National Weather Service Forecast for: Santa Cruz CA
Issued by: National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area/Monterey, CA
Updated: 2:29 pm PST Dec 23, 2024
 
This
Afternoon
This Afternoon: A 10 percent chance of rain after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 66. Light west southwest wind.
Slight Chance
Rain
 Tonight

Tonight: Rain, mainly after 10pm. Widespread fog, mainly before 9pm. Low around 48. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 9 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Rain and Fog

 Tuesday

Tuesday: Rain before 10am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 10am and 1pm, then rain likely after 1pm. High near 61. West wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Showers then
Showers
Likely
 Tuesday
Night
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 40. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph.
Mostly Clear

 Christmas
Day
Christmas Day: Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Calm wind becoming northwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Patchy Fog
then Mostly
Sunny
 Wednesday
Night
Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43.
Slight Chance
Rain
 Thursday

Thursday: Rain likely. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Rain Likely
and Patchy
Fog
 Thursday
Night
Thursday Night: Rain likely. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 48.
Rain Likely
and Patchy
Fog
 Friday

Friday: Rain likely. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 62.
Rain Likely
and Patchy
Fog
Hi 66 °F Lo 48 °F Hi 61 °F Lo 40 °F Hi 60 °F Lo 43 °F Hi 60 °F Lo 48 °F Hi 62 °F

High Surf Warning
Coastal Flood Warning
 

This Afternoon
 
 A 10 percent chance of rain after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 66. Light west southwest wind.
Tonight
 
 Rain, mainly after 10pm. Widespread fog, mainly before 9pm. Low around 48. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 9 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tuesday
 
 Rain before 10am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 10am and 1pm, then rain likely after 1pm. High near 61. West wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night
 
 Mostly clear, with a low around 40. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph.
Christmas Day
 
 Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Calm wind becoming northwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night
 
 A 20 percent chance of rain after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43.
Thursday
 
 Rain likely. Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Thursday Night
 
 Rain likely. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 48.
Friday
 
 Rain likely. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 62.
Friday Night
 
 Rain likely. Areas of fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 49.
Saturday
 
 A chance of rain. Areas of fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 64.
Saturday Night
 
 A chance of rain. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 49.
Sunday
 
 Rain likely. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 62.
Sunday Night
 
 A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43.
Monday
 
 Sunny, with a high near 61.

 

Forecast from NOAA-NWS for Santa Cruz CA.