United States · 1991–2020

Best time to visit
Dean.

September leads for comfortable weather in Dean: typically 23.6°C by day, 12.5°C at night, with 1 mm of rain. Based on measured 1991–2020 NOAA station history.

Best comfortSeptember

Typical high23.6°C

Typical low12.5°C

Rain in September1 mm

Comfort

September

September · August · July

94climate match

Beach

September

September · August · July

60climate match

Outdoors

May

May · April · June

98climate match

The weakest month is January, scoring 51 against September’s 94 — days reach only 16.8°C, 7° below the 24°C the score treats as ideal, and nights drop to 5.6°C.

Month by month

The whole year,
without the guesswork.

The bars show the comfort score. Day and night temperatures come from daily observed highs and lows; rain is the historical monthly estimate.

Jan

5116.8° / 5.6°

Feb

5517.4° / 6.3°

Mar

6218.6° / 7.2°

Apr

7219.5° / 8.2°

May

7920.2° / 10.4°

Jun

8521.3° / 11.8°

Jul

8821.6° / 13°

Aug

9222.5° / 13.3°

Sep

9423.6° / 12.5°

Oct

8823.2° / 10°

Nov

7119.8° / 7.2°

Dec

5116.4° / 5°

Monthly climate evidence for Dean — daylight is calculated from latitude, everything else is measured, sea temperature from the nearest open water 39 km away
Month	Day	Night	Rain	Wet days	Sea	Daylight	Comfort	Coverage
January	16.8°C	5.6°C	67 mm	7.3	12.7°C	9 h 55	51	Strong coverage
February	17.4°C	6.3°C	62 mm	7.5	12.6°C	10 h 48	55	Strong coverage
March	18.6°C	7.2°C	52 mm	6.9	12.5°C	11 h 51	62	Strong coverage
April	19.5°C	8.2°C	24 mm	3.9	12.1°C	13 h 04	72	Strong coverage
May	20.2°C	10.4°C	10 mm	1.9	12.1°C	14 h 05	79	Strong coverage
June	21.3°C	11.8°C	2 mm	0.5	12.6°C	14 h 38	85	Strong coverage
July	21.6°C	13°C	0 mm	0.1	13.7°C	14 h 25	88	Strong coverage
August	22.5°C	13.3°C	1 mm	0.2	14.4°C	13 h 33	92	Strong coverage
September	23.6°C	12.5°C	1 mm	0.4	14.7°C	12 h 22	94	Strong coverage
October	23.2°C	10°C	15 mm	1.8	14.4°C	11 h 11	88	Strong coverage
November	19.8°C	7.2°C	32 mm	4.3	13.8°C	10 h 10	71	Strong coverage
December	16.4°C	5°C	54 mm	6.7	13.0°C	9 h 41	51	Strong coverage

What has changed

Dean runs +0.9°C
on the 1961–1990 baseline.

Each bar compares the 2011–2025 daytime average for that month against the same month in 1961–1990, measured at the same station. Months where the older record is too thin to compare are left blank.

Jan

+1.6

Feb

+1.2

Mar

+1.4

Apr

+0.7

May

+0.4

Jun

+0.6

Jul

+0.1

Aug

+0.7

Sep

+0.4

Oct

+1.4

Nov

+1.6

Dec

+1.2

September daytime highs, 2011–2025. Last recorded: 24.2°C.

Records at SALINAS AP, 1930–2026
Month	Record high	Record low	Wettest day	Wettest / driest month	Years
January	30.0°C17 Jan 2014	-7.8°C21 Jan 1937	68 mm23 Jan 2000	201 mm1969 · driest 0 mm in 2022	94
February	31.1°C12 Feb 2022	-3.9°C13 Feb 1949	54 mm16 Feb 2026	253 mm1998 · driest 0 mm in 2020	93
March	34.4°C20 Mar 2026	-2.8°C15 Mar 1944	48 mm10 Mar 1995	152 mm1991 · driest 0 mm in 1962	94
April	37.8°C26 Apr 2004	-1.7°C9 Apr 1933	55 mm1 Apr 1974	144 mm1967 · driest 0 mm in 1949	94
May	37.2°C12 May 1976	1.1°C1 May 1967	43 mm24 May 1931	59 mm1957 · driest 0 mm in 1974	94
June	40.6°C10 Jun 2019	3.9°C7 Jun 1932	15 mm5 Jun 1934	18 mm1934 · driest 0 mm in 2019	93
July	35.6°C14 Jul 1935	5.6°C18 Jul 1936	13 mm2 Jul 1980	14 mm1980 · driest 0 mm in 2019	94
August	36.7°C29 Aug 1968	5.6°C22 Aug 1931	22 mm26 Aug 1935	22 mm1935 · driest 0 mm in 2008	93
September	42.8°C2 Sep 2017	2.2°C30 Sep 1950	20 mm30 Sep 1983	31 mm1976 · driest 0 mm in 1974	93
October	40.6°C5 Oct 1987	-2.2°C31 Oct 1935	42 mm13 Oct 2009	71 mm2004 · driest 0 mm in 1995	93
November	35.6°C5 Nov 2012	-3.9°C22 Nov 1931	56 mm30 Nov 2012	121 mm1982 · driest 0 mm in 1980	93
December	29.4°C1 Dec 2021	-5.0°C27 Dec 1954	82 mm11 Dec 2014	228 mm1955 · driest 0 mm in 2011	93

Typical days per month at SALINAS AP, 1991–2020
Month	Days 25°C+	Days 30°C+	Frost nights	Heavy rain (10 mm+)
January	<1	0	2	3
February	2	0	<1	2
March	3	<1	<1	2
April	3	<1	0	<1
May	3	<1	0	<1
June	4	<1	0	0
July	3	<1	0	0
August	5	<1	0	0
September	9	3	0	0
October	10	4	0	<1
November	4	<1	<1	<1
December	<1	0	2	2

How often, not how much — every day in SALINAS AP’s record sorted by what it was actually like, rather than averaged
Month	Warm & dry days	Wet days	Washouts	Week with 3+ wet days	Daytime mean has ranged
January	18%	23%	8%	30%	14.2–18.9°C
February	22%	25%	8%	32%	15.1–19.3°C
March	29%	21%	6%	23%	15.9–19.9°C
April	36%	13%	3%	11%	17.4–21.0°C
May	44%	5%	<1%	3%	18.5–22.3°C
June	64%	2%	<1%	0%	19.8–23.3°C
July	78%	<1%	0%	0%	20.3–23.2°C
August	86%	<1%	0%	<1%	20.9–23.7°C
September	87%	2%	<1%	<1%	22.1–26.0°C
October	72%	6%	2%	3%	21.4–25.1°C
November	45%	15%	4%	17%	17.6–22.2°C
December	18%	22%	7%	25%	14.6–18.7°C

A warm and dry day reaches 20°C with under 1 mm of rain; a wet day gets 1 mm or more; a washout gets 10 mm or more. The week column is the share of seven-day stretches in that month, across the station’s whole daily record, that contained three or more wet days — the odds a week-long trip is rained on repeatedly, counted rather than modelled. The last column is the 10th to 90th percentile of that month’s daytime average across individual years: a narrow band means the average is what you will get, a wide one means the average is a midpoint between years that felt quite different.

1931Each stripe is one year’s mean temperature against the 91-year average. Warmest: 2014. Coolest: 1971.2025

The evidence behind this page

Nearby, measured,
and named.

Place identity: GeoNames 5342020
NOAA station: USW00023233 · SALINAS AP
Station distance: 20.6 km from the place centre
Climate period: 1991–2020
Minimum month coverage: 30 usable years
Daylight: Calculated from latitude 36.52°, mid-month, sunrise to sunset including refraction. Not a station measurement.
Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology, nearest open water 39 km from the place centre. A sheltered bay can run warmer than the open sea it is measured from.
Important limit: Historical climate is not a forecast. Nearby stations can miss mountains, coasts, and local microclimates.

These places read the same station, so their numbers are identical — distance from SALINAS AP is what differs

Gonzales→Chualar→Penvir→Alisal→Bolsa Knolls→Gabilan (historical)→

Or put two places side by side: Dean vs Gonzales

Best time to visitDean.

September

September

May

The whole year,without the guesswork.

Dean runs +0.9°Con the 1961–1990 baseline.

Nearby, measured,and named.

Best time to visit
Dean.

The whole year,
without the guesswork.

Dean runs +0.9°C
on the 1961–1990 baseline.

Nearby, measured,
and named.