Santa Maria, CA: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 56.2°F in Santa Maria, CA, the warmest winter since 2015, 3rd warmest of 113.

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 56.2°F; Warmest since 2015; 3rd warmest of 113
Precipitation: 8.26 in; Wettest since 2024; 37th wettest of 110

A normal winter in Santa Maria, CA (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 52.2°F, between 50.5°F and 55.4°F in eight years of ten and 6.64 in of precipitation, between 2.76 in and 13.54 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Santa Maria, CA since 1907: 56.2°F in 2026; the highest is 58.2°F, in 2015.

Normal range, 50.5 to 55.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	56.2	3	69	5	43.4	7	8.26	37	0
2025	53.4	24	66.3	23	40.4	43	2.88	97	0
2024	54	16	64.6	57	43.3	9	10.58	25	0
2023	50.4	90	60.7	104	40	49	16.14	4	0
2022	52.1	54	64.9	47	39.2	64	4.93	76	0
2021	53.4	24	66.2	25	40.6	39	5.83	62	0
2020	54.3	13	65.9	32	42.8	13	2.81	101	0
2019	53.3	27	63.8	69	42.7	14	9.35	32	0
2018	55.4	6	70.1	3	40.6	39	2.07	105	0
2017	51.7	64	61.3	98	42.2	16	13.50	12	0
2016	55.4	6	67.8	11	42.9	12	4.40	86	0
2015	58.2	1	70.1	3	46.3	1	5.08	75	0
2014	56.4	2	71.1	1	41.7	20	2.07	105	0
2013	50.5	88	62.9	81	38.1	80	4.37	87	0
2012	51.9	57	65.8	34	37.9	84	2.33	104	0
2011	52.1	54	63.3	74	40.8	32	13.93	10	0
2010	52.2	49	62.9	81	41.4	23	11.10	20	0
2009	51.6	65	64.2	61	39.1	65	5.76	63	0
2008	51.6	65	63	80	40.2	47	10.72	22	0
2007	53.3	27	66.3	23	40.3	44	3.59	92	0
2006	52.8	39	65.5	39	40.1	48	6.69	53	0
2005	52.6	43	63.6	72	41.7	20	11.85	18	0
2004	50.2	94	61.6	94	38.9	69	6.37	59	0
2003	53.5	23	65.1	44	41.9	18	6.35	60	0
2002	50.4	90	62.9	81	37.9	84	2.82	100	0
2001	51.1	80	64	66	38.1	80	6.58	55	0
2000	53	31	64.7	52	41.3	26	8.87	35	0
1999	50	96	62.9	81	37	99	2.87	98	0
1998	51.8	62	62.1	91	41.4	23	18.02	2	0
1997	52.2	49	62.5	87	41.9	18	6.95	50	0
1996	53.9	17	64.7	52	43.1	10	10.65	24	0
1995	53.6	21	63.7	70	43.4	7	14.82	8	0
1994	52.2	49	65.4	41	39.1	65	7.21	48	0
1993	51.9	57	63.2	77	40.7	38	12.17	16	0
1992	54.1	14	67.4	16	40.8	32	11.00	21	0
1991	52.2	49	65.6	37	38.7	72	3.94	90	0
1990	51.9	57	66.1	30	37.8	89	3.95	89	0
1989	49.6	100	62.2	90	37.1	98	5.09	74	0
1988	51.6	65	64.7	52	38.4	76	6.90	51	0
1987	50.4	90	64.2	61	36.7	102	3.64	91	0
1986	55.2	8	68.3	6	42	17	5.39	68	0
1985	51	82	64	66	38.1	80	4.84	78	0
1984	53	31	65.3	43	40.8	32	3.30	94	0
1983	53	31	65.1	44	40.8	32	13.52	11	0
1982	51.8	62	64.1	64	39.5	58	4.61	80	0
1981	54.7	12	68.1	7	41.3	26	7.51	45	0
1980	54.9	11	67.5	15	42.3	15	10.54	27	0
1979	48.2	110	60.7	104	35.7	109	8.17	38	0
1978	55.1	9	64.9	47	45.4	2	18.40	1	0
1977	52.4	47	68	8	36.7	102	2.54	102	0
1976	51.9	57	67.1	18	36.8	101	4.57	82	0
1975	50.2	94	62.8	85	37.5	94	7.96	41	0
1974	50.5	88	61.8	92	39.1	65	7.34	47	0
1973	49.3	104	60	110	38.6	73	12.15	17	0
1972	48.8	106	61	101	36.7	102	3.27	95	0
1971	49.5	102	61.7	93	37.3	96	4.18	88	0
1970	53.6	21	65.7	35	41.5	22	5.11	73	0
1969	51.3	78	61.5	95	41.2	29	16.07	5	0
1968	52.3	48	63.9	68	40.6	39	2.83	99	0
1967	50.9	84	64.2	61	37.6	92	6.90	51	0
1966	48.3	109	61.5	95	35.1	111	4.44	84	0
1965	51.5	69	62.7	86	40.3	44	2.43	103	0
1964	49.7	99	65.9	32	33.4	115	1.41	110	0
1963	53.4	24	65.7	35	41.1	31	4.59	81	0
1962	50.6	87	62.3	89	38.9	69	13.43	13	0
1961	52.8	39	67.1	18	38.5	74	1.87	107	0
1960	51.4	75	63.3	74	39.5	58	7.63	43	0
1959	53.8	18	66.9	20	40.8	32	6.55	57	0
1958	53.7	20	66.1	30	41.2	29	9.25	33	0
1957	51.3	78	63.6	72	39	68	4.42	85	0
1956	50	96	60.3	108	39.8	52	8.02	39	0
1955	49.2	105	60.9	102	37.5	94	7.51	45	0
1954	53	31	66.2	25	39.8	52	4.90	77	0
1953	53	31	64.8	51	41.3	26	5.40	67	0
1952	50.3	93	60.7	104	39.9	50	9.40	30	0
1951	52.6	43	64.4	60	40.8	32	5.12	72	0
1950	49.5	102	61.1	100	37.9	84	6.50	58	0
1949	46.1	113	57.2	113	35	112	5.71	64	0
1948	50.9	84	64.9	47	37	99	1.72	108	0
1947	51.5	69	64.9	47	38.1	80	3.43	93	0
1946	51.5	69	64.7	52	38.4	76	5.24	71	0
1945	52.2	49	65.6	37	38.8	71	5.38	69	0
1944	51.5	69	63.2	77	39.7	54	9.10	34	0
1943	53.1	29	66.5	21	39.7	54	11.54	19	0
1942	53.1	29	64.7	52	41.4	23	10.58	25	0
1941	55.8	4	66.5	21	45.2	3	17.12	3	0
1940	55.1	9	66.2	25	44.1	5	9.38	31	0
1939	51.4	75	65	46	37.7	91	6.96	49	0
1938	54.1	14	67.6	13	40.6	39	14.99	7	0
1937	48.4	108	60.5	107	36.2	108	14.11	9	0
1936	52.6	43	65.4	41	39.9	50	8.34	36	1
1935	52.8	39	66.2	25	39.5	58	7.58	44	0
1934	52.8	39	67.9	10	37.6	92	5.54	66	0
1933	48.2	110	62.4	88	34	114	7.69	42	0
1932	48.7	107	60.8	103	36.6	106	12.95	15	0
1931	53	31	67.6	13	38.3	79	5.29	70	0
1930	53.8	18	68	8	39.6	57	4.75	79	0
1929	49.9	98	64.6	57	35.3	110	5.66	65	0
1928	52.5	46	67.7	12	37.3	96	6.59	54	0
1927	52	56	64.6	57	39.3	63	8.00	40	0
1926	55.6	5	71	2	40.3	44			0
1925	51.5	69	63.7	70	39.4	61			0
1924	51.4	75	66.2	25	36.5	107	1.72	108	0
1923	51.5	69	63.3	74	39.7	54	6.56	56	0
1922	49.6	100	61.4	97	37.8	89			0
1921	48.2	110	58.5	112	37.9	84	6.02	61	1
1920	51	82	64.1	64	37.9	84			1
1919					34.7	113	4.50	83	17
1918	52.9	37	67.3	17	38.4	76	10.23	28	0
1912	51.1	80	65.5	39	36.7	102	3.21	96	0
1911					39.4	61	10.67	23	14
1910	50.8	86	63.1	79	38.5	74	9.86	29	0
1909	51.6	65	60.2	109	43	11	15.90	6	6
1908	51.9	57	59.9	111	43.9	6			0
1907	52.9	37	61.3	98	44.5	4	13.15	14	0
1906									31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2015	58.2
2014	56.4
2026	56.2
1941	55.8
1926	55.6
2018	55.4
2016	55.4
1986	55.2
1978	55.1
1940	55.1

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1949	46.1
1979	48.2
1933	48.2
1921	48.2
1966	48.3
1937	48.4
1932	48.7
1972	48.8
1955	49.2
1973	49.3

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1978	18.40
1998	18.02
1941	17.12
2023	16.14
1969	16.07
1909	15.90
1938	14.99
1995	14.82
1937	14.11
2011	13.93

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1964	1.41
1948	1.72
1924	1.72
1961	1.87
2018	2.07
2014	2.07
2012	2.33
1965	2.43
1977	2.54
2020	2.81

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 87°F; 27 February 2026
Coldest night: 34°F; 10 January 2026, 9 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.64 in; 24 December 2025

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 8.26 in of precipitation in Santa Maria, CA, the wettest winter since 2024, 37th wettest of 110.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Santa Maria, CA: 87°F on Friday 27 February 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Santa Maria, CA: a low of 34°F on Saturday 10 January 2026 and Friday 9 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Santa Maria, CA: 1.64 in on Wednesday 24 December 2025.