... Record high minimum temperature yesterday at Sandberg... ... Record January streak of 80-degree days extended today at Santa Maria Airport... ... Record for most 80-degree days in the month of January tied at Santa Maria Airport... a record high minimum temperature of 54 degrees was set at Sandberg CA yesterday... January 17th. This tied the old record of 54 set in 1976. The high of 83 today at Santa Maria Airport was one degree shy of the record high of 84 degrees set in 1971. However... this was the 6th straight day with highs of 80 or above at Santa Maria Airport... extending the record set yesterday for consecutive days at or above 80 degrees in January. The old record for January was 4 consecutive days with highs of 80 or more from January 26th-29th 1931. In addition... the 6 days with highs of 80 or more so far this month at Santa Maria Airport tied the record with January 1976 for the most 80-degree days for the month of January. Records for Santa Maria Airport began in 1906. During this streak of warmth at Santa Maria... the highest January temperature ever recorded at that station occurred on Thursday at 89 degrees. In addition... ..The highs of 87 degrees observed Wednesday and yesterday tied for the 2nd warmest January day ever along with January 13 2009. In other words... from Wednesday through Friday this week... three of the four warmest January days ever recorded at Santa Maria occurred.