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Santa Maria, CA

34.894°N, 120.452°W · station SMXthr · 121 years of record
51°F
forecast low · Sep 2

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Santa Maria.
51°WED9/255°THU9/355°FRI9/455°SAT9/556°SUN9/658°MON9/759°TUE9/8

This Day in History

Every year's low on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Santa Maria — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.

Ranks

#25 / 115
coldest Sep 2 in 115 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 2 ever

43°F
set in 1925

Mildest Sep 2 ever

71°F
set in 2017
Forecast low 51°F — 25th coldest Sep 2 of 115 years · record 43°F (1925) · coldest since 2021.
1906: 56°F1907: 55°F1908: 54°F1910: 50°F1911: 57°F1912: 52°F1917: 45°F1918: 54°F1919: 44°F1920: 52°F1921: 45°F1922: 50°F1923: 51°F1924: 52°F1925: 43°F1926: 50°F1927: 50°F1928: 52°F1929: 51°F1930: 48°F1931: 53°F1932: 51°F1933: 53°F1934: 51°F1935: 52°F1936: 51°F1937: 49°F1938: 48°F1939: 44°F1940: 54°F1941: 53°F1942: 46°F1943: 50°F1944: 50°F1945: 54°F1946: 51°F1947: 51°F1948: 50°F1949: 51°F1950: 53°F1951: 52°F1952: 52°F1953: 55°F1954: 55°F1955: 59°F1956: 53°F1957: 51°F1958: 58°F1959: 56°F1960: 52°F1961: 55°F1962: 51°F1963: 50°F1964: 47°F1965: 53°F1966: 54°F1967: 56°F1968: 57°F1969: 53°F1970: 49°F1971: 54°F1972: 56°F1973: 48°F1974: 54°F1975: 50°F1976: 54°F1977: 51°F1978: 52°F1979: 54°F1980: 54°F1981: 54°F1982: 53°F1983: 56°F1984: 55°F1985: 54°F1986: 57°F1987: 56°F1988: 56°F1989: 54°F1990: 51°F1991: 54°F1992: 56°F1993: 57°F1994: 51°F1995: 51°F1996: 52°F1997: 59°F1998: 57°F1999: 51°F2000: 51°F2001: 55°F2002: 51°F2003: 53°F2004: 53°F2005: 54°F2006: 54°F2007: 61°F2008: 48°F2009: 58°F2010: 50°F2011: 53°F2012: 50°F2013: 60°F2014: 61°F2015: 57°F2016: 53°F2017: 71°F2018: 57°F2019: 59°F2020: 57°F2021: 51°F2022: 54°F2023: 62°F2024: 54°F2025: 60°F51° forecast4045505560657075191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 251°F
Coldest this date since2021
This-date record43°F
This-date rank#25 of 115
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record20°F (1976)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1906–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Santa Maria in each calendar month, and for the whole 1906–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan89°FJan 16, 201420°FJan 2, 1976
Feb89°FFeb 17, 193022°FFeb 27, 1971
Mar95°FMar 26, 198824°FMar 2, 1971
Apr103°FApr 6, 198928°FApr 3, 1921
May105°FMay 15, 201427°FMay 4, 1912
Jun110°FJun 20, 200835°FJun 9, 1918
Jul104°FJul 10, 195341°FJul 2, 1919
Aug104°FAug 29, 200940°FAug 24, 1925
Sep106°FSep 22, 193932°FSep 22, 1918
Oct108°FOct 4, 198726°FOct 29, 1971
Nov96°FNov 7, 200621°FNov 6, 1918
Dec90°FDec 7, 193820°FDec 7, 1978
All-time110°FJun 20, 200820°FJan 2, 1976

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Santa Maria so far this year — through Aug 30.

Record Highs in 2026

8 broke
plus 2 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Mar (95°F)

Record Lows in 2026

0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

77°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Oct 13, 1923

Coldest high ever

32°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Nov 6, 1918
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan61°FJan 1, 199740°FJan 20, 1921
Feb59°FFeb 16, 198046°FFeb 13, 2001
Mar60°FMar 16, 192139°FMar 14, 1919
Apr60°FApr 18, 190849°FApr 3, 1919
May69°FMay 21, 191154°FMay 2, 1955
Jun65°FJun 18, 190658°FJun 4, 1919
Jul70°FJul 20, 201550°FJul 3, 1919
Aug65°FAug 13, 199152°FAug 25, 1917
Sep74°FSep 24, 193958°FSep 23, 1955
Oct77°FOct 13, 192356°FOct 27, 1933
Nov71°FNov 13, 190632°FNov 6, 1918
Dec62°FDec 26, 190636°FDec 9, 1918
All-time77°FOct 13, 192332°FNov 6, 1918

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

12 days
record run, ended Jan 22 1963

So far in 2026

0 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Santa Maria's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 54°F · forecast is -3° vs normal.
Jan: 65°FJan: 41°FFeb: 65°FFeb: 42°FMar: 67°FMar: 44°FApr: 68°FApr: 45°FMay: 70°FMay: 48°FJun: 72°FJun: 51°FJul: 74°FJul: 54°FAug: 74°FAug: 55°FSep: 75°FSep: 53°FOct: 75°FOct: 50°FNov: 70°FNov: 44°FDec: 64°FDec: 40°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:34 AM
Sunset6:29 PM
Solar noon12:01 PM
Daylight12h 54m · losing 15 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

34.89°N, 120.45°W

Nearby Stations

Bakersfield, CA87 mi ECamarillo, CA90 mi SEHanford, CA108 mi NELancaster, CA127 mi EBurbank Glendale Pasadena, CA128 mi ELos Angeles Airport, CA134 mi SE

The Last 6 Weeks

Santa Maria's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Santa Maria, CA — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Santa Maria's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Santa Maria, CA — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1906

Each cell is one day's low at Santa Maria, coloured by temperature — 121 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Santa Maria, CA daily low heat map 1906–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Santa Maria — counted through Sep 2 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
No days ≤32°F yet in 2026. Normal for this point: 8. Record: 41 in 1964.

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