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Santa Paula climate

Typical historical weather for Santa Paula, United States, averaged across 10 years of hourly climate data. Pick a date for a specific day.

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Annual average

16.8°C

across all months

Warmest month

26.8°C

Aug average high

Coolest month

8.7°C

Jan average low

Annual rainfall

431mm

total per year

Santa Paula is typically hottest in August and coolest in January, a swing of about 18.1°C across the year. About 59% of annual rainfall falls in the three wettest months (January is typically wettest, July driest).

Monthly averages

Average daily high/low temperature (band) and monthly rainfall (bars).

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high Avg low Rainfall
MonthAvg highAvg lowRainfallWet daysHumidityWindCloudSolar
Jan17.4°C · record 19.1°C30.1°C8.7°C · record 3.2°C5.4°C90mm662%1.9 m/s49%3.1 kWh/m²
Feb17.9°C · record 18°C30.3°C8.7°C · record 2.5°C6.7°C79mm659%1.9 m/s40%4.2 kWh/m²
Mar17.7°C · record 20.5°C27.8°C9.3°C · record 4°C6.5°C84mm867%1.9 m/s49%5.4 kWh/m²
Apr19.8°C · record 23.1°C32.9°C11.1°C · record 4.4°C9.4°C20mm365%1.9 m/s42%6.9 kWh/m²
May20°C · record 20.4°C30.6°C12.8°C · record 7.9°C11.2°C12mm372%1.8 m/s48%7.4 kWh/m²
Jun23.4°C · record 24.7°C35.6°C15.5°C · record 11.3°C13.9°C2mm070%1.7 m/s39%7.9 kWh/m²
Jul26.2°C · record 27.6°C38.8°C17.9°C · record 14.3°C16.7°C1mm069%1.5 m/s27%7.9 kWh/m²
Aug26.8°C · record 28.8°C35.2°C18.3°C · record 15.2°C16.7°C8mm068%1.5 m/s26%7.3 kWh/m²
Sep25.8°C · record 29.2°C40.1°C17.4°C · record 10.6°C15.6°C7mm166%1.5 m/s31%6 kWh/m²
Oct24.1°C · record 28.6°C36.2°C14.6°C · record 7.7°C12°C12mm258%1.6 m/s29%4.8 kWh/m²
Nov21°C · record 22.6°C31.3°C11.3°C · record 4.7°C9.7°C35mm355%1.7 m/s37%3.5 kWh/m²
Dec17.9°C · record 21.4°C26.9°C9.2°C · record 3.4°C6.9°C82mm560%1.8 m/s48%2.8 kWh/m²

"Avg high"/"Avg low" is the mean daily high/low for that month, averaged across every year on file. The "record" figure alongside it is a different statistic — the single hottest (or coldest) hour ever recorded during that month across all years — so it can sit above or below the average and does not describe the average's year-to-year spread. A "wet day" is any day with at least 1.0mm of rain.

Year to year

Annual average temperature, 2016–2025.

20162018202020222024

Across these 10 years, the annual average has moved by about -1.5°C per decade. That’s a short window for a reliable long-term climate trend — treat it as indicative, not definitive.

Annual rainfall has moved by about +244.86mm per decade over the same period.

2025 (the most recent year on file) averaged 16.4°C, below the 9-year baseline of 16.9°C by 0.78 standard deviations.

Typical extremes per year

Rainy days

37.2 days

≥1.0mm rain

Heavy rain days

6.5 days

≥20mm rain

Extreme heat days

0.1 days

daily high ≥40°C

Frost days

0 days

daily low ≤0°C

Averaged across 10 years on file. Thresholds match PastClimate's data pipeline definitions — see data & sources.

Records on file

Ranked across 10 years of data currently on file (2016–2025).

Hottest day

40.1°C

6 September 2020

2020 was 1 SD above the 9-year average that year

Coldest day

2.5°C

25 February 2022

2022 was 0.93 SD above the 9-year average that year

Wettest day

105.8mm

24 December 2025

2025 was 0.78 SD below the 9-year average that year

Windiest day

6.2m/s

19 January 2021

2021 was 0.22 SD below the 9-year average that year

See the detail: Santa Paula on 24 December 2025.

Frequently asked questions about Santa Paula's climate

What is the hottest month in Santa Paula?

August is typically the warmest month in Santa Paula, with an average high of 26.8°C. January is typically the coolest, averaging 8.7°C overnight.

How much does it rain in Santa Paula?

Santa Paula gets about 431mm of rain a year on average, with roughly 59% of it falling in the three wettest months (January is typically the wettest, July the driest).

How many extremely hot or cold days does Santa Paula have?

On average, Santa Paula sees about 0.1 day(s) a year at or above 40°C and about 0 day(s) at or below 0°C, based on 10 years of data.

Is Santa Paula getting warmer?

Across the 10 years on file (2016–2025), the annual average temperature has moved by about -1.48°C per decade. That's a short window for a reliable long-term climate trend — treat it as indicative, not definitive.

What is the hottest day on record for Santa Paula?

The hottest day on file is 6 September 2020 at 40.1°C, out of 10 year(s) searched.

Data & provenance

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Data source & coverage — ERA5 reanalysis, 2016–2025 (10 years)details
Source
ERA5 reanalysis, accessed via the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Climate Data Store
Data type
Reanalysis — a physically consistent reconstruction combining a forecast model with historical observations, not a live station reading or a forecast
Coverage
2016–2025 (10 years) for United States
Location
Santa Paula — 34.250°, -119.000°, ERA5 grid cell center, 12.8 km from requested point
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
What's shown here
Monthly and annual averages, and dated extreme-value records, derived from an hourly base record.
Spatial resolution
0.25° (~25 km) distributed grid — ERA5's native model resolution is finer; this is the publicly distributed regridded product
Version / refreshed
Methodology v2026.07 · data last refreshed December 31, 2025
Limitations
A model reconstruction, not a station observation — hyper-local extremes (a single storm cell, an urban heat pocket) can differ from a nearby gauge. See the full methodology.
Attribution
Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information

Cite this data

Plain text
PastClimate (2026-07-18). Historical climate data for Santa Paula, United States (34.25°N, 119.00°W), derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023, Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved from https://www.pastclimate.com/
APA
PastClimate. (2026). Historical climate data for Santa Paula, United States [Data set]. Derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service). Retrieved July 18, 2026, from https://www.pastclimate.com/
MLA
"Historical Climate Data for Santa Paula, United States." PastClimate, derived from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service), July 18, 2026, www.pastclimate.com.
BibTeX
@misc{pastclimate,
  author = {PastClimate},
  title = {Historical climate data for Santa Paula, United States},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Derived from ERA5 (Hersbach et al., 2023), Copernicus Climate Change Service. Accessed 2026-07-18},
  url = {https://www.pastclimate.com/}
}

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