10 Day Forecast Summary of Climate Conditions: Over 300 days of sunshine a year. Humidity: Ranges from 40-60% and varies according to season. Altitude: Sea level to 620 feet Temperature & Rainfall Summary: Average annual rainfall = 13" (Usually occurring over months noted *) Average = 64°F Average Maximum = 74°F Average Minimum = 54°F Tide Chart Surf Report

The seaside climate of Santa Barbara is always a delightful surprise to the first-time visitor. This is particularly true during the winter months – roughly from October through March. About the turn of the century, many prominent Eastern families came to visit and, unable to resist the lure of the pleasant climate, established their winter residences here.

Santa Barbara is a "get out in the sunshine and fresh air" place, with all the activities that implies.

The average annual rainfall is only 13 inches – about the same as many desert resort communities experience. Unlike those resorts, however, there are no sandy windstorms or hot, skin-cracking days. Absent, too, are the cold, fierce winter ocean storms that plague many California coast resorts.

What allows Santa Barbara to escape nature’s nastiness, is its unique geographic situation. For roughly 40 miles on either side of Santa Barbara, the Pacific coastline runs almost due East/West. This alignment moderates the ocean currents that flow past Santa Barbara’s front door. Towering mountains, incredibly close to the sea, shelter the coastal strip from inland heat and cold. The Channel Islands, 20 to 30 miles off shore, break the force of ocean storms and quiets the surf.

The result is a comfortable year-round average temperature of 64 degrees, with an average maximum of 74 and an average minimum of 56 degrees.

All this means there is no "off-season" in Santa Barbara.. Warm sunshine, beautiful scenery, invigorating, clear, fresh air and congenial people await you year-round.