Salinas Weather in October

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Salinas, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 34°C on October 1 to 32°C on October 31, and lows from 18°C to 19°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 62 mm over about 6 wet days.

October day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal low
Normal high
Reanalysis extreme high
Reanalysis extreme low

October at a glance

Average high: 33°C
Average low: 18°C
Precipitation: 62 mm
Reanalysis high: 41°COct 8, 2020
Reanalysis low: 12°COct 9, 1993
Daylight: 12 h 14 min to 12 h 41 min
Cloud cover: 54%
Humidity: 55%
Dew point: 14°C
Wind: 14.8 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

Date	Normal high	Normal low	Reanalysis high	Reanalysis low	Chance wet
Oct 1	34°C	18°C	39°C 1997	13°C 1994	15%
Oct 2	34°C	18°C	39°C 1997	13°C 1994	16%
Oct 3	34°C	18°C	38°C 2020	14°C 1994	16%
Oct 4	34°C	18°C	39°C 2015	13°C 2014	16%
Oct 5	34°C	18°C	39°C 2015	13°C 2014	15%
Oct 6	34°C	18°C	38°C 2008	12°C 2014	16%
Oct 7	34°C	18°C	40°C 2020	13°C 2014	16%
Oct 8	34°C	18°C	41°C 2020	14°C 1999	16%
Oct 9	34°C	18°C	39°C 2020	12°C 1993	18%
Oct 10	34°C	18°C	39°C 2020	14°C 2013	18%
Oct 11	33°C	18°C	36°C 2004	15°C 2017	18%
Oct 12	34°C	18°C	37°C 2012	14°C 2013	19%
Oct 13	33°C	18°C	37°C 1997	15°C 2013	20%
Oct 14	33°C	18°C	38°C 1997	15°C 1999	20%
Oct 15	33°C	18°C	38°C 2005	15°C 1999	20%
Oct 16	33°C	18°C	39°C 1997	15°C 2003	21%
Oct 17	33°C	18°C	38°C 2015	14°C 2003	22%
Oct 18	33°C	18°C	39°C 1999	13°C 2003	22%
Oct 19	33°C	18°C	37°C 2019	13°C 2003	23%
Oct 20	33°C	18°C	37°C 2014	14°C 2011	25%
Oct 21	33°C	18°C	39°C 2015	14°C 2011	27%
Oct 22	33°C	19°C	40°C 2015	15°C 2011	29%
Oct 23	33°C	19°C	38°C 2017	15°C 1995	32%
Oct 24	33°C	19°C	37°C 2012	15°C 1999	34%
Oct 25	33°C	19°C	37°C 2012	15°C 1999	36%
Oct 26	33°C	19°C	38°C 1994	14°C 1999	38%
Oct 27	32°C	19°C	38°C 2016	15°C 2001	38%
Oct 28	32°C	19°C	39°C 2008	13°C 2001	40%
Oct 29	32°C	19°C	38°C 2000	14°C 2001	41%
Oct 30	32°C	19°C	39°C 2008	16°C 1991	42%
Oct 31	32°C	19°C	39°C 2008	15°C 1999	44%

Chance of rain

Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT-3).

October 1: sunrise 5:32 AM, sunset 5:46 PM
October 31: sunrise 5:12 AM, sunset 5:53 PM

Every day of October: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.