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Rancho Santa Fe, California Weather

Summer heat deepens across the valleys. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Rancho Santa Fe weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Sunday, July 5 at 10:02 AM
72
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
75°
Humidity
75%
Wind
7 mph
Sunrise
10:45 PM
Sunset
1:01 PM
Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastRancho Santa Fe, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 64 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 64°H 75°
Rancho Santa Fe, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Foggy
    75°65°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Overcast
    75°63°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Overcast
    81°62°+6°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Clear
    83°66°+2°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Clear
    86°68°+3°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Partly Cloudy
    84°68°-2°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    83°68°-1°
Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
W
276° · veering 8°
Direction
W
276°
Sustained
7
mph
Gust
7
mph
Peak 24h
13
avg 5
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 5 · pk 13 @ 5:00p
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 124SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1006.3
-0.6 mb in 3h · falling · 29.72 inHg
Now
1006.3
mb
3h
-0.6
mb
12h
-0.7
mb
24h
-2.0
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10061008
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1008.31005.51006.3
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Damp, unsettled regime — wet weather lingers nearby.
Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Air quality
45
AQI
Good
+2 in 6h

AQI 45 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 11.4 µg/m³, PM10 at 16.2 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
11.4μg/m³
PM 10Good
16μg/m³
NO₂Good
4μg/m³
OzoneModerate
75μg/m³
UV IndexHigh
7.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 35 now. With UV 9.9 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 33 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 35
UV peak
9.9 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 33

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 11.4 µg/m³, PM10 at 16.2 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.70
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
48%
MOSTLY CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
38.3mi
UNLIMITED
55 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
17:02 UTC · Rancho Santa Fe, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
17:02 UTC · Rancho Santa Fe, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Rancho Santa Fe, CA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:18 AM
Sunrise
10:45 PM
Daylight
14h 16m
Sunset
1:01 PM
Civil dusk
8:30 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Rancho Santa Fe, CA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
71% illuminated
Moonrise
11:04 PM
Moonset
11:08 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Summer heat deepens across the valleys

weather
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Rancho Santa Fe at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 7°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 5 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP codes: 92067, 92091

16-Day Forecast — Rancho Santa Fe

  1. Sun76°65°0%
  2. Mon75°63°1%
  3. Tue81°62°0%
  4. Wed83°66°0%
  5. Thu86°68°0%
  6. Fri84°68°0%
  7. Sat83°68°1%
  8. Sun81°70°4%
  9. Mon82°70°11%
  10. Tue81°70°11%
  11. Wed84°73°4%
  12. Thu90°74°13%
  13. Fri94°77°19%
  14. Sat97°80°15%
  15. Sun89°77°14%
  16. Mon89°74°13%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

ZIP codes in Rancho Santa Fe

  • 92067

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.