Santa Maria, CA Weather & Climate Normals
Santa Maria's real weather, in one number
Santa Maria, CA scores 80/100 on this site's reading of NOAA's own 30-year normals: very mild year-round. Many months fall in a comfortable temperature range with limited snow or seasonal extremes. 9 of the year's 12 months average between 55 and 75°F, the range this site counts as mild.
Santa Maria's hottest and coldest months
Santa Maria's hottest month is Aug, averaging 65°F; its coldest is Dec, averaging 52°F, a 12.3°F swing across the year, one of the smaller gaps in this dataset.
Rain and snow in Santa Maria
Over a typical year, Santa Maria sees about 13.32in of precipitation a year across roughly 47 days with measurable rain or snow. That station has no snowfall reading, so none is shown rather than assumed.
Where Santa Maria ranks
Santa Maria ranks 112 of 4876 US cities in this dataset for comfort score, and 112 of 429 within CA. About 111,346 people live there.
If you need tomorrow's forecast, not the 30-year average
Everything above is a 30-year average from SANTA MARIA PUBLIC AP, CA US, 2.3 miles from Santa Maria, not a prediction for any specific day.
More on how this is worked out
Why some cities show no snow or rain figure · What a 30-year climate normal actually is