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Average Precipitation

  • Fall - 0.5 in.
  • Spring - 1.6 in.
  • Summer - 0.02 in.
  • Winter - 0.20 in.

Average Temperature

  • Fall - 72°F
  • Spring - 65°F
  • Summer - 72°F
  • Winter - 58°F

College Prowler Take

Beautiful sunsets and sunrises, ocean breezes, clear skies, and temperatures mostly in the 70s are a college student’s dream. But UCSB students don’t have to dream. Santa Barbara has fantastic weather, especially compared to the weather horror stories from most other college towns. Although Santa Barbara sounds deceptively sunny year-round, it can occasionally rain and get foggy and cold. In Santa Barbara, June is called “June Gloom” because the marine layer usually hangs out over the coast until the sun burns it off sometime after lunch. However, these are minor complaints about infrequent deviations from a near-perfect climate.

Overall, Santa Barbara is seasonless—you can wear jeans and a T-shirt almost every day of the year, and girls wear tank tops to go out to parties throughout the year, whether it’s cold or not. Just don’t make the mistake of only packing tank tops and swimsuits—you will be buying a sweatshirt the first week of school for that one day a week it gets cloudy.

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Anonymous says:

The weather’s mostly beautiful and...

The weather’s mostly beautiful and sunny, but we’re right on the ocean, so it gets cold and windy at night. Winters are usually only different because of the rain.

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Anonymous says:

For California, Santa Barbara can...

For California, Santa Barbara can get ‘cold’ at night and during the winter months. But you never have to change out of your wardrobe; flip-flops, jeans, and tank-tops work all year.

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Anonymous says:

The weather has been getting...

The weather has been getting warmer every year. There is a little cold and a little rain, and be prepared for fog most mornings.

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Anonymous says:

The weather is beautiful; it’s...

The weather is beautiful; it’s California. We have about one to two months of wet weather in the winter, and the rest of the time it’s sunny and mild. It’s never as hot as it gets in LA during the summer.

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Anonymous says:

The weather really doesn’t get any...

The weather really doesn’t get any better.

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