Santa Maria/Hancock Fld
Weather station · 34.9°N 120.5°W · 73 m above sea level
ICAO KSMXWMO 72394Station data since 1948
Record high
36.7°C
in 1978
Record low
6.7°C
in 1948
Average high
24.3°C
all years on record
18.4°C short of the record for 23 September
Today’s high 18.3°C against 36.7°C in 1978. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
43.3°C
- Date
- Friday, 20 June 2008
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Santa Maria/Hancock Fld, United States
- Position
- 34.89°N 120.45°W · 73 m
Highest highest in available records since 1948. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
All-time record low
−6.7°C
- Date
- Friday, 2 January 1976
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Santa Maria/Hancock Fld, United States
- Position
- 34.89°N 120.45°W · 73 m
Highest and lowest lowest in available records since 1948. Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily.
Where Santa Maria/Hancock Fld is
34.89°N 120.45°W
Santa Maria/Hancock Fld
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-09-22, from NASA GIBS. This is the temperature of the ground seen from orbit, not the air, and it is never ranked against air readings. Cloud hides the ground, so gaps are unread rather than guessed.
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Santa Maria/Hancock Fld has dropped below freezing on 766 nights since 1948. The desert remembers every one of them.
From our dataNights with a minimum below 0°C since 1948. - 2
Today is colder than 70% of all days recorded here since 1948.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1948. - 3
Right now Davis Lgb 46 Aws is 87.5°C colder than Santa Maria/Hancock Fld. Same planet. Same afternoon.
From our dataBoth readings are live and ranked on this site now. - 4
The coldest night Santa Maria/Hancock Fld has ever recorded, −6.7°C, would pass for a warm spell at Davis Lgb 46 Aws, which is −69.2°C right now.
From our dataThis station's record low against the current live reading at Davis Lgb 46 Aws.
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Every year on record
1948 to 2026
Annual average · °C
Trend over 78 years with data: +0.19 °C per decade
Source: NOAA GHCN-Daily. Years the station did not cover are left as gaps, never joined across. The dashed line is a least squares trend through the years that have data.
Records by month
Jan
31.7°
−6.7°
Feb
31.7°
−5.6°
Mar
35.0°
−4.4°
Apr
39.4°
−0.6°
May
40.6°
−0.6°
Jun
43.3°
2.2°
Jul
40.0°
6.1°
Aug
40.0°
6.1°
Sep
41.1°
Recent days
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | 18.3°C | 00:51 UTC | 13.3°C | 07:02 UTC |
| 2026-09-22 | 21.7°C | 19:51 UTC | 14.4°C | 14:51 UTC |
Nearby stations
Data sources for this page
| Figure | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Right now, today so far | NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP) | Measured, station |
| All-time, monthly and on-this-day records | NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), 1948 to 2026 | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |