National Weather Service Forecast for: Santa Cruz CA
Issued by: National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area/Monterey, CA
Updated: 2:54 pm PST Dec 22, 2025
 
Tonight

Tonight: Rain likely, mainly after 4am. Cloudy, with a low around 50. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Rain Likely

 Tuesday

Tuesday: Rain. High near 63. South wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Rain

 Tuesday
Night
Tuesday Night: Rain likely before 10pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 10pm and 1am, then rain after 1am. Low around 50. Breezy, with a south wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 47 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Showers and
Breezy

 Wednesday

Wednesday: Rain before 4pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Some of the storms could be severe. High near 61. South wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Rain then
Severe
T-Storms
 Wednesday
Night
Wednesday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 7pm, then rain between 7pm and 1am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Some of the storms could be severe. Low around 49. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 18 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Severe
T-Storms
then Showers
and Breezy
 Christmas
Day
Christmas Day: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 7am, then rain between 7am and 1pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. High near 58. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Showers and
Breezy

 Thursday
Night
Thursday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 4am, then rain after 4am. Low around 46. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
Showers

 Friday

Friday: Rain before 10am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 10am and 4pm, then rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 56.
Showers

 Friday
Night
Friday Night: Rain likely, mainly before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43.
Rain Likely
Lo 50 °F Hi 63 °F Lo 50 °F Hi 61 °F Lo 49 °F Hi 58 °F Lo 46 °F Hi 56 °F Lo 43 °F

Flood Watch
Wind Advisory
 

Tonight
 
 Rain likely, mainly after 4am. Cloudy, with a low around 50. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday
 
 Rain. High near 63. South wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night
 
 Rain likely before 10pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 10pm and 1am, then rain after 1am. Low around 50. Breezy, with a south wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 47 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday
 
 Rain before 4pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Some of the storms could be severe. High near 61. South wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday Night
 
 Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 7pm, then rain between 7pm and 1am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Some of the storms could be severe. Low around 49. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 18 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Christmas Day
 
 Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 7am, then rain between 7am and 1pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. High near 58. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Thursday Night
 
 Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 4am, then rain after 4am. Low around 46. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
Friday
 
 Rain before 10am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 10am and 4pm, then rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 56.
Friday Night
 
 Rain likely, mainly before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43.
Saturday
 
 A slight chance of rain. Mostly sunny, with a high near 58.
Saturday Night
 
 Mostly clear, with a low around 39.
Sunday
 
 Sunny, with a high near 60.
Sunday Night
 
 Mostly clear, with a low around 41.
Monday
 
 Sunny, with a high near 61.

 

Forecast from NOAA-NWS for Santa Cruz CA.