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Climate

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Santa Barbara has near perfect weather year round; there is no "off season". There is a popular refrain once the winter solstice passes, "summer's almost here".

There was some talk that we were entering a drought, not anymore. After being teased to believing summer wasn't going to end this year, February brought a string of Pacific storms and rain. The Santa Barbara back country is green, the Santa Ynez River is flowing, making it ideal for hiking, biking and horse riding.

The summers are mild due to early morning fog that gives way to clear blue skies and California sunshine. Rain is rare from May to August.
  Average Temperature
 
Year
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
Jun.
Jul.
Aug.
Sep.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
°F
59.1
52
53.9
55.2
57.2
59.4
62.4
65.4
66.8
65.8
62.3
56.6
52.3
°C
15
11
12
12
14
15
16
18
19
18
16
13
11
  Average High Temperature
 
Year
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
Jun.
Jul.
Aug.
Sep.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
°F
69.3
63.7
64.6
65.3
67.4
68.6
71.2
73.9
75.4
75.2
73.1
68.5
64.4
°C
20
17
18
18
19
20
21
23
24
24
22
20
18
  Average Low Temperature
 
Year
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
Jun.
Jul.
Aug.
Sep.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
°F
49
40.3
43.2
45.2
47.1
50.1
53.6
56.9
58.2
56.5
51.5
44.7
40.1
°C
9
4
6
7
8
10
12
13
14
13
10
7
4
  Average Precipitation
 
Year
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
Jun.
Jul.
Aug.
Sep.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
in.
16.25
3.21
3.61
2.84
1.06
0.16
0.04
0.02
0.11
0.45
0.52
2.03
2.2
mm
412
81
91
72
26
4
1
0
2
11
13
51
55
 
  Average Wind Speed
 
Year
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
Jun.
Jul.
Aug.
Sep.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
mph
6.1
4.8
6.3
6.7
7.6
7.1
6.8
6.5
6.1
5.7
5.4
5
4.7
km/h
9
41
10
10
12
11
10
10
9
9
8
8
7
  Average Days of Precipitation
 
Total
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
Jun.
Jul.
Aug.
Sep.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Days
31
5
6
6
2
1
1
1
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1
2
3
5
  Average Morning Relative Humidity
 
Year
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
Jun.
Jul.
Aug.
Sep.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
%
81
77
76
80
72
78
87
89
89
85
79
77
81
  Average Afternoon Relative Humidity
 
Year
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
Jun.
Jul.
Aug.
Sep.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
%
59
56
57
59
58
59
63
64
64
63
62
53
54
 
  Population

Santa Barbara
Goleta
Montecito
Summerland/Carpinteria
Santa Barbara County

90,200
85,260
9,440
14,600
357,608

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