Citizen station GW5968GW5968
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/58 ft/52 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Weather/California/Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California
City in Santa Barbara County, California* WHAT...Temperatures up to 95 expected. * WHERE...Coastal areas of southwest California * WHEN...Until 8 PM PDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses.
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. In the event of a nearby wildfire, smoke may increase heat and physical stress. If smoke impacts your area; 1) Have a cooling plan in place as smoke could limit your ability to cool your home through open windows and 2) If you have air conditioning, set on air recirculation within the home to avoid smoke exposure. Local officials may have additional guidance.
67°
93°/70°
Clear·
Feels like 67°·Light breeze 6 mph N
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for Santa Barbara until 8 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Santa Barbara is 67° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 91° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 73° by 6 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 Wednesday, near 68°. Rain is likely Tuesday (50%) and Wednesday (62%). Rain is possible Thursday (31%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:23 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:38 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 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
19Air quality
60%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
12:00 AM
67feels67
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
9370
13mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
9071
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
8467
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
8065
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7059
50%
Wed
Oct 21
6855
62%
Thu
Oct 22
6954
31%
67°
93°70°
90°71°
84°67°
80°65°
70°59°
68°55°
69°54°
As of 12:00 AM in Santa Barbara, California.
Air quality
The air at Santa Barbara
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Goleta (CA), 7 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good6.9 mi
- Ozone19Good16 ppb6.9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-19.7 mi
The days ahead
Highest moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.
GoodModerate
- 44YesterdayOct 14
- ModerateTodayOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Santa Barbara
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 Santa Barbara, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Santa Barbara, CaliforniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Santa Barbara, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank3,800of 4,465
Santa BarbaraBCXC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.6 mi away/39 ft/71 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/7.5 mi away/10 ft/100 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Santa Barbara 11 W53152
At a climate reference station/9.1 mi away/18 ft/92 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Santa Barbara 1.3 ECA-SB-26
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/96 ft/14 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Santa BarbaraSBAC1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.6 mi away/16 ft/94 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Santa Barbara Muni, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 7.5 mi from Santa Barbara, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in California
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Santa Barbara
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Mission Canyoncommunity, 2 mi
- Montecitocommunity, 4 mi
- Eastern Goleta Valleycommunity, 5 mi
- Summerlandcommunity, 6 mi
- University of California-Santa Barbaracommunity, 8 mi
- Toro Canyoncommunity, 8 mi
- Goletacity, 8 mi
- Isla Vistacommunity, 9 mi
- Carpinteriacity, 11 mi
- Oak Viewcommunity, 24 mi
- Mira Montecommunity, 24 mi
- Meiners Oakscommunity, 25 mi