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Salinas, California weather · now

61°

Fog/Mist

High / Low
69° / 58°
Wind
12 mph NW
Humidity
82%
No precipitation expected in the next 1.6 hours.

Precipitation · next 12 hrs

Peak 15% · 8 AM

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Sun 6:20 AM 8:02 PM 13h 42m
Moon Waning Crescent 3% lit

Current weather and 7-day forecast for Salinas, California, sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Expect patchy fog then partly sunny today. Today's high is 69° with a low near 58°.

What to wear today

Long sleeves or short — your call

Sweet spot at 69°F. Most people will be comfortable in either.

Next 24 hours

55° 65° 70° ↑ 68° ↓ 58° 8 AM 11 AM 2 PM 5 PM 8 PM 11 PM 2 AM 5 AM

  1. 8 AM

    58°

    15%

  2. 10 AM

    63°

    10%

  3. 12 PM

    68°

    10%

  4. 2 PM

    68°

    10%

  5. 4 PM

    67°

    10%

  6. 6 PM

    66°

    5%

  7. 8 PM

    61°

    5%

  8. 10 PM

    60°

    5%

  9. 12 AM

    60°

    5%

  10. 2 AM

    60°

    15%

  11. 4 AM

    60°

    15%

  12. 6 AM

    58°

    15%

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7 days

  1. Today 8/11 Patchy Fog then Partly Sunny 15% 69° · 58°
    1. 8 AM 58° Slight Chance Drizzle 15%
    2. 9 AM 60° Slight Chance Drizzle 15%
    3. 10 AM 63° Partly Sunny 10%
    4. 11 AM 66° Mostly Sunny 10%
    5. 12 PM 68° Mostly Sunny 10%
    6. 1 PM 68° Mostly Sunny 10%
    7. 2 PM 68° Mostly Sunny 10%
    8. 3 PM 68° Mostly Sunny 10%
    9. 4 PM 67° Mostly Sunny 10%
    10. 5 PM 66° Partly Sunny 5%
    11. 6 PM 66° Mostly Cloudy 5%
    12. 7 PM 63° Mostly Cloudy 5%
    13. 8 PM 61° Cloudy 5%
    14. 9 PM 61° Cloudy 5%
    15. 10 PM 60° Mostly Cloudy 5%
    16. 11 PM 60° Mostly Cloudy 5%
  2. Wed 8/12 Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15% 67° · 58°
    1. 12 AM 60° Cloudy 5%
    2. 1 AM 60° Mostly Cloudy 5%
    3. 2 AM 60° Slight Chance Drizzle 15%
    4. 3 AM 60° Patchy Fog 15%
    5. 4 AM 60° Patchy Fog 15%
    6. 5 AM 59° Patchy Fog 15%
    7. 6 AM 58° Patchy Fog 15%
    8. 7 AM 58° Patchy Fog 15%
    9. 8 AM 58° Patchy Fog 5%
    10. 9 AM 59° Cloudy 5%
    11. 10 AM 61° Mostly Cloudy 5%
    12. 11 AM 63° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    13. 12 PM 65° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    14. 1 PM 66° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    15. 2 PM 66° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    16. 3 PM 66° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    17. 4 PM 65° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    18. 5 PM 64° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    19. 6 PM 64° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    20. 7 PM 62° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    21. 8 PM 60° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    22. 9 PM 60° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    23. 10 PM 60° Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 15%
    24. 11 PM 60° Cloudy 3%
  3. Thu 8/13 Mostly Cloudy 2% 66° · 58°
    1. 12 AM 60° Cloudy 3%
    2. 1 AM 60° Cloudy 3%
    3. 2 AM 60° Cloudy 3%
    4. 3 AM 59° Cloudy 3%
    5. 4 AM 59° Cloudy 3%
    6. 5 AM 58° Cloudy 1%
    7. 6 AM 58° Cloudy 1%
    8. 7 AM 58° Cloudy 1%
    9. 8 AM 58° Cloudy 1%
    10. 9 AM 59° Cloudy 1%
    11. 10 AM 60° Cloudy 1%
    12. 11 AM 61° Mostly Cloudy
    13. 12 PM 63° Mostly Cloudy
    14. 1 PM 64° Mostly Cloudy
    15. 2 PM 64° Mostly Sunny
    16. 3 PM 64° Mostly Sunny
    17. 4 PM 64° Mostly Sunny
    18. 5 PM 64° Partly Sunny 1%
    19. 6 PM 62° Mostly Cloudy 1%
    20. 7 PM 61° Mostly Cloudy 1%
    21. 8 PM 60° Mostly Cloudy 1%
    22. 9 PM 60° Mostly Cloudy 1%
    23. 10 PM 60° Mostly Cloudy 1%
    24. 11 PM 60° Cloudy 2%
  4. Fri 8/14 Partly Sunny 0% 66° · 57°
    1. 12 AM 59° Cloudy 2%
    2. 1 AM 59° Cloudy 2%
    3. 2 AM 59° Cloudy 2%
    4. 3 AM 58° Cloudy 2%
    5. 4 AM 58° Cloudy 2%
    6. 5 AM 58° Cloudy
    7. 6 AM 58° Cloudy
    8. 7 AM 58° Cloudy
    9. 8 AM 58° Cloudy
    10. 9 AM 59° Cloudy
    11. 10 AM 60° Cloudy
    12. 11 AM 62° Partly Sunny
    13. 12 PM 63° Partly Sunny
    14. 1 PM 64° Partly Sunny
    15. 2 PM 65° Mostly Sunny
    16. 3 PM 65° Mostly Sunny
    17. 4 PM 65° Mostly Sunny
    18. 5 PM 64° Mostly Sunny
    19. 6 PM 63° Partly Cloudy
    20. 7 PM 61° Partly Cloudy
    21. 8 PM 60° Mostly Cloudy
    22. 9 PM 59° Mostly Cloudy
    23. 10 PM 59° Mostly Cloudy
    24. 11 PM 59° Mostly Cloudy
  5. Sat 8/15 Patchy Fog then Partly Sunny 0% 67° · 57°
    1. 12 AM 59° Mostly Cloudy
    2. 1 AM 59° Mostly Cloudy
    3. 2 AM 59° Cloudy
    4. 3 AM 58° Cloudy
    5. 4 AM 58° Cloudy
    6. 5 AM 58° Patchy Fog
    7. 6 AM 58° Patchy Fog
    8. 7 AM 57° Patchy Fog
    9. 8 AM 57° Patchy Fog
    10. 9 AM 59° Patchy Fog
    11. 10 AM 61° Cloudy
    12. 11 AM 63° Partly Sunny
    13. 12 PM 64° Partly Sunny
    14. 1 PM 65° Partly Sunny
    15. 2 PM 66° Sunny
    16. 3 PM 66° Sunny
    17. 4 PM 65° Sunny
    18. 5 PM 64° Mostly Sunny
    19. 6 PM 63° Partly Cloudy
    20. 7 PM 61° Partly Cloudy
    21. 8 PM 60° Mostly Cloudy
    22. 9 PM 59° Mostly Cloudy
    23. 10 PM 59° Mostly Cloudy
    24. 11 PM 58° Mostly Cloudy
  6. Sun 8/16 Patchy Fog then Partly Sunny 0% 66° · 56°
    1. 12 AM 58° Mostly Cloudy
    2. 1 AM 58° Mostly Cloudy
    3. 2 AM 58° Mostly Cloudy
    4. 3 AM 58° Mostly Cloudy
    5. 4 AM 57° Mostly Cloudy
    6. 5 AM 57° Cloudy
    7. 6 AM 57° Cloudy
    8. 7 AM 57° Cloudy
    9. 8 AM 57° Patchy Fog
    10. 9 AM 58° Patchy Fog
    11. 10 AM 60° Patchy Fog
    12. 11 AM 61° Partly Sunny
    13. 12 PM 63° Partly Sunny
    14. 1 PM 64° Partly Sunny
    15. 2 PM 64° Mostly Sunny
    16. 3 PM 65° Mostly Sunny
    17. 4 PM 65° Mostly Sunny
    18. 5 PM 64° Mostly Sunny
    19. 6 PM 63° Partly Cloudy
    20. 7 PM 61° Partly Cloudy
    21. 8 PM 60° Mostly Cloudy
    22. 9 PM 59° Mostly Cloudy
    23. 10 PM 58° Mostly Cloudy
    24. 11 PM 58° Mostly Cloudy
  7. Mon 8/17 Patchy Fog then Partly Sunny 1% 66° · 57°
    1. 12 AM 58° Mostly Cloudy
    2. 1 AM 58° Mostly Cloudy
    3. 2 AM 57° Cloudy
    4. 3 AM 57° Cloudy
    5. 4 AM 57° Cloudy
    6. 5 AM 57° Cloudy
    7. 6 AM 56° Cloudy
    8. 7 AM 56° Cloudy
    9. 8 AM 57° Patchy Fog
    10. 9 AM 58° Patchy Fog
    11. 10 AM 60° Cloudy
    12. 11 AM 62° Partly Sunny
    13. 12 PM 64° Partly Sunny
    14. 1 PM 65° Partly Sunny
    15. 2 PM 66° Mostly Sunny
    16. 3 PM 66° Mostly Sunny
    17. 4 PM 65° Mostly Sunny
    18. 5 PM 64° Partly Sunny
    19. 6 PM 63° Mostly Cloudy
    20. 7 PM 62° Mostly Cloudy
Extended outlook days 8–16
  1. Tue 8/18 Cloudy 3% 82° · 54°
  2. Wed 8/19 Cloudy 4% 74° · 55°
  3. Thu 8/20 Partly Cloudy 2% 77° · 55°
  4. Fri 8/21 Cloudy 1% 73° · 53°
  5. Sat 8/22 Partly Cloudy 0% 77° · 53°
  6. Sun 8/23 Sunny 0% 81° · 54°
  7. Mon 8/24 Mostly Sunny 0% 82° · 55°
  8. Tue 8/25 Cloudy 3% 76° · 54°
  9. Wed 8/26 Cloudy 3% 72° · 53°

Days 8+ from the Open-Meteo multi-model ensemble — treat as a guide; accuracy drops past day 7.

Best day this week

Mild temps, low rain chance, clearer skies.

Friday, 8/14

Partly Sunny, 66° / 57°

  1. Tomorrow67°58°
  2. Thu66°58°
  3. Fri66°57°
  4. Sat67°57°
  5. Sun66°56°
  6. Mon66°57°

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Climate normals

What weather to expect in Salinas

Salinas in August typically averages 74° highs and 55° lows, with about 2 days of rain. The hottest stretch is September (average high 76°); the coldest is January (average low 43°). February is the wettest month on average.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRainy days
Jan64°43°7
Feb64°45°9
Mar67°47°7
Apr64°47°9
May66°50°5
Jun68°51°1
Jul70°53°6
Aug74°55°2
Sep76°56°5
Oct75°53°5
Nov66°47°9
Dec65°46°8

Normals derived from the past two years of observations via Open-Meteo's historical archive.

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Detailed forecast (NWS)

Today
Patchy fog and a slight chance of drizzle before 10am. Partly sunny. High near 69, with temperatures falling to around 66 in the afternoon. West wind 1 to 12 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Wednesday
Patchy fog and a slight chance of drizzle before 9am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy. High near 67, with temperatures falling to around 64 in the afternoon. West northwest wind 1 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66. West southwest wind 3 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Friday
Partly sunny, with a high near 66.

Forecast details

NWS gridpoint
MTR 102,52
Radar station
KMUX
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
Coordinates
36.678, -121.656