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Santa Clara weather by month: averages, rainfall & climate trends

Warmth in Santa Clara is remarkably steady: only 5.6°C separates the warmest month from the coolest, so there is no cold season to speak of. Rainfall leans toward the stretch from May to October. Santa Clara weather by month: average temperatures, rainfall, extremes and how the climate has changed since 1940.

Today vs average

−1.8°Chigh below average

27° / 22°Today
29° / 22°Average
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How it's changed

+0.5°Caverage temperature, 2016–2025 vs 1940–1949average temperature vs 1940–49194days above 30°C a year now (2016–2025) · 148 in the 1940sdays above 30°C · 148 in the 1940s+0.5°C vs the 1940s · see how it's changed →
Weather by montha typical year, averaged over the full recordJanuary, rain 27 mmhigh 26°low 18°February, rain 28 mmhigh 27°low 18°March, rain 31 mmhigh 29°low 19°April, rain 47 mmhigh 30°low 20°May, rain 132 mmhigh 30°low 22°June, rain 167 mmhigh 31°low 23°July, rain 104 mmhigh 32°low 23°August, rain 111 mmhigh 32°low 24°September, rain 141 mmhigh 31°low 23°October, rain 120 mmhigh 29°low 22°November, rain 48 mmhigh 27°low 20°December, rain 27 mmhigh 26°low 19°wettest month June, 167 mm · 984 mm a yearsee month by month →

Right now

What it's doing today vs the historical average for this date.
Partly cloudy

Right now

21.9°

26°feels like
97%humidity
21°dew point
3 km/hfrom NE
UV index0.0
sunrise07:18sunset18:49day length11h 31m
TodayPartly cloudy27°22°
ThuPartly cloudy28°22°
FriOvercast28°20°
SatOvercast26°22°
SunPartly cloudy27°22°
MonPartly cloudy31°20°
TuePartly cloudy32°20°

On this date: October 21

Today (forecast)
27° / 22°
Average for October 21
29° / 22°

High below average · −1.8°C

  • Highest since 1940: 32.7° · 1962
  • Lowest since 1940: 16.9° · 1958
  • One year ago: 30° / 24°

Every October 21 in history, coldest to hottest

▲ Daily highs▼ Daily lows

Dots show daily highs (top) and lows (bottom) for each October 21 on record (n = 86). Outlined dots are today's forecast.

Area we sample

Each city's history comes from one ERA5 grid cell, about 28 km across, shown by the dashed box. Near mountains or coasts, conditions can vary across the cell.

Location & data

Historical weather for Santa Clara is sampled from the ECMWF ERA5 reanalysis at 22.41°N, 79.97°W, with daily records since 1940.

Coordinates
22.41°N, 79.97°W
Time zone
America/Havana
Period
1940–2026
Data source
ERA5 (ECMWF)

Last 30 days

19 of the last 30 days were warmer than the historical average for that date. Average difference: +0.8°C.

Each bar is one day, from morning low to afternoon high. Warm-colored bars are days whose mean ran above average; cool bars ran below. The dot inside the bar is the daily mean. The shaded band is the typical 10–90% range expected for that date. Average = the day's mean temperature averaged across every year of record (1940–2026) for that calendar date.

This date over the years

One dot per year, showing the mean temperature on this calendar date. Dots are warmer or cooler than the long-term average (dashed line); the shaded band is the typical 10–90% range, and the highlighted dot is today's forecast. Based on ERA5 reanalysis: modelled estimates, not station readings.

Weather by month

Average temperatures and rainfall for each month: a typical year, from the full record.

Climate overview

The warmest month is August, with typical afternoon highs of 31.7°C and nights around 23.5°C. In a typical recent year, around 195 days reach 30°C or more. The coolest month is January, when afternoons reach about 26.0°C and overnight lows sit around 17.8°C.

Santa Clara picks up roughly 984 mm a year, with a peak of 167 mm in June and as little as 27 mm in January.

Comparing the record's first decade with its most recent one, Santa Clara now averages 0.5°C warmer than it did in the 1940s. That last decade has also been the warmest in the record.

Climate graph (climograph)

August is the warmest month, January the coolest: a yearly swing of 6°C. Wettest month: June (~167 mm). Whole year averages ~984 mm of rain.

Bars = average monthly rainfall (right axis). Lines = average daily high and low (left axis). Average = each month's value averaged across every year of record (1940–2026).

Monthly wind

Average daily peak wind at 10 m, by month.

Monthly solar energy

Average daily incoming solar energy in megajoules per square metre: the record's own proxy for how sunny the month is.

Santa Clara month by month: what to expect

Typical conditions for each month, averaged across the full record (since 1940). Daylight is the time from sunrise to sunset. Highest and Lowest are the most extreme values in the ERA5 dataset (modelled since 1940), so they can differ from official weather-station readings.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRainDaylightHighestLowest
January26.0°17.8°27 mm10.8 h32.8° (2020)7.6° (1985)
February27.0°17.9°28 mm11.3 h33.8° (1959)7.2° (1978)
March28.6°18.8°31 mm11.8 h36.3° (1957)7.9° (1968)
April29.8°20.3°47 mm12.5 h36.5° (1959)11.1° (1983)
May30.3°21.7°132 mm13.1 h37.8° (2024)14.3° (1992)
June30.8°23.0°167 mm13.4 h36.4° (1945)18.0° (1990)
July31.5°23.5°104 mm13.2 h35.8° (1998)20.1° (1984)
August31.7°23.5°111 mm12.8 h36.9° (1997)20.1° (1976)
September30.8°23.1°141 mm12.1 h35.0° (1951)20.3° (1989)
October29.1°22.2°120 mm11.5 h34.2° (1997)14.7° (1976)
November27.2°20.4°48 mm10.9 h33.7° (1997)11.2° (2005)
December26.2°18.8°27 mm10.6 h32.7° (1961)7.2° (2010)

How it's changed

Year-by-year signals from 1940 to today.

Climate stripes

Annual mean shifted from 1940–1949 to 2016–2025 by +0.5°C.

Each vertical stripe is one year. Color encodes how much that year's annual mean differed from the long-term average. Average = each year's annual mean compared to the average of all years (1940–2026). cooler ← → warmer

Annual mean temperature

Long-term trend: +0.06°C per decade.

One point per year, showing the temperature averaged across the whole year. The dashed line is the least-squares long-term trend. Based on ERA5 reanalysis: modelled estimates, not station readings.

Seasonal warming

Jun–Aug is warming fastest: +0.07°C per decade.

Each faint line is one three-month period's average per year; the bold dashed line is its long-term trend. Different parts of the year often warm at different rates. Based on ERA5 reanalysis: modelled estimates, not station readings.

Hot days vs frost days

Days ≥ 30°C per year: 147.9 early in the record → 194.0 recently. Frost days: 0 → 0.

Thin lines are raw yearly counts; thick lines are the smoothed trend that removes year-to-year noise. The hot-day threshold is auto-picked per city so the line actually moves. Average = a centered 5-year rolling average to smooth weather noise.

Yearly hot & cold extremes

Hottest day since 1940 in 2024, coldest in 1978: 37.8°C / 7.2°C.

One point per year: the single hottest and coldest day recorded that year.

Annual rainfall

~984 mm/year on average. Last decade: −3% vs that average. Long-term trend: 0 mm per decade.

One bar per year of total rainfall. Dashed line is the long-term average. Average = the average annual rainfall across every year of record (1940–2026).

Day-by-day grid

Each tiny square is one calendar day across the full record, about 30,000 days per city. Use the mode switch above the chart: Anomaly colors each day by how far it ran from the historical average for that date (red = warmer, blue = cooler), Daily mean temp shows the absolute mean temperature for the day (useful to see seasons and heatwaves), and Precipitation shows daily rainfall (useful to spot wet/dry seasons and droughts). Average = the long-term average for that calendar date (1940–2026).

Frequently asked questions about Santa Clara

Which is the warmest month in Santa Clara?
On long-term average, the warmest month in Santa Clara is August (mean daily temperature of about 26.9°C) and the coolest is January (about 21.3°C).
How does today's temperature in Santa Clara compare to the historical average?
On October 21, 2026, Santa Clara is forecast to reach a high of 26.8°C and a low of 21.9°C. The long-term average for this date (the full record since 1940) is a high of 28.6°C and a low of 21.9°C, so today's high is 1.8°C cooler than that average.
How much has Santa Clara warmed since 1940?
Comparing the first decade of the record (1940–1949) with the most recent (2016–2025), the annual mean temperature in Santa Clara is about 0.5°C warmer.
How much does it rain in Santa Clara?
Santa Clara receives about 984 mm of precipitation per year on long-term average, with June typically the wettest month.
What is the average temperature in Santa Clara?
Over the full record (since 1940), the annual mean temperature in Santa Clara is about 24.4°C. The warmest month is August and the coolest is January.
What are the average temperatures in Santa Clara by month?
Average daily highs and lows for each month in Santa Clara (°C, full record since 1940): January 26°/18°, February 27°/18°, March 29°/19°, April 30°/20°, May 30°/22°, June 31°/23°, July 32°/23°, August 32°/24°, September 31°/23°, October 29°/22°, November 27°/20°, December 26°/19°.

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