Santa Maria, CA

California · Records since 1906–2026

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Records for November 4

🔥 Record High

93°F

November 4, 2010

+20° from 73° normal

❄ Record Low

29°F

November 4, 1935

-18° from 47° normal
🌞 Normal high: 73°F 🌑 Normal low: 47°F 1991–2020 normals

All-Time Records — Santa Maria

🔥
110°F
Hottest Day Ever
Jun 20, 2008
❄
20°F
Coldest Day Ever
Dec 7, 1978
🌧
3.55"
Wettest Day Ever
Feb 10, 1938
☃
0.0"
Most Snow in One Day
Dec 9, 2020

First & Last Dates — Santa Maria

How early and how late each seasonal turning point has ever arrived, across the full period of record

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Range ever recorded Normal date (1991–2020)
351 days
Longest growing season
2016
163 days
Shortest growing season
1920
293 days
Normal growing season
1991–2020 average

Top 10 Record Highs — November 4

# Temp Date
🏆 93°F November 4, 2010
2 92°F November 4, 1949
3 91°F November 4, 2012
4 91°F November 4, 1921
5 90°F November 4, 1976
6 90°F November 4, 1950
7 89°F November 4, 1929
8 88°F November 4, 1952
9 88°F November 4, 1945
10 86°F November 4, 1988

Top 5 Record Lows — November 4

# Temp Date
🥶 29°F November 4, 1935
2 29°F November 4, 1920
3 29°F November 4, 1918
4 31°F November 4, 1994
5 31°F November 4, 1922
About this data — Records are sourced from the NOAA Threadex dataset via RCC ACIS, a quality-controlled record for long-term climate stations. Threadex adjusts for station relocations and observation-time changes, making records comparable across all years since 1906–2026. Climate normals represent the 1991–2020 average.

Heat Wave Summary — Santa Maria

threshold: 79°F (90th percentile of historical Jun–Aug highs)
4.1
Avg heat wave length
days (historical)
89°
Avg peak temp
during heat waves
0
Dangerous nights 2026
Overnights ≥ 70°F
10
Heat waves 2026
so far

Days ≥ 90°F Per Year

1906–2026
11
2026 so far
5
Avg/year 1970–2025
5
Avg/year (last 10 complete)
16
Most in a year (1939)

Average Daily High by Decade

Full year · complete decades only

Longest Heat Waves — Santa Maria

# Dates Days Peak Avg High Avg Overnight Low
🏆 Sep 17, 2015 – Oct 2, 2015 16 99°F (Sep 24) 86°F 59°F
2 May 26, 1912 – Jun 10, 1912 16 88°F (Jun 2) 82°F 49°F
3 Sep 8, 1912 – Sep 22, 1912 15 87°F (Sep 19) 83°F 60°F
4 Sep 1, 1984 – Sep 14, 1984 14 99°F (Sep 9) 87°F 60°F
5 Jul 16, 2006 – Jul 29, 2006 14 90°F (Jul 23) 83°F 59°F
6 Sep 14, 1939 – Sep 24, 1939 11 106°F (Sep 22) 94°F 62°F
7 Jun 30, 1985 – Jul 10, 1985 11 104°F (Jul 8) 89°F 58°F
8 Aug 9, 1984 – Aug 19, 1984 11 88°F (Aug 17) 82°F 60°F
9 Oct 19, 1965 – Oct 28, 1965 10 100°F (Oct 22) 92°F 49°F
10 Oct 6, 2015 – Oct 15, 2015 10 94°F (Oct 13) 86°F 59°F

Heat Waves Per Year

Warm Summer Nights (Jun–Aug)

Nights where the overnight low exceeded the 1991–2020 normal low

63
2026 total
above-normal nights
30.0
Avg / summer
1970–2020
86
Most in a summer
2014

Above-Normal Summer Nights Per Year

Average June–August Low by Decade

Overnight lows · complete decades only

Precipitation

Annual totals and trend across the full period of record · see this year's standing →

Monthly Precipitation — Last 24 Months

Blue = actual · dashed line = monthly normal

Annual Precipitation Per Year (1906–2026)

Blue = above average · tan = below average · gold = 2026 (partial)
Since 1906, annual totals have trended -0.11" per decade, about -1.3" across the record.

Heavy Rain Days Per Year (≥ 1.0")

Compare year-to-year changes in days with heavy rainfall (≥ 1.0")

This Year — 2026

How Santa Maria is tracking against normal, year to date

Daily High Temperature vs Normal

Above normal Below normal

172 of 307 days with data were above the 1991–2020 normal high for their date.

Precipitation, Year to Date

8.25"
2026 YTD
Normal: 10.24"
-1.99"
0.05"
November so far
November normal: 1.12"
-1.07"
3
2026 heavy rain days
Days with ≥ 1.0"

Accumulation vs. Normal

Running total since Jan 1 against the normal pace for the same date · Santa Maria is 1.99" behind the normal pace

Period Review — Nov 1 – Nov 3, 2026

Any window, evaluated against every other year on record — 3 days

Quick picks: Last 7 days Last 30 days Last 90 days This month
Seasons: Spring (Mar–May) Summer (Jun–Aug) Fall (Sep–Nov)
58.5°F
Average temperature
58th-warmest of 115
-2.0°
vs. average
Normal: 60.5°F (1991–2020)
0.05"
Precipitation
17th-wettest of 112
+0.00"
vs. average
Normal: 0.05" · 100% of normal

Average Temperature by Year — Nov 1 – Nov 3

1906–2026 · 2026 highlighted · trend +0.33° per decade (warming since 1906)

Precipitation by Year — Nov 1 – Nov 3

1906–2026 · 2026 highlighted

Warmest Nov 1 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1997 72.2°F
2 1950 70.5°F
3 2018 69.3°F
4 1992 67.0°F
5 1966 66.5°F
6 2010 65.8°F
7 1945 65.5°F
8 1983 65.3°F
9 1921 65.0°F
10 1927 64.8°F

Coolest Nov 1 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Avg Temp
1 1918 47.5°F
2 1922 47.5°F
3 1935 48.2°F
4 2003 50.5°F
5 1925 51.5°F
6 1954 51.7°F
7 1911 51.8°F
8 1920 51.8°F
9 1994 52.0°F
10 1974 52.5°F

Wettest Nov 1 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Total
1 1983 0.66"
2 1918 0.48"
3 2008 0.39"
4 1935 0.33"
5 1995 0.32"
6 2003 0.32"
7 1944 0.25"
8 2015 0.24"
9 1957 0.20"
10 2014 0.20"

Driest Nov 1 – Nov 3 on Record

# Year Total
1 2025 0.00"
2 2023 0.00"
3 2021 0.00"
4 2020 0.00"
5 2019 0.00"
6 2018 0.00"
7 2017 0.00"
8 2016 0.00"
9 2013 0.00"
10 2012 0.00"
About this data. Pick any start and end date and this becomes the same kind of review as the Month and Fall tabs, just for exactly the window you asked for — the generalized version of the same engine, evaluated across every year on record. Average temperature is the mean of each day's (high + low) / 2; precipitation is the sum of daily totals. A year missing more than about a fifth of the window's days is excluded from the temperature ranking; any missing day excludes a year from the precipitation ranking, since an unreported day is unreported rain. Ranges that cross from December into January aren't supported yet. Normals are the 1991–2020 mean for the same window.
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