Paso Robles Climate
November 8th, 2008 Posted in Local News, Real Estate
There many different and distinctive microclimates in Paso Robles due to the proximity of the Pacific Ocean and depending on whether you are located in one of the numerous canyons and valleys.
Our area experiences the largest swing between daytime high temperatures and nighttime lows than any other region in California because of cool air that flows east through the Templeton Gap and along the Salinas River from Monterey Bay 2 hours away.
In the summer, we experience warm (sometimes hot) clear days, and we don’t generally have much in the way of clouds, fog or severe winds. Summer highs are typically between 85 and 105 degrees, but the nighttime lows drop by 40 to 50 degrees as the marine layer starts to move over the region around 3:00 pm daily.
The key to not using your air conditioner is to close all drapes in the morning to keep your home cool and then open the drapes and windows when the afternoon breeze begins to blow. You can count on the afternoon breeze, except for maybe one week each summer when it gets really hot, the breeze disappears for that period, and you may have to break down and use your air conditioner a couple of hours a day to make it bearable.
We don’t usually get our first rain shower until mid to late October (October 31st this year), and the majority of our rain downtown (all 15.5 inches average of it) usually occurs January through March. But remember those microclimates I talked about? Rainfall in those areas range from 8 inches in East Paso Robles to as much as 45 inches on the far western ridges closer to the ocean. We have relatively few storms, but these Pacific Storms can contribute several inches of rain in just a few days.
Winter temperatures tend to dip into the 20′s in cooler regions and in the 30′s Downtown Paso, but the average daily temperature during the day is in the 60′s and sometimes up to 75 degrees. Very nice for a Winter picnic at a local winery:)
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