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Solana Beach, California Weather

Coastal fog thickens at dawn. Day 78 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Solana Beach, CA
Friday, June 5 at 2:37 AM
64
°
Overcast
Feels like
65°
Humidity
89%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
5:40 AM
Sunset
7:54 PM
Solana Beach, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastSolana Beach, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 59 to 68 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 59°H 68°
Solana Beach, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Foggy
    69°61°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Foggy
    68°59°-1°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    70°61°+2°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Overcast
    75°62°+5°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    76°61°+1°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    73°64°-3°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Overcast
    74°61°+1°
Solana Beach, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SW
230° · veering 50°
Direction
SW
230°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
7
mph
Peak 24h
11
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 11 @ 12:00p
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 117SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Solana Beach, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1007.7
-0.4 mb in 3h · steady · 29.76 inHg
Now
1007.7
mb
3h
-0.4
mb
12h
-0.8
mb
24h
+0.2
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10071009
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1008.61006.81007.3
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Damp, unsettled regime — wet weather lingers nearby.
Solana Beach, CA
Air quality
58
AQI
Moderate
0 in 6h

AQI 58 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 14.9 µg/m³ (AQI 62) with a 0.63 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERModerate
14.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
24μg/m³
NO₂Good
7μg/m³
OzoneModerate
77μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.1

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 36. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~81%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 36
UV peak
0.1 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 4

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 14.9 µg/m³ (AQI 62) with a 0.63 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.63
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Solana Beach, CA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
28.1mi
UNLIMITED
37 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
02:37 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
02:37 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 · Friday, June 5
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
12:13 PM
Sunrise
5:40 AM
Daylight
14h 14m
Sunset
7:54 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
80% illuminated
Moonrise
6:36 AM
Moonset
5:15 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Solana Beach, CA
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Coastal fog thickens at dawn

weather
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Solana Beach at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 18°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 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 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.