Santa Maria, CA: May

31 May 2026: May 2026 averaged 59.3°F in Santa Maria, CA, the warmest May since 2020, tied 34th warmest of 116 (with 1937).

May 2026

Mean temperature: 59.3°F; Warmest since 2020; 34th warmest of 116
Precipitation: 0.06 in; Driest since 2025; 52nd driest of 108

A normal May in Santa Maria, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 59°F, between 56.6°F and 61.4°F in eight years of ten and 0.11 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 0.93 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every May in Santa Maria, CA since 1906: 59.3°F in 2026; the highest is 64.6°F, in 1910.

Normal range, 56.6 to 61.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every May 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	59.3	34	69.1	52	49.6	15	0.06	55	0
2025	58.8	47	68.9	58	48.7	27	trace	77	0
2024	57.6	68	66.7	94	48.5	32	0.12	45	0
2023	57.2	77	65.5	103	48.8	25	0.29	29	0
2022	57.3	75	68.3	70	46.4	69	0.00	95	0
2021	57.2	77	66.8	93	47.6	45	0.01	70	0
2020	62.1	6	74.7	9	49.6	15	0.14	43	0
2019	60	20	69.1	52	50.9	5	0.91	10	0
2018	58.9	44	67.7	81	50.2	12	trace	77	0
2017	59	39	69.6	45	48.5	32	0.34	25	0
2016	59.4	29	68.5	67	50.3	8	0.24	33	0
2015	59.1	38	67.6	83	50.7	6	0.24	33	0
2014	63.6	2	76	3	51.2	4	0.01	70	1
2013	60.7	15	72.4	20	49.1	24	0.04	59	0
2012	57.9	60	69	55	46.8	61	trace	77	0
2011	56.9	85	68.8	61	45	96	0.38	23	0
2010	56.6	93	67.8	80	45.4	85	0.18	39	0
2009	59.4	29	69.5	49	49.2	19	0.08	52	0
2008	57.2	77	68.2	73	46.2	70	0.01	70	0
2007	58.9	44	70.1	37	47.8	42	0.04	59	0
2006	59.7	24	70.6	33	48.8	25	1.36	5	0
2005	59.9	21	71.1	27	48.7	27	0.89	11	0
2004	59	39	70.7	32	47.3	50	0.00	95	0
2003	58.4	51	69.8	40	47.1	53	1.08	6	0
2002	56.2	96	66.1	97	46.2	70	0.07	53	0
2001	61.2	10	73.1	18	49.2	19	0.01	70	0
2000	58.5	49	70.1	37	47	58	0.03	63	0
1999	55.1	105	64.9	107	45.2	91	0.00	95	0
1998	56.9	85	66.6	95	47.2	52	3.17	1	0
1997	62.6	4	75.2	5	50	13	0.00	95	0
1996	60.1	18	72.4	20	47.9	40	0.32	26	0
1995	57	83	65.7	100	48.3	36	0.46	19	0
1994	57.8	63	68.3	70	47.4	49	0.56	17	0
1993	60.7	15	73.3	17	48.1	39	0.21	37	0
1992	61.3	9	70.5	34	52.1	3	trace	77	0
1991	54	113	64.4	110	43.6	110	0.00	95	0
1990	57.5	71	67.6	83	47.5	46	0.47	18	0
1989	57.5	71	67.9	79	47.1	53	0.06	55	0
1988	56.9	85	68.9	58	45	96	0.23	35	0
1987	59.6	27	69.6	45	49.7	14	trace	77	0
1986	57.2	77	70.1	37	44.3	105	trace	77	0
1985	58.4	51	69.2	51	47.5	46	trace	77	0
1984	61.2	10	75.2	5	47.3	50	trace	77	0
1983	58.9	44	69.1	52	48.6	29	0.09	50	0
1982	57.5	71	66.5	96	48.6	29	trace	77	0
1981	57	83	67.5	87	46.6	65	trace	77	0
1980	55.6	102	65.3	105	45.9	77	0.32	26	0
1979	59	39	70.5	34	47.5	46	0.09	50	0
1978	59.4	29	73.5	13	45.3	88	0.00	95	0
1977	55.1	105	65.6	102	44.7	101	2.44	2	0
1976	57.2	77	67.6	83	46.8	61	0.03	63	0
1975	55.8	98	65.5	103	46.1	74	trace	77	0
1974	54.7	107	65.7	100	43.8	108	trace	77	0
1973	59.5	28	69.7	42	49.2	19	0.03	63	0
1972	56.7	91	68.1	76	45.3	88	trace	77	0
1971	54.1	111	63.7	114	44.6	102	0.98	8	0
1970	59.4	29	71.9	23	46.9	60	trace	77	0
1969	58.2	54	67.7	81	48.6	29	0.01	70	0
1968	58	57	69	55	47	58	0.05	58	0
1967	57.1	82	68.8	61	45.5	84	0.22	36	0
1966	58.2	54	68.1	76	48.3	36	0.01	70	0
1965	55.7	99	66.1	97	45.4	85	trace	77	0
1964	53.5	115	64.5	108	42.5	112	0.27	30	0
1963	56.9	85	64.5	108	49.2	19	0.43	21	0
1962	54.2	110	63.9	111	44.5	103	0.10	48	0
1961	54.5	108	63.8	113	45.1	94	0.17	41	0
1960	56.5	94	67.3	90	45.6	83	trace	77	0
1959	56	97	66	99	46.1	74	trace	77	0
1958	58.5	49	68.8	61	48.3	36	0.21	37	0
1957	57.8	63	67.3	90	48.4	34	1.03	7	0
1956	57.7	65	67.5	87	47.9	40	0.45	20	0
1955	54.5	108	63.2	115	45.9	77	0.41	22	0
1954	57.7	65	68.6	65	46.8	61	0.02	67	0
1953	56.3	95	68.8	61	43.7	109	0.02	67	0
1952	57.7	65	69.6	45	45.8	80	trace	77	0
1951	57.3	75	68.6	65	45.9	77	0.01	70	0
1950	55.7	99	65.3	105	46.2	70	0.15	42	0
1949	58	57	68.3	70	47.7	44	0.77	12	0
1948	56.8	90	68.4	69	45.2	91	0.69	15	1
1947	60.2	17	71.1	27	49.4	18	0.30	28	0
1946	57.6	68	68.1	76	47.1	53	0.10	48	0
1945	57.9	60	68.9	58	46.8	61	0.04	59	0
1944	58	57	69.5	49	46.5	66	0.11	46	0
1943	58.3	53	70.9	30	45.7	81	0.02	67	0
1942	59.2	36	72.7	19	45.7	81	0.11	46	0
1941	63.5	3	76.6	2	50.3	8	0.07	53	0
1940	60.8	14	72.4	20	49.2	19	0.00	95	0
1939	57.9	60	69.6	45	46.2	70	0.03	63	0
1938	58.6	48	70.8	31	46.5	66	0.04	59	0
1937	59.3	34	73.5	13	45	96	0.00	95	0
1936	60.9	13	74.6	10	47.1	53	0.13	44	0
1935	58.1	56	69.7	42	46.5	66	0.00	95	0
1934	61.4	8	75.6	4	47.1	53	0.26	31	0
1933	53.9	114	67.2	92	40.6	116	0.38	23	0
1932	56.7	91	67.4	89	46.1	74	0.26	31	0
1931	61.9	7	73.5	13	50.3	8	0.94	9	0
1930	55.2	104	68.2	73	42.1	115	0.68	16	0
1929	56.9	85	70.4	36	43.3	111	0.00	95	0
1928	59.7	24	71.7	24	47.8	42	0.71	14	0
1927	59.2	36	73.6	12	44.9	99	0.06	55	0
1926	59.8	22	74.5	11	45.1	94			0
1925	59.8	22	71.3	26	48.4	34			0
1924	59	39	73.5	13	44.4	104			0
1923	57.6	68	71	29	44.2	106			0
1922	60.1	18	74.8	8	45.4	85			0
1921	54.1	111	63.9	111	44.2	106	1.45	4	0
1920	55.7	99	69	55	42.4	114			0
1919	52.8	116	60.6	116	44.9	99	0.74	13	1
1918	55.4	103	68.2	73	42.5	112			0
1912	61	12	76.8	1	45.2	91			0
1911	62.2	5	71.4	25	53.1	2	0.00	95	0
1910	64.6	1	75	7	54.3	1	0.00	95	0
1909	59.4	29	68.5	67	50.3	8	0.00	95	0
1908	57.5	71	69.7	42	45.3	88	0.18	39	0
1907	59.7	24	69.8	40	49.6	15	0.00	95	0
1906	59	39	67.6	83	50.4	7	2.39	3	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1910	64.6
2014	63.6
1941	63.5
1997	62.6
1911	62.2
2020	62.1
1931	61.9
1934	61.4
1992	61.3
2001	61.2
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1919	52.8
1964	53.5
1933	53.9
1991	54
1971	54.1
1921	54.1
1962	54.2
1961	54.5
1955	54.5
1974	54.7

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1998	3.17
1977	2.44
1906	2.39
1921	1.45
2006	1.36
2003	1.08
1957	1.03
1971	0.98
1931	0.94
2019	0.91

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2022	0.00
2004	0.00
1999	0.00
1997	0.00
1991	0.00
1978	0.00
1940	0.00
1937	0.00
1935	0.00
1929	0.00
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 85°F; 19 May 2026
Coldest night: 44°F; 18 May 2026
Wettest day: 0.06 in; 28 May 2026

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May 2026 brought 0.06 in of precipitation in Santa Maria, CA, the driest May since 2025, tied 52nd driest of 108 (with 1989 and 1927).
The hottest day of May 2026 in Santa Maria, CA: 85°F on Tuesday 19 May 2026.
The coldest night of May 2026 in Santa Maria, CA: a low of 44°F on Monday 18 May 2026.
The wettest day of May 2026 in Santa Maria, CA: 0.06 in on Thursday 28 May 2026.