San Luis Obispo
Central Coast
Far enough inland to warm up, close enough that the marine layer still reaches it.
78°FJuly mean high
44°FJanuary mean low
22.4″Annual precipitation
11.8°FAnnual range
Source station: SAN LUIS OBISPO POLY, CA US (USC00047851), 308 ft, 1.6 mi from San Luis Obispo, 75 ft higher. NOAA/NCEI 1991–2020 monthly normals.
35.283°N, 120.660°W in Central Coast.
35.283°N, 120.660°W. In Central Coast.
The next three days
NATIONAL BLEND OF MODELSDRAWN ON REQUESTThe year, in one picture
NOAA/NCEI 1991–2020 NORMALSThe interactive monthly temperature and precipitation chart loads with JavaScript; the values are tabulated below.
Mean daily high
Mean daily low
Monthly precipitation
Month by month
JANUARY AND JULY ARE FREE| Month | Mean high | Mean low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Share of year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 65° | 44° | 54.5° | 5.07″ | — | 23% |
| Jul | 78° | 54° | 66.2° | 0.07″ | — | 0% |
| Year | 80° | 44° | 60.5° | 22.42″ | — | 100% |
Where it sits among the fifty-seven
RANKED AGAINST EVERY OTHER PLACE ON THE SITE21st of 5722.4 inches a year.WETTEST42nd of 57A mean high of 78°F.HOTTEST JULY45th of 57A mean low of 44°F.COLDEST JANUARY NIGHTS34th of 57233 feet.HIGHEST46th of 5711.8°F between July and January.WIDEST ANNUAL RANGE
Nearby, and nothing like it
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