National Weather Service Forecast for: Santa Cruz CA
Issued by: National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area/Monterey, CA
Updated: 1:24 pm PST Dec 17, 2025
 
Tonight

Tonight: Patchy drizzle. Patchy dense fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. Calm wind.
Patchy
Drizzle and
Patchy Dense
Fog
 Thursday

Thursday: Areas of dense fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 65. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph.
Areas Dense
Fog then
Mostly Sunny
 Thursday
Night
Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain after 10pm. Widespread fog, mainly after 1am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a low around 47. Calm wind.
Slight Chance
Rain and Fog

 Friday

Friday: Rain, mainly after 4pm. Widespread fog before 1pm, then patchy fog after 5pm. High near 63. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Chance Rain
and Fog then
Rain and
Patchy Fog
 Friday
Night
Friday Night: Rain. Patchy fog. Low around 51. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Rain and
Patchy Fog

 Saturday

Saturday: Rain likely. Areas of fog before 1pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Rain Likely
and Areas Fog

 Saturday
Night
Saturday Night: Rain. Patchy fog between 7pm and 10pm. Low around 53. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Rain and
Patchy Fog

 Sunday

Sunday: Rain before 10am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 10am. Cloudy, with a high near 62.
Showers

 Sunday
Night
Sunday Night: Rain. Cloudy, with a low around 51.
Rain
Lo 45 °F Hi 65 °F Lo 47 °F Hi 63 °F Lo 51 °F Hi 63 °F Lo 53 °F Hi 62 °F Lo 51 °F

Dense Fog Advisory
 

Tonight
 
 Patchy drizzle. Patchy dense fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. Calm wind.
Thursday
 
 Areas of dense fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 65. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph.
Thursday Night
 
 A 20 percent chance of rain after 10pm. Widespread fog, mainly after 1am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a low around 47. Calm wind.
Friday
 
 Rain, mainly after 4pm. Widespread fog before 1pm, then patchy fog after 5pm. High near 63. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday Night
 
 Rain. Patchy fog. Low around 51. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Saturday
 
 Rain likely. Areas of fog before 1pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Saturday Night
 
 Rain. Patchy fog between 7pm and 10pm. Low around 53. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Sunday
 
 Rain before 10am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 10am. Cloudy, with a high near 62.
Sunday Night
 
 Rain. Cloudy, with a low around 51.
Monday
 
 Rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 62.
Monday Night
 
 Rain likely. Cloudy, with a low around 49.
Tuesday
 
 Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60.
Tuesday Night
 
 Rain. Cloudy, with a low around 48.
Wednesday
 
 Rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61.

 

Forecast from NOAA-NWS for Santa Cruz CA.