928	53.4	25	70.1	7	36.7	80	0.22	105	0
1927	51.2	58	63.9	59	38.6	56	1.88	63	0
1926	53.2	27	70.3	5	36.2	87			0
1925	50.8	68	64.5	45	37.2	76	2.56	47	0
1924	50	81	65.9	29	34.1	110	0.64	92	0
1923	50.8	68	63.3	69	38.2	62	1.91	61	0
1922	46.2	110	58.9	103	33.6	113	4.90	18	0
1921	44.6	112	53.1	114	36.1	89	3.13	43	0
1920	50.3	76	64	57	36.6	83			1
1919					37.2	76	0.68	90	17
1918	52.5	41	66.9	18	38	67	0.53	98	0
1912	50.3	76	63.8	61	36.7	80	1.34	72	0
1911	52	50	62.8	75	41.3	30	6.42	9	0
1910	48.9	95	62	85	35.8	93	3.47	38	0
1909							10.31	2	6
1908	51.9	52	59.9	99	43.9	11			0
1907	49.3	90	57	110	41.7	25	7.78	3	0
1906	52.9	33	64.1	52	41.8	24	2.64	46	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2014	58.6
2015	58.1
2018	57.4
1986	56.6
2003	56.2
1953	55.7
2026	55.2
2016	55.1
2019	54.9
1980	54.9
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1949	43.3
1937	43.9
1921	44.6
1950	46
1922	46.2
1957	46.6
1932	46.6
1955	46.8
1973	47.3
2002	48
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1995	11.78
1909	10.31
1907	7.78
2023	7.40
1943	7.23
1969	7.09
2008	7.01
1983	6.71
1911	6.42
1933	6.08

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1976	trace
2014	0.01
1948	0.01
1984	0.08
1975	0.10
1972	0.16
2022	0.17
2009	0.17
1928	0.22
2003	0.23

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 81°F; 31 January 2026
Coldest night: 34°F; 10 January 2026, 9 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.27 in; 3 January 2026

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January 2026 brought 1.84 in of precipitation in Santa Maria, CA, the driest January since 2025, 50th driest of 113.
The hottest day of January 2026 in Santa Maria, CA: 81°F on Saturday 31 January 2026.
The coldest night of January 2026 in Santa Maria, CA: a low of 34°F on Saturday 10 January 2026 and Friday 9 January 2026.
The wettest day of January 2026 in Santa Maria, CA: 1.27 in on Saturday 3 January 2026.