Weather in Salinas

14-day forecast · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 7:06 pm (GMT-5)

Now · showers 78 °F

Feels like: 89 °F
Low / high: 76 / 88 °F
Rain: 98% · 0.97 in
Wind: 4 mph SSE

↗ 29.85 inHg · rising UV 11 · extreme

Today in Salinas: showers, 76 °F to 88 °F, with a 98% chance of rain (0.97 in) and a light breeze from the south-southeast (4 mph). Tomorrow, showers, 75 °F to 90 °F and a 97% chance of rain. The warmest day of the week is Thursday 29, at 90 °F.

Measured now at the airport

Salinas/Paez (SESA), 2.7 mi away · 1 h 6 min ago

Visibility6.2 mi or more

WeatherNothing to note

Temperature84 °F

Wind7 mph from the west

It's what the airport's weather station measured, not a forecast: on the coast, wind and fog can be different. Airports report every 30 or 60 minutes.

Airport METAR report, via NOAA's Aviation Weather Center (aviationweather.gov). Sources and licenses

Temperatures for the next 14 days

88° 76°
Today
90° 75°
Thu 29
87° 75°
Fri 30
89° 74°
Sat 31
88° 76°
Sun 1
89° 74°
Mon 2
88° 76°
Tue 3
86° 77°
Wed 4
87° 76°
Thu 5
90° 76°
Fri 6
90° 76°
Sat 7
87° 76°
Sun 8
91° 74°
Mon 9
89° 77°
Tue 10

Day by day

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind	Max wave	High tides	Model
Today · 28	Showers	76 / 88 °F	98% · 0.97 in	7 mph SSW	3.7 ft	4:41 am · 5:19 pm	ECMWF
Thu 29	Showers	75 / 90 °F	97% · 0.81 in	7 mph SW	4.1 ft	5:25 am · 6:07 pm	ECMWF
Fri 30	Light showers	75 / 87 °F	97% · 0.80 in	6 mph NNW	4.7 ft	6:13 am · 6:59 pm	ECMWF
Sat 31	Light showers	74 / 89 °F	96% · 0.52 in	8 mph NNW	5.1 ft	7:07 am · 7:58 pm	ECMWF
Sun 1	Light showers	76 / 88 °F	95% · 0.37 in	9 mph WSW	5.1 ft	8:09 am · 9:05 pm	ECMWF
Mon 2	Drizzle	74 / 89 °F	71% · 0.20 in	8 mph W	5.2 ft	9:23 am · 10:18 pm	ECMWF
Tue 3	Light drizzle	76 / 88 °F	61% · 0.13 in	8 mph S	5.4 ft	10:45 am · 11:30 pm	ECMWF
Wed 4	Drizzle	77 / 86 °F	65% · 0.35 in	6 mph SW	5.5 ft	12:02 pm	ECMWF
Thu 5	Light drizzle	76 / 87 °F	65% · 0.09 in	4 mph NNW	4.9 ft	12:32 am · 1:05 pm	ECMWF
Fri 6	Drizzle	76 / 90 °F	82% · 0.35 in	8 mph W	4.1 ft	1:24 am · 1:58 pm	ECMWF
Sat 7	Light drizzle	76 / 90 °F	87% · 0.19 in	6 mph WSW	3.7 ft	2:09 am · 2:44 pm	ECMWF
Sun 8	Light showers	76 / 87 °F	95% · 0.42 in	9 mph W	4.2 ft	2:48 am · 3:25 pm	ECMWF
Mon 9	Light showers	74 / 91 °F	92% · 0.79 in	6 mph NW	4.6 ft	3:25 am · 4:03 pm	ECMWF
Tue 10	Light showers	77 / 89 °F	80% · 0.55 in	9 mph WSW	4.3 ft	4:01 am · 4:39 pm	ECMWF

Each day comes from the best model covering this spot: regional ones first (HRRR and NBM in the U.S., AROME, ICON-EU), then ECMWF; day 16, NOAA GFS. Waves: Météo-France up to day 10, then ECMWF WAM, coarser and further offshore. High tides: our own tide calculation.

Today, every 3 hours

Time	12:00 am	3:00 am	6:00 am	9:00 am	12:00 pm	3:00 pm	6:00 pm	9:00 pm
Sky	Light drizzle	Drizzle	Light drizzle	Light drizzle	Drizzle	Light showers	Heavy drizzle	Showers
Temperature	78°	77°	77°	83°	88°	86°	80°	77°
Chance of rain	70%	77%	48%	64%	94%	96%	80%	81%
Rain	0.02 in	0.02 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.03 in	0.06 in	0.04 in	0.13 in
Wind (mph)	3 NNW	1 S	2 S	3 S	6 SW	7 WSW	3 SSW	4 SE
Humidity	97%	99%	97%	77%	65%	69%	90%	98%
UV	0	0	0	4	11	5	0	0
Model	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF

Do the models agree?

Medium confidence

They broadly agree, but not quite on rain today: take it with some caution.

What 4 forecast models say for the next few days. The closer they are, the more reliable the forecast.

HighRainWind

Do the models agree? · High
High (°F)	Today	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF	88°	90°	87°	89°	88°	89°	88°
AIFS	84°	85°	84°	85°	85°	84°	84°
GFS	83°	82°	81°	82°	82°	80°	81°
ICON	87°	86°	84°	87°	84°	84°	82°
Confidence	high	medium	medium	medium	medium	medium	medium

Do the models agree? · Rain
Rain	Today	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF	0.97 in	0.81 in	0.80 in	0.52 in	0.37 in	0.20 in	0.13 in
AIFS	0.57 in	0.56 in	0.61 in	0.45 in	0.54 in	0.73 in	0.50 in
GFS	0.31 in	0.37 in	0.01 in	0.02 in	0.17 in	0	0
ICON	0.08 in	0.33 in	0.21 in	0.06 in	0.24 in	0.04 in	0.30 in
Confidence	medium	medium	medium	medium	medium	low	medium

Do the models agree? · Wind
Wind (mph)	Today	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF	717	717	618	819	921	818	824
AIFS	8	5	6	6	7	6	9
GFS	911	1211	1212	1111	119	109	1111
ICON	813	610	611	813	1220	1218	1219
Confidence	high	medium	high	high	high	high	high

Chance of rain from the ensemble models

Model	Today	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF (51 scenarios)	98%	97%	97%	96%	95%	71%	61%
GFS (GEFS, 31 scenarios)	100%	81%	71%	33%	26%	37%	52%

Each model's day runs midnight to midnight local time; models that reach fewer days are left blank. Rain: daily total. Wind: the day's highest average wind and, in small type, the strongest gust. Highlighted: values that stand out from the rest. The chance of rain comes from many runs of the same model with slightly different starting data.

Outlook

How the coming weeks and months compare with what is normal for the time of year. It is a trend, not a day-by-day forecast.

Next few weeks, compared with normal: much warmer, much wetter and a much warmer sea.

Next 6 weeks

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain	Sea	Typical high / low
Nov 2 – Nov 8Nov 2–Nov 8	Well above +10.8 °F	Well above +100%	Well above +8.5 °F	—
Nov 9 – Nov 15Nov 9–Nov 15	Well above +10.4 °F	Well above +100%	Well above +8.3 °F	84° / 80°
Nov 16 – Nov 22Nov 16–Nov 22	Well above +10.8 °F	Well above +100%	Well above +8.8 °F	84° / 81°
Nov 23 – Nov 29Nov 23–Nov 29	Well above +10.4 °F	Well above +100%	Well above +8.6 °F	84° / 81°
Nov 30 – Dec 6Nov 30–Dec 6	Well above +10.1 °F	Well above +100%	Well above +8.6 °F	85° / 81°

Coming months

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain	Sea
November	Well above +7.7 °F	Well above +613%	Well above +6.5 °F
December	Well above +7.0 °F	Well above +659%	Well above +6.8 °F
January	Well above +6.1 °F	Well above +581%	Well above +6.7 °F
February	Well above +5.6 °F	Well above +581%	Well above +7.6 °F
March	Well above +6.3 °F	Well above +589%	Well above +9.5 °F

Weeks: ECMWF 46-day (average of its scenarios), against the normal of the last 20 years for those dates. Months: ECMWF SEAS5. Rain: total against normal. The further ahead, the closer it gets to normal and the less detail it can give.

Salinas climate by monthClimate by month

Normal weather for each month (1991–2020 averages)

The best time to visit Salinas is from May to October: highs of 78 °F to 85 °F, about 2 rainy days a month and 2 hours of sunshine a day.

85° 71°

JanJ
87° 73°

FebF
87° 73°

MarM
87° 71°

AprA
85° 69°

MayM
81° 66°

JunJ
78° 65°

JulJ
78° 63°

AugA
78° 63°

SepS
80° 64°

OctO
81° 65°

NovN
83° 67°

DecD

Highs and lows
Monthly rainfall
Best time

Month	High	Low	Rain	Rainy daysDays	Sun (h/day)	Water	Waves
JanuaryJan	85°	71°	0.96 in	10	4.3	77°	3.7 ft
FebruaryFeb	87°	73°	2.49 in	17	4.1	79°	3.7 ft
MarchMar	87°	73°	3.06 in	16	4.0	79°	4.0 ft
AprilApr	87°	71°	0.77 in	10	5.1	78°	4.1 ft
MayMay	85°	69°	0.08 in	4	3.9	77°	4.5 ft
JuneJun	81°	66°	0.03 in	1	2.8	75°	4.5 ft
JulyJul	78°	65°	0.09 in	0	1.6	74°	4.4 ft
AugustAug	78°	63°	0.04 in	0	1.0	73°	4.3 ft
SeptemberSep	78°	63°	0.04 in	0	1.3	73°	4.3 ft
OctoberOct	80°	64°	0.04 in	0	0.4	74°	4.3 ft
NovemberNov	81°	65°	0.05 in	1	2.5	74°	4.2 ft
DecemberDec	83°	67°	0.11 in	3	4.5	75°	3.9 ft

Month	Water	Waves
Jan	77°	3.7 ft
Feb	79°	3.7 ft
Mar	79°	4.0 ft
Apr	78°	4.1 ft
May	77°	4.5 ft
Jun	75°	4.5 ft
Jul	74°	4.4 ft
Aug	73°	4.3 ft
Sep	73°	4.3 ft
Oct	74°	4.3 ft
Nov	74°	4.2 ft
Dec	75°	3.9 ft

Days: rainy days in the month. Sun: hours a day.

A normal year brings 7.78 in of rain on about 62 days and about 1,050 hours of sunshine.

1991–2020 averages. Highs, lows and rainfall: TerraClimate; rainy days (0.04 in or more): NASA POWER (MERRA-2); sunshine hours: estimated from solar radiation; water: NOAA OISST; waves (average height): ERA5, 2011–2020. Normals are not a forecast: any given year can turn out very different. Sources and licenses

Temperature

Now78 °Ffeels like 89 °F

Tomorrow75 / 90 °F

It's 78 °F now (feels like 89 °F). Today, 76 °F to 88 °F; tomorrow, 75 °F to 90 °F.

Chance of rain

Today 98% 0.97 in
Thu 29 97% 0.81 in
Fri 30 97% 0.80 in
Sat 31 96% 0.52 in
Sun 1 95% 0.37 in
Mon 2 71% 0.20 in
Tue 3 61% 0.13 in

Today the chance of rain reaches 98%, with 0.97 in in total. The next day with likely rain is Thursday 29: 97% and 0.81 in.

Recent rain: last 24 hours, 0.50 in; last 3 days, 2.09 in; last 7 days, 3.01 in.

Humidity and dew point

Humidity97%

Dew point77 °F

Humidity is 97% now and the dew point is 77 °F. With a dew point this high, it feels muggy. The temperature is very close to the dew point: fog may form.

The dew point is the temperature at which the air becomes saturated: the higher it is, the heavier the air feels.

Visibility and fog

Now15 migood

Clouds100%

Visibility is good now (15 mi). No fog expected today.

The model gives visibility up to about 15 mi: beyond that, the horizon is clear.

UV index

Now0

Today's peak11extreme

Thu 29: 11 · Fri 30: 10 · Sat 31: 11

Index	Level	What to do
0–2	low	No special protection needed.
3–5	moderate	Hat, sunglasses and sunscreen around midday.
6–7	high	Sunscreen, hat and shade between 12 and 4 pm.
8–10	very high	Avoid the midday sun; reflection off the water adds to it.
11+	extreme	Avoid the sun between 11 am and 5 pm; protect yourself even if it is cloudy.

Reflection off water and sand adds radiation: protect yourself more on a boat or at the beach.

Barometric pressure

↗ Rising · now Anglers say fish bite less for a while
→ Steady Anglers expect normal activity
↘ Falling Anglers say fish feed more before the change

29.8029.9030.00 29.76

Rising now (+0.06 inHg in 3 hours). It barely changes over the next 48 hours. Rising pressure: anglers say fish bite less for a while. Fast changes, either way, tend to affect fishing.

Air and pollen

Air qualityGood · 16

Saharan dustNo

Previous days

The weather over the last 30 days, as the models analyzed it. Tap a day to see it hour by hour.

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind
Tue 27	Heavy drizzle	77 / 88 °F	0.47 in	7 mph NW
Mon 26	Light showers	76 / 83 °F	0.90 in	8 mph WSW
Sun 25	Light showers	76 / 93 °F	0.60 in	9 mph W
Sat 24	Drizzle	77 / 89 °F	0.27 in	9 mph SW
Fri 23	Drizzle	77 / 91 °F	0.12 in	11 mph SW
Thu 22	Heavy drizzle	78 / 87 °F	0.17 in	9 mph SW
Wed 21	Drizzle	78 / 88 °F	0.18 in	6 mph WSW

Show all 30 days

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind
Tue 20	Light drizzle	77 / 86 °F	0.08 in	11 mph SSW
Mon 19	Drizzle	77 / 86 °F	0.18 in	8 mph SSW
Sun 18	Drizzle	77 / 91 °F	0.13 in	10 mph SW
Sat 17	Light drizzle	77 / 94 °F	0.04 in	7 mph WNW
Fri 16	Drizzle	78 / 87 °F	0.07 in	10 mph SW
Thu 15	Overcast	78 / 88 °F	0	10 mph SW
Wed 14	Drizzle	78 / 88 °F	0.18 in	10 mph SSW
Tue 13	Drizzle	77 / 88 °F	0.14 in	6 mph WSW
Mon 12	Heavy drizzle	74 / 86 °F	0.25 in	8 mph SW
Sun 11	Heavy drizzle	77 / 87 °F	0.15 in	10 mph SW
Sat 10	Light drizzle	78 / 90 °F	0.05 in	9 mph SW
Fri 9	Light drizzle	78 / 89 °F	0.04 in	10 mph SW
Thu 8	Light drizzle	78 / 92 °F	0.04 in	9 mph SW
Wed 7	Drizzle	77 / 85 °F	0.21 in	11 mph SW
Tue 6	Light drizzle	78 / 90 °F	0.02 in	9 mph SW
Mon 5	Light drizzle	78 / 91 °F	0.02 in	9 mph SW
Sun 4	Light drizzle	76 / 88 °F	0.04 in	9 mph SSW
Sat 3	Drizzle	76 / 86 °F	0.24 in	6 mph S
Fri 2	Drizzle	77 / 82 °F	0.19 in	9 mph WSW
Thu 1	Drizzle	77 / 84 °F	0.12 in	9 mph SW
Wed 30	Light drizzle	76 / 85 °F	0.04 in	9 mph SW
Tue 29	Light drizzle	77 / 86 °F	0.13 in	9 mph SW
Mon 28	Drizzle	77 / 87 °F	0.18 in	9 mph SSW

These are the models at the start of each day (ECMWF and GFS; waves from Météo-France), not readings from a weather station: there can be differences at specific spots.

Questions about the weather in SalinasQuestions

What's the weather like today in Salinas?

Showers, from 76 °F to 88 °F, with a light breeze from the south-southeast (4 mph) and a 98% chance of rain.

Will it rain tomorrow in Salinas?

On Thursday 29 the chance of rain is 97% (0.81 in): showers.

How warm will it be this week?

Between a low of 74 °F and a high of 90 °F; the warmest day, Thursday 29.

What's the UV index today?

It reaches 11 (extreme). Avoid the sun between 11 am and 5 pm; protect yourself even if it is cloudy.

Is the pressure rising or falling?

It's 29.85 inHg and rising: −0.04 inHg over the last 24 hours.

When is the best time to visit Salinas?

The best time to visit Salinas is from May to October: highs of 78 °F to 85 °F, about 2 rainy days a month and 2 hours of sunshine a day.

What is the weather like in Salinas in October?

In October, Salinas normally sees highs of 80 °F and lows of 64 °F, with about 0 rainy days (0.04 in for the month) and 0 hours of sunshine a day. The sea is around 74 °F. These are 1991–2020 averages.

What are the warmest and wettest months in Salinas?

The warmest is March, with average highs of 87 °F, and the coldest August, with lows of 63 °F. The wettest is March (3.06 in) and the driest, June.

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Weather: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0, with the best model for each spot and lead time (NOAA HRRR and NBM in the U.S., Météo-France AROME, DWD ICON-EU, ECMWF IFS and NOAA GFS); ECMWF grid point 14 mi away. The comparison also uses ICON (DWD), AIFS (ECMWF) and ARPEGE (Météo-France). Outlook: ECMWF 46-day and SEAS5. Chance of rain from ensemble models (ECMWF, GEFS and NBM). UV, air quality and pollen: CAMS (Copernicus).

Forecast from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0) with models from ECMWF, NOAA, Météo-France, DWD, Copernicus Marine and CAMS. Updated at 7:06 pm (local time).

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