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Solana Beach, California Weather

Coastal fog thickens at dawn. Day 77 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Solana Beach weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Solana Beach, CA
Thursday, June 4 at 4:18 AM
62
°
Mostly Clear
Feels like
64°
Humidity
87%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
5:40 AM
Sunset
7:53 PM
Solana Beach, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastSolana Beach, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 59 to 67 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 59°H 67°
Solana Beach, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Foggy
    68°61°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    67°59°-1°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Foggy
    73°58°+6°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    76°63°+3°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    77°62°+1°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Mostly Clear
    77°62°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Clear
    79°63°+2°
Solana Beach, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SW
217° · backing 83°
Direction
SW
217°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
4
mph
Peak 24h
11
avg 5
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
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 11 @ 1:00p
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 126SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Solana Beach, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1009.2
-0.9 mb in 3h · falling · 29.80 inHg
Now
1009.2
mb
3h
-0.9
mb
12h
-1.2
mb
24h
-2.2
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10081011
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1011.41007.81007.8
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure giving way — clouds thicken and rain edges closer.
Solana Beach, CA
Air quality
59
AQI
Moderate
+1 in 6h

PM2.5 at 15.9 µg/m³ (AQI 64) with a 0.67 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points).

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

PM 2.5DRIVERModerate
15.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
24μg/m³
NO₂Good
15μg/m³
OzoneModerate
63μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 30. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~100%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 30
UV peak
0.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 4

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 15.9 µg/m³ (AQI 64) with a 0.67 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.67
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Solana Beach, CA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
43%
MOSTLY CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
29.2mi
UNLIMITED
39 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
04:18 UTC ·Solana Beach, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
04:18 UTC ·Solana Beach, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Solana Beach, CA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Solana Beach, CA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Solana Beach, CA
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
12:13 PM
Sunrise
5:40 AM
Daylight
14h 13m
Sunset
7:53 PM
Civil dusk
3:23 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Solana Beach, CA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
87% illuminated
Moonrise
5:59 AM
Moonset
4:15 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Solana Beach, CA
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Coastal fog thickens at dawn

plant
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Solana Beach at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 20°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 5 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 4, 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 Solana Beach

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.