Bell CanyonCAPC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.7 mi away/738 ft/170 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Weather/California/Coto de Caza
Coto de Caza, California
Community in Orange County, CaliforniaHeat Advisory, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Wind Advisory, northeast winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts 35 to 55 mph expected. Strongest winds will be near the foothills and in canyons of the Santa Ana mountains, with gusts up to 70 mph possible. For the Heat Advisory, temperatures up to 95 degrees * WHERE...Orange County Inland Areas. * WHEN...For the Heat Advisory, until 8 PM PDT Saturday. For the Wind Advisory, until noon PDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. Moderate to locally major HeatRisk. Those sensitive to heat may be impacted.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
77°
94°/70°
Clear·
Feels like 77°·Light breeze 8 mph NNE
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for Coto de Caza until 8 PM tomorrow. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Coto de Caza is 77° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north-northeast at 8 mph, gusting to 22 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 92° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 74° by 8 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 90°, and the coolest Thursday, near 68°. Rain is likely Tuesday (57%) and Wednesday (69%). Rain is possible Thursday (34%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:15 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:32 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
35Air quality
29%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
77feels77
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
9470
24mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
9072
18mph
Sun
Oct 18
8767
12mph
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
8266
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7260
57%
15mph
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7057
69%
Thu
Oct 22
6855
34%
12mph
77°
94°70°
90°72°
87°67°
82°66°
72°60°
70°57°
68°55°
As of 12:00 AM in Coto de Caza, California.
Air quality
The air at Coto de Caza
Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Saddleback Vly (CA), 6 miles off.
35Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good-
- Ozone35Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)11Good-
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Today, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 50, good.
GoodModerate
- 50YesterdayOct 15
- 65TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Coto de Caza
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Coto de Caza, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Coto de Caza, CaliforniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest Coto de Caza, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.6 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Rank497of 4,465
Citizen station GW6246GW6246
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.8 mi away/979 ft/411 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/17.3 mi away/52 ft/516 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Fallbrook 5 NE53151
At a climate reference station/25.3 mi away/1,140 ft/572 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
I-15 : Jurupa AvenueCF174
Beside a road/31.7 mi away/908 ft/340 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Rancho Santa Margarita 1.7 SSWCA-OR-65
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/798 ft/230 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Irvine RanchIVRC1
On a farm or research station/12.0 mi away/535 ft/33 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Santa Ana/Jon-Wayne, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 17.3 mi from Coto de Caza, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
77.0 F with a dew point of 40.0 F, 26 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 8,400 ft up.
The wind
From the southwest (220 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 45 mph.
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
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