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10 of the last 12 months ran warmer than usual in Santa Cruz County. Santa Cruz County has warmed about 0.5° per decade since 1970.
That is the 1991 to 2020 average for these dates in Santa Cruz County. The Weather Service forecast fills in below.
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Each bar is a month's average temperature against the usual for that month (1991 to 2020). Ranks compare the same month in every year since 1895.
Rain and melted snow against the usual for each month. The drought reading is NOAA's Palmer index for the county.
| Month | Usual high / low | Usual rain | Warmest | Coldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 60° / 41° | 7.0 in | 55.0° 2014 | 39.8° 1949 |
| February | 61° / 41° | 6.5 in | 56.3° 2015 | 43.7° 1903 |
| March | 63° / 43° | 5.0 in | 61.2° 2026 | 44.8° 1897 |
| April | 66° / 44° | 2.3 in | 58.4° 1992 | 47.0° 1967 |
| May | 70° / 47° | 0.9 in | 62.6° 1997 | 52.0° 1917 |
| June | 74° / 50° | 0.2 in | 65.5° 1981 | 56.2° 1923 |
| July | 77° / 54° | 0.0 in | 68.7° 2015 | 60.2° 1909 |
| August | 78° / 54° | 0.0 in | 70.3° 2015 | 59.9° 1910 |
| September | 78° / 53° | 0.1 in | 69.6° 2015 | 59.2° 1907 |
| October | 73° / 49° | 1.4 in | 65.8° 2020 | 53.6° 1916 |
| November | 65° / 43° | 3.4 in | 58.0° 1950 | 47.6° 1994 |
| December | 59° / 40° | 6.8 in | 53.7° 1958 | 43.9° 1948 |
Warmest and coldest are the month's whole-month average temperature, with the year it happened.
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