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Weather

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Temperature Averages Spring – High: 68 °F
Spring – Low: 50 °F
Summer – High: 75 °F
Summer – Low: 58 °F
Fall – High: 72 °F
Fall – Low: 54 °F
Winter – High: 65 °F
Winter – Low: 46 °F
Precipitation Averages Spring: 1.57 in.
Summer: 0.04 in.
Fall: 0.76 in.
Winter: 3.82 in.

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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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Weather at University of California - Santa Barbara

poles

Sociology '14

4.2
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Sunny Most of the Time

The weather here is really nice for the most part and rains every once in a while but the summers can go long without rain. The only bad part is the bi-polar weather during the colder seasons and the really strong winds that we get. Honestly though, the weather can't get any better than sunshine for most of the year. People even start tanning in march!

Apr 06, 2012

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jtruong7

Public Health '11

5.0
A+

Living in Paradise

The weather is usually perfect. There might be a couple days total in Winter where it's chilly and windy. Probably even a couple of days where it's very hot. But other than that, it's paradise.

Mar 30, 2012

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bernieguitar

Mathematics '15

4.6
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Beach Campus!

UCSB is adjacent to the ocean, and weather tends to reflect that. It is mostly mostly sunny California weather otherwise.

Mar 15, 2012

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User rating for University of California - Santa Barbara - Weather is 4.6 out of 5 based on 51 user reviews.

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Hometown
Danville, CA
Major
Sociology/Sports Management minor

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