Santa Cruz
Central Coast
Sheltered by Monterey Bay's northern hook, which is why it is warmer than Monterey.
74°FJuly mean high
41°FJanuary mean low
30.6″Annual precipitation
12.3°FAnnual range
Source station: SANTA CRUZ, CA US (USC00047916), 70 ft, 2.0 mi from Santa Cruz, 37 ft higher. NOAA/NCEI 1991–2020 monthly normals.
36.974°N, 122.031°W in Central Coast.
36.974°N, 122.031°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 | 62° | 41° | 52.0° | 6.42″ | — | 21% |
| Jul | 74° | 54° | 64.3° | 0.01″ | — | 0% |
| Year | 77° | 41° | 58.6° | 30.63″ | — | 100% |
Where it sits among the fifty-seven
RANKED AGAINST EVERY OTHER PLACE ON THE SITE12th of 5730.6 inches a year.WETTEST49th of 57A mean high of 74°F.HOTTEST JULY36th of 57A mean low of 41°F.COLDEST JANUARY NIGHTS51st of 5733 feet.HIGHEST44th of 5712.3°F between July and January.WIDEST ANNUAL RANGE
Nearby, and nothing like it
The three places within 90 miles of Santa Cruz whose climate differs most — usually because something stands between them.