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Marina, California Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for Monterey WFO, 11.2 km from Marina

The warmest month is September, with an average high of 68°F; the coldest is December, with an average low of 43°F. A normal year brings 17.1 in of precipitation.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Fort Ord Fritzsche AAF (OAR), since 1958. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Marina through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.20406080100120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
68°F
Normal low
54°F
Record high
102°Fin 1975
Record low
42°Fin 1958
Chance of a wet day
7%
Daylight
12 h 04 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January59°F43°F87°F (2014)22°F (1963)3.45 in10.70.84280
February60°F44°F86°F (1976)25°F (1962)3.46 in11.60.03650
March61°F46°F90°F (2015)25°F (1977)2.89 in10.10.03661
April62°F47°F100°F (2004)30°F (1964)1.15 in7.00.03202
May63°F50°F99°F (1976)35°F (1962)0.50 in3.90.02653
June65°F52°F99°F (2000)41°F (1958)0.14 in2.10.01942
July66°F54°F95°F (1970)43°F (1996)0.02 in1.10.01553
August67°F55°F102°F (1968)42°F (1963)0.09 in2.00.01336
September68°F54°F107°F (2017)37°F (1964)0.08 in1.50.012913
October67°F51°F105°F (1987)34°F (1971)0.83 in4.20.02009
November63°F46°F94°F (1966)27°F (2004)1.64 in7.70.03241
December58°F43°F92°F (1958)24°F (1972)2.86 in10.20.74510
Year63°F49°F17.11 in7213,33040

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

17.1 in in a normal year, most in February.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Marina, in percent.01020304050JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for Monterey WFO. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

A freeze (32°F or colder) happens in only 47 percent of years at Monterey WFO, so there is no typical freeze season.

Median at 36°F
last February 1, first December 10
Median at 32°F
last January 3, first December 28

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Marina.

Days with a mean dew point of 65°F or more are rare here in every month.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January46°F81%98%2%0%0%0%0%
February47°F83%98%2%0%0%0%0%
March48°F84%99%1%0%0%0%0%
April48°F83%99%1%0%0%0%0%
May50°F83%96%4%0%0%0%0%
June52°F82%93%7%0%0%0%0%
July54°F83%73%26%1%0%0%0%
August55°F83%55%44%1%0%0%0%
September54°F80%58%40%2%0%0%0%
October51°F77%80%20%1%0%0%0%
November48°F78%92%8%0%0%0%0%
December46°F79%95%5%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is September, with the sky 30 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is February, at 51 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is April, averaging 8.5 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 18, with 14 h 41 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 17, with 9 h 39 min.

Hours of daylight at Marina through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Day length

Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

How Monterey County is running

NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, from the nClimGrid analysis of every station, updated early each month. A rank of 1 is the highest or lowest of all years since 1895.

August 2026 in Monterey County: 72.1°F (+1.8 °F against 1991-2020), the 3rd warmest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Monterey County: 0.05 in (+0.03 in against 1991-2020), the 15th wettest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Monterey County: 61.9°F (+2.5 °F against 1991-2020), the 2nd warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Monterey County: 12.45 in (-1.91 in against 1991-2020), the 66th driest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
73.9°F in 2020
Coolest August
65.0°F in 1907
Wettest August
0.20 in in 1976
Driest August
0.00 in in 1898

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Monterey County against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-6-4-20+2+4+61900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

California climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Marina in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1958. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00045802 (Monterey WFO), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00047668, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: 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 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.