National Weather Service Forecast for: Santa Cruz CA
Issued by: National Weather Service San Francisco Bay Area/Monterey, CA
Updated: 12:48 am PST Dec 23, 2025
 
Overnight

Overnight: A 30 percent chance of rain. Widespread fog, mainly between 2am and 3am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a steady temperature around 53. Light southeast wind. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Chance Rain
and Fog

 Tuesday

Tuesday: Rain likely, mainly after 4pm. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. South wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Rain Likely
and Patchy
Fog
 Tuesday
Night
Tuesday Night: Rain likely before 10pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 10pm and 4am, then rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4am. Low around 50. Breezy, with an east southeast wind 20 to 26 mph becoming south after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 49 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Showers and
Breezy

 Wednesday

Wednesday: Rain, mainly before 1pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Some of the storms could be severe. Areas of fog between 9am and 10am. High near 61. West southwest wind 6 to 13 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Rain and
Areas Fog
then Severe
T-Storms
 Wednesday
Night
Wednesday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 7pm, then rain after 7pm. Some of the storms could be severe. Low around 50. South southeast wind 16 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Severe
T-Storms
then Rain
 Christmas
Day
Christmas Day: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 59. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Showers

 Thursday
Night
Thursday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then rain after 1am. Low around 46. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
Showers

 Friday

Friday: Rain. Cloudy, with a high near 56.
Rain

 Friday
Night
Friday Night: Rain, mainly before 10pm. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 44.
Rain and
Patchy Fog
Lo 53 °F Hi 62 °F Lo 50 °F Hi 61 °F Lo 50 °F Hi 59 °F Lo 46 °F Hi 56 °F Lo 44 °F

Flood Watch
Wind Advisory
 

Overnight
 
 A 30 percent chance of rain. Widespread fog, mainly between 2am and 3am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a steady temperature around 53. Light southeast wind. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday
 
 Rain likely, mainly after 4pm. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. South wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night
 
 Rain likely before 10pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 10pm and 4am, then rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4am. Low around 50. Breezy, with an east southeast wind 20 to 26 mph becoming south after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 49 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Wednesday
 
 Rain, mainly before 1pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Some of the storms could be severe. Areas of fog between 9am and 10am. High near 61. West southwest wind 6 to 13 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night
 
 Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 7pm, then rain after 7pm. Some of the storms could be severe. Low around 50. South southeast wind 16 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Christmas Day
 
 Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 59. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Thursday Night
 
 Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then rain after 1am. Low around 46. Chance of precipitation is 100%.
Friday
 
 Rain. Cloudy, with a high near 56.
Friday Night
 
 Rain, mainly before 10pm. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 44.
Saturday
 
 A chance of rain, mainly before 10am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 59.
Saturday Night
 
 Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 40.
Sunday
 
 Patchy fog. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 60.
Sunday Night
 
 Mostly clear, with a low around 41.
Monday
 
 Mostly sunny, with a high near 61.

 

Forecast from NOAA-NWS for Santa Cruz CA.