Dana Point 1SW - Ocean InstDPOC1
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Weather/California/San Juan Capistrano
San Juan Capistrano, California
City in Orange County, California* WHAT...High temperatures in the upper 80s to the mid 90s expected. * WHERE...Orange County Coastal Areas and San Diego County Coastal Areas. * WHEN...Until 8 PM PDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase during hot temperatures. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Low temperatures will be in the high 60s to low 70s.
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.
82°
93°/63°
Clear·
Feels like 80°·Gentle breeze 10 mph NE
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for San Juan Capistrano until 8 PM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. San Juan Capistrano is 82° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northeast at 10 mph, gusting to 27 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 74° by 1 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 95°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 70°. Rain is likely Tuesday (57%) and Wednesday (68%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph. Tomorrow is hot, 95°: heat is a danger to anyone outdoors for long.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:39 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
38Air quality
25%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
82feels80
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9363
18mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
9573
20mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
9075
14mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
8669
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
8168
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7263
57%
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
7060
68%
82°
93°63°
95°73°
90°75°
86°69°
81°68°
72°63°
70°60°
As of 9:00 PM in San Juan Capistrano, California.
Air quality
The air at San Juan Capistrano
Index 38, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Saddleback Vly (CA), 9 miles off.
38Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)3Good22.5 mi
- Ozone38Good45 ppb9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)12Good9 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide4Good4.7 ppb22.5 mi
The days ahead
Highest 65, moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 50, good.
GoodModerate
- 50YesterdayOct 14
- 46TodayOct 15
- 65FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at San Juan Capistrano
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 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 San Juan Capistrano, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over San Juan Capistrano, CaliforniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest San Juan Capistrano, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Rank2,473of 4,465
Citizen station GW6246GW6246
In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.1 mi away/979 ft/871 ft above here
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At an airfield/16.8 mi away/52 ft/56 ft below here
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Fallbrook 5 NE53151
At a climate reference station/27.8 mi away/1,140 ft/1,032 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
I-15 : Jurupa AvenueCF174
Beside a road/38.3 mi away/908 ft/800 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
San Juan Capistrano 0.9 WCA-OR-70
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/109 ft/1 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Irvine RanchIVRC1
On a farm or research station/15.4 mi away/535 ft/427 ft above here
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Station report
The weather at Santa Ana/Jon-Wayne, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 16.8 mi from San Juan Capistrano, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
86.0 F with a dew point of 36.0 F, 17 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 11,300 ft up.
The wind
From the northeast (40 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 21 mph: force 3, a gentle 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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