Santa Barbara Muni, CA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Santa Barbara Muni's primary NOAA station, SANTA BARBARA MUNI AP.
The climate verdict for Santa Barbara Muni
Dryness leads the climate profile for Santa Barbara Muni, California, with 17.3 inches of precipitation a year. NOAA records an annual average of 59°F. It scores 76/100 for climate comfort (good), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 69% of them.
- 59°F
- yearly average temperature, NOAA normal
- 76/100
- comfort score, above 69% of station-mapped location scores
- 17.3"
- annual precipitation
- 339 days
- frost-free growing season
Santa Barbara Muni: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USW00023190 · Santa Barbara Muni, CA 59°F mean · 17.3" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-DRY · SWING-NARROW · COMF-TOP · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 59°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,009
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Lompoc
- PRCP-DRY 17.3"
- SWING-NARROW 14°F
- COMF-TOP 76/100
- LOAD-HEAT 2,292 HDD
- STN-1 USW00023190
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Lompoc, CA (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every CA station list.
- Hot Oakland Museum, CA 60°F
- Near Morro Bay Fire…, CA 60°F
- Santa Barbara (this station) 59°F
- Cold Pismo Beach, CA 59°F
- Near Lompoc, CA 59°F
Climate Living Index · Santa Barbara Muni
Santa Barbara Muni: 78/100 · grade B
Santa Barbara Muni publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals · NOAA hourly normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Santa Barbara Muni, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 76/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Frost-free season | 339 days/year | 100/100 · A |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 0 calendar days | 100/100 · A |
| Summer moisture balance | 58.3°F mean dew point | 76/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 59.3°F · 8.2° from 67.5°F | 74/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 17.3 in · 17.8 from 35 in | 37/100 · F |
Santa Barbara Muni · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Santa Barbara Muni is a temperate Köppen climate: Csb
Coldest-month mean 52.3°F and warmest-month mean 66.2°F place this station in temperate, dry-summer, warm summer climates (Csb). Class Csb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, dry-summer, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Csb
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 66.2°F
- Coldest month
- 52.3°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Santa Barbara Muni sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Santa Barbara Muni's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 27% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Santa Barbara Muni sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Drier than 77%
- Santa Barbara Muni's annual total ranks in the drier third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 99%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Santa Barbara Muni is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Santa Barbara Muni compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Santa Barbara Muni's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
76 Top 31% score exceeds 69% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). This entry sits in this band.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 64°F (18°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 3.8" | 1.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 64°F (18°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 3.9" | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| March | 66°F (19°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 3.1" | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| April | 68°F (20°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 0.9" | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| May | 69°F (21°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 0.4" | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| June | 70°F (21°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 0.1" | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| July | 73°F (23°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| August | 75°F (24°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| September | 74°F (24°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 0.1" | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| October | 73°F (23°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 0.7" | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| November | 69°F (21°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 1.3" | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| December | 64°F (18°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 2.9" | 2.6 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The calendar barely moves in Santa Barbara Muni: no date carries a normal high of 90°F or a normal low at freezing. The year runs between 40°F near December 16 and 75°F near August 18.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 40°F around December 16.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is February 15, when 24% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 5 at 1%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 39 wet dates a year.
The widest day
November 11 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Santa Barbara Muni.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
6.3 days with precipitation
7.0 days with precipitation
6.1 days with precipitation
3.3 days with precipitation
2.0 days with precipitation
0.9 days with precipitation
0.4 days with precipitation
0.3 days with precipitation
1.4 days with precipitation
2.2 days with precipitation
3.1 days with precipitation
5.9 days with precipitation
Santa Barbara Muni's wet season runs through the cold months
December, January and February carry 62% of the year's precipitation here, while June through August contribute 1%. That is the cool-season-dominant pattern of the West Coast and the higher inland West, where storm tracks swing south in winter and summer turns dry; the thermometer meanwhile shows an unusually narrow 13.9°F seasonal spread.
- Wettest month
- February, 3.9"
- Driest month
- August, 0.0"
- Wettest three months
- February, January, March (63% of the year)
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. A cool-season label means the December-February share reaches 35%. Where snow falls, the monthly figures above report liquid-equivalent precipitation, so a wet winter month is not necessarily a rainy one.
When it rains in Santa Barbara Muni, it arrives in quantity
17.3" of precipitation falls across only about 39 wet days here, averaging 0.44 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 39 a year, 11% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.44 inches
- Most wet days
- February, about 7
- Fewest wet days
- August, about 0
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
December 16
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
January 11
50% probability date
Growing Season
339 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,292
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
214
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
December
Humidity & Wind
Monthly averages from hourly observations
| Month | Humidity | Wind (mph) | Clear Sky % | Overcast % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 70% | 4.6 | 59% | 16% |
| February | 70% | 5.5 | 50% | 21% |
| March | 70% | 6.1 | 55% | 16% |
| April | 70% | 6.5 | 58% | 16% |
| May | 76% | 6.3 | 47% | 22% |
| June | 79% | 5.8 | 58% | 17% |
| July | 80% | 5.7 | 64% | 11% |
| August | 78% | 5.1 | 66% | 15% |
| September | 73% | 4.7 | 63% | 17% |
| October | 68% | 4.2 | 64% | 13% |
| November | 66% | 4.1 | 63% | 11% |
| December | 69% | 4.1 | 57% | 17% |
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside CA closest to Santa Barbara Muni on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (59°F here).
- Abernathy, TX 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Big Sandy, TN 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Coldwater, KS 59°F · 0.0°F off
- Jackson, TN 59°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (17.3" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Holly, CO 17.3" · 0.0" off
- Cimarron, NM 17.2" · 0.0" off
- Mobridge, SD 17.3" · 0.0" off
- Fessenden, ND 17.3" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Santa Barbara Muni's climate pattern fits together
heating led · dry · low swing
Heating is the larger measured load in Santa Barbara Muni, at 2,292 degree days versus 214 for cooling. Unlike a strongly continental record, however, its 13.9°F month-to-month range is compact; persistent cool-season demand matters more than a dramatic summer-to-winter reversal.
Santa Barbara Muni has a long frost-free window of roughly 339 days, but the dry annual profile is a separate constraint. Growing-season length says when freezes are unlikely, not whether rainfall is sufficient.
The calendar stays thermally compact and dry. August and December mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar, only 13.9°F apart, while the annual precipitation total remains below PlainClimate's dry threshold. The annual average is 59°F. The monthly rows show whether that limited precipitation is spread through the year or concentrated in a shorter interval.
Santa Barbara Muni's cold-season load does not imply a wet climate. Annual precipitation is 17.3 inches, which places the station in PlainClimate's dry range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. The snowfall and rainfall fields should be read separately rather than inferred from temperature.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Santa Barbara Muni's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Santa Barbara Muni, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Santa Barbara Muni's primary station: SANTA BARBARA MUNI AP (USW00023190). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Santa Barbara Muni; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Santa Barbara Muni comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.