MONTEREY PENINSULA, CA WEATHER STATISTICS

BASED ON PERIOD OF RECORD JULY 1951 THRU DECEMBER 2006

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLIMATE STATION, MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA

Volunteer observer since September 1963:  Robert J. Renard

Elevation of observation site:  385 feet above sea level

 

Month

Monthly Temperature Averages

(degrees F)

Temperature

Records

(degrees F)

Monthly Rainfall: Averages and Records

(inches)

No. of

Fog

Days**

Wind

Speed

(mph)

 

Av Max

Av Min

Mean

High

Year

Low

Year

Avg.

Raindays

Wettest

Year

Driest

Year

Avg

Avg #

Jan

59.9

43.4

51.7

84

1962

22

1949

4.20

10

10.61

1995

0.11

1984

6

5

Feb

61.6

44.7

53.2

86

1995

26

1989

3.27

9

14.26

1998

0.04

1953

6

6

Mar

62.1

45.1

53.6

85

1953

32

1976*

3.05

9

9.61

1983

0.03

1972

7

7

Apr

63.4

45.9

54.7

93

1981

35

1976

1.62

7

7.11

1967

0.03

1992

8

7

May

64.6

48.1

56.4

95

1997*

39

1952

0.50

4

2.67

1998

Trace

2001*

13

7

Jun

66.8

50.3

58.5

101

1961

42

1962*

0.20

3

1.56

1967

Trace

1987*

15

7

Jul

68.0

51.9

60.0

98

1959

43

1953*

0.07

2

0.73

1980

Trace

1989*

22

6

Aug

69.1

52.9

61.0

96

1993*

45

1956*

0.10

2

0.97

1976

Trace

1978*

21

6

Sep

71.6

53.0

62.3

101

1971*

44

1970*

0.26

2

3.14

1959

Trace

2002*

17

6

Oct

70.3

51.0

60.6

104

1987

37

1971

0.83

5

4.37

2000

Trace

1959

14

5

Nov

65.1

47.2

56.1

95

1956

35

1994*

2.35

7

7.48

1997

Trace

1959*

8

5

Dec

60.6

43.9

52.2

89

1958

20

1990

3.13

9

9.79

1955

0.16

1999*

7

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annual

65.3

48.1

56.7

 

 

 

Normal

19.67

69

47.15

97/98@

9.86

75/76@

144

7

2006

63.2

48.4

55.8

 

 

 

Median

17.09

Total

24.75”

2006

 

 

Total

Avg

 

Wettest year: 47.15” during rain-year July 1, 1997 – June 30, 1998

Driest year:      9.87” during rain-year July 1, 1975 – June 30, 1976

 

Average: First/Last day  < 39 F: 01 Dec/17 Mar

                 with minimum  < 34 F: 29 Dec/22 Jan

Average number of days per year with thunder:           5

Average number of days per year with hail (snow):     4(<1)

*   and other years; most recent year shown 

#  Monterey Peninsula Airport wind-speed averages for 2005

    Trace         =  trace of rain (i.e., less than 0.01") 

** Fog day     = day with visibility equal to or less than 6 mi. for one or more hours (39 years of record)

    Raindays  = average number of days with rainfall 0.01" or greater

@ Rain Year = 01 July through 30 June