Salinas Weather in January
Average highs run from 63°F on January 1 to 64°F on January 31, and lows from 41°F to 42°F. Normal precipitation for the month is 3.26 in over about 9 wet days.
January day by day
The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °F.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Record high
- Record low
January at a glance
- Average high
- 63°F
- Average low
- 41°F
- Precipitation
- 3.26 in
- Record high
- 86°FJan 17, 2014
- Record low
- 18°FJan 21, 1937
- Chance of a freeze
- 60%
- Daylight
- 9 h 43 min to 10 h 22 min
- Cloud cover
- 51%
- Humidity
- 78%
- Dew point
- 40°F
- Wind
- 6.0 mph
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Record high | Record low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 63°F | 41°F | 76°F 2012 | 24°F 1976 | 29% |
| Jan 2 | 63°F | 41°F | 77°F 2001 | 26°F 1975 | 29% |
| Jan 3 | 63°F | 41°F | 76°F 2001 | 26°F 1950 | 29% |
| Jan 4 | 63°F | 41°F | 76°F 2001 | 25°F 1950 | 29% |
| Jan 5 | 63°F | 41°F | 74°F 2014 | 25°F 1949 | 29% |
| Jan 6 | 63°F | 41°F | 76°F 2015 | 26°F 1967 | 29% |
| Jan 7 | 63°F | 41°F | 78°F 1962 | 26°F 1937 | 28% |
| Jan 8 | 63°F | 41°F | 81°F 1962 | 19°F 1937 | 28% |
| Jan 9 | 63°F | 41°F | 77°F 1962 | 25°F 1937 | 28% |
| Jan 10 | 63°F | 41°F | 77°F 1990 | 20°F 1949 | 28% |
| Jan 11 | 63°F | 41°F | 76°F 1996 | 20°F 1949 | 28% |
| Jan 12 | 63°F | 41°F | 78°F 1983 | 24°F 2007 | 28% |
| Jan 13 | 63°F | 41°F | 80°F 2009 | 22°F 2007 | 28% |
| Jan 14 | 64°F | 41°F | 79°F 1983 | 25°F 2007 | 29% |
| Jan 15 | 64°F | 41°F | 84°F 2021 | 27°F 1947 | 29% |
| Jan 16 | 64°F | 41°F | 84°F 2014 | 25°F 2007 | 29% |
| Jan 17 | 64°F | 41°F | 86°F 2014 | 27°F 1937 | 29% |
| Jan 18 | 64°F | 41°F | 81°F 1994 | 22°F 1943 | 29% |
| Jan 19 | 64°F | 41°F | 79°F 1961 | 27°F 1943 | 29% |
| Jan 20 | 64°F | 41°F | 79°F 1968 | 25°F 1937 | 29% |
| Jan 21 | 64°F | 41°F | 76°F 2014 | 18°F 1937 | 30% |
| Jan 22 | 64°F | 42°F | 80°F 1968 | 23°F 1937 | 30% |
| Jan 23 | 64°F | 42°F | 82°F 1948 | 24°F 1937 | 30% |
| Jan 24 | 64°F | 42°F | 80°F 1948 | 29°F 1937 | 30% |
| Jan 25 | 64°F | 42°F | 83°F 2015 | 26°F 1949 | 30% |
| Jan 26 | 64°F | 42°F | 76°F 1986 | 28°F 1949 | 30% |
| Jan 27 | 64°F | 42°F | 77°F 1986 | 29°F 1949 | 31% |
| Jan 28 | 64°F | 42°F | 79°F 2024 | 26°F 1975 | 31% |
| Jan 29 | 64°F | 42°F | 77°F 1931 | 29°F 1957 | 31% |
| Jan 30 | 64°F | 42°F | 79°F 1962 | 26°F 1946 | 31% |
| Jan 31 | 64°F | 42°F | 79°F 1976 | 28°F 1946 | 31% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (PST).
- January 1
- sunrise 7:19 AM, sunset 5:02 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:09 AM, sunset 5:31 PM
Other months
Sources
Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00047668 (Salinas #2), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USW00023233, 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.