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Tonight
Mostly clear. Low around 50, with temperatures rising to around 52 overnight. North wind around 3 mph.
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Sunday
Mostly sunny. High near 71, with temperatures falling to around 68 in the afternoon. Southwest wind 1 to 5 mph.
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Sunday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. North northwest wind around 2 mph.
National Weather Service forecast updated 10 hrs ago.
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10-day forecast
Details- TonightOct 24Mostly Clear50°
- SunOct 25Mostly Sunny49°71°
- MonOct 26Mostly Sunny48°70°
- TueOct 27Mostly Sunny48°68°
- WedOct 28Partly Sunny50°64°
- ThuOct 29Partly Sunny18%48°63°
- FriOct 30Slight Chance Light Rain32%46°61°
- SatOct 31Chance Light Rain32%62°
- SunNov 1Mostly sunny0.02 in47°63°
- MonNov 2Cloudy48°62°
Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.
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Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.
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Santa Cruz, CA reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.
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MonthlyWatsonville Waterworks, records since 1908. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).
Nearby
- San Jose 42 km
- Salinas 47 km
- Sunnyvale 44 km
- Santa Clara 43 km
- Redwood City 60 km
- Mountain View 46 km
- Milpitas 52 km
- Palo Alto 53 km
- Cupertino 39 km
- Watsonville 25 km
- Gilroy 41 km
- Morgan Hill 38 km
Forecasters' discussion
From the National Weather Service office in MTR, issued 2 hrs ago
Key Messages
Updated at 914 AM PDT Sat Oct 24 2026
- Near normal temperatures this weekend, cooling to slightly below normal through the remainder of the upcoming week
- Coastal flooding due to astronomical high tides and thermal expansion this weekend through Thursday
Update
Issued at 928 PM PDT Sat Oct 24 2026
The skies remain clear across the Bay Area and Central Coast with some radiative fog and low clouds possible across the North Bay valleys early Sunday morning. The forecast remains on track.
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Short Term
Issued at 114 PM PDT Sat Oct 24 2026 (This evening through Sunday night)
Clear sky conditions are observed across all of the Bay Area and north Central Coast this afternoon. This has allowed temperatures to warm to into the upper 60s to lower 70s regionwide. Once the sun sets, temperatures will cool into the 50s and bottom out in the lower 40s across the North Bay Valleys Sunday morning. Elsewhere, expecting upper 40s to low 50s across the remainder of the region. There is a greater potential to see fog across the Russian River and Petaluma valleys early Sunday morning as the lack of offshore flow should allow for decent radiational cooling. However, incoming high clouds may limit that cooling as a cut-off mid/upper level low is forecast to push into the Pacific Northwest Sunday night into Monday. Expect temperatures to be similar on Sunday as they are today, generally within a few degrees of normal.
Long Term
Issued at 114 PM PDT Sat Oct 24 2026 (Monday through next Friday)
The aforementioned system mainly impacting the Pacific Northwest and northern California has the potential to bring very light rainfall to the northern coastal waters and far northern portions of the North Bay Monday morning, generally only a few hundredths of an inch or so. As such, temperatures cool to below normal by a few degrees on Monday with a gradual cooling trend throughout the remainder of the week as the mid/upper level trough off of the West Coast deepens. Cooler, unsettled conditions look to return by Friday and continue into next weekend. However, confidence has lowered since yesterday's writing. Be sure to stay up-to-date with the latest forecast information from trusted sources.
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