Carpinteria weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Carpinteria, California: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at SANTA BARBARA, 17 km from Carpinteria; records cover 1893–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 19 in482 mm
- Snow a year
- Rare
- Last spring freeze
- Rare
- First fall freeze
- Rare
- Heating degree days
- 1,426
- Cooling degree days
- 537
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are 38°3° (heating, 99%) and 91°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Carpinteria in January
Highs average 67°19° and lows 47°8°, with 4.4 in113 mm of precipitation in a typical January.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1923)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1949)
- Heating degree days
- 262
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Carpinteria in February
Highs average 67°19° and lows 47°8°, with 4.4 in112 mm of precipitation in a typical February.
- Record high
- 94°34° (1921)
- Record low
- 27°−3° (1929)
- Heating degree days
- 224
- Cooling degree days
- 3
Carpinteria in March
Highs average 68°20° and lows 49°10°, with 3.2 in81 mm of precipitation in a typical March.
- Record high
- 96°36° (1988)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1953)
- Heating degree days
- 198
- Cooling degree days
- 7
Carpinteria in April
Highs average 71°22° and lows 51°11°, with 1 in26 mm of precipitation in a typical April.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1989)
- Record low
- 30°−1° (1970)
- Heating degree days
- 132
- Cooling degree days
- 18
Carpinteria in May
Highs average 72°22° and lows 54°12°, with 0.41 in10 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1923)
- Record low
- 34°1° (1991)
- Heating degree days
- 88
- Cooling degree days
- 24
Carpinteria in June
Highs average 73°23° and lows 57°14°, with 0.14 in3.6 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1937)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1910)
- Heating degree days
- 35
- Cooling degree days
- 40
Carpinteria in July
Highs average 76°25° and lows 60°16°, with 0.01 in0.3 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 105°41° (1978)
- Record low
- 44°7° (1948)
- Heating degree days
- 7
- Cooling degree days
- 109
Carpinteria in August
Highs average 78°25° and lows 60°16°, with 0.01 in0.3 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1915)
- Record low
- 40°4° (1992)
- Heating degree days
- 5
- Cooling degree days
- 129
Carpinteria in September
Highs average 78°25° and lows 60°15°, with 0.05 in1.3 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 108°42° (1913)
- Record low
- 33°1° (1993)
- Heating degree days
- 10
- Cooling degree days
- 118
Carpinteria in OctoberThis month
Highs average 76°24° and lows 56°13°, with 0.84 in21 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 103°39° (1950)
- Record low
- 31°−1° (1993)
- Heating degree days
- 43
- Cooling degree days
- 70
Carpinteria in November
Highs average 71°22° and lows 50°10°, with 1.4 in36 mm of precipitation in a typical November.
- Record high
- 98°37° (1914)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1931)
- Heating degree days
- 147
- Cooling degree days
- 15
Carpinteria in December
Highs average 66°19° and lows 46°8°, with 3.1 in78 mm of precipitation in a typical December.
- Record high
- 92°33° (1958)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1924)
- Heating degree days
- 275
- Cooling degree days
- 1