Buellton, CA Weather Forecast
Santa Barbara County, California
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The next few hours
Dry for the moment, with rain moving in this afternoon
It is 53° with a dew point of 52°, which is comfortable for this time of year. The sky is mostly cloudy. The air is close to calm.
The wind backs into the west-northwest around 10 AM, which is the turn that usually comes ahead of the change rather than after it. The first rain arrives between 1 PM and 2 PM. That leaves a usable window outdoors until about 1 PM, and it closes quickly after that.
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
One wet spell, dry either side of it
There is one wet stretch in the window, near 1 PM. Total accumulation over the window comes to about 0.01 in.
It tapers off after 2 PM. Pressure rises 0.06 inHg behind it, which is the drier air arriving. The overnight low settles near 47°. Tomorrow reaches 61°, 7° cooler than today.
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
41–68°F across the weekThe week runs between 41° and 68°, with today the warmest day of it. There is no real trend across it: one day looks much like the next. Thursday is the wettest day, peaking near 92%. 3 of the 7 days stay dry.
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Buellton, CA at a glance
Buellton is home to about 4,990 people in Santa Barbara County, across 1.6 square miles. It ranks 429th by population of 450 places in California with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Solvang, 3 miles away.
- County
- Santa Barbara County
- Population
- 4,990 2023 est.
- Land area
- 1.6 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 3,154
- Forecast point
- 34.6155°N, 120.1942°W
How well can the network see Buellton?
The nearest Doppler radar is KVBX (Vandenberg AFB, CA), to the NW. Its lowest scan passes about 1,100 ft above Buellton. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Buellton show up clearly. Buellton is closer to its radar than 86% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KIZA (Santa Ynez Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Buellton
- Solvang, CA3 mi
- Lompoc, CA16 mi
- Goleta, CA23 mi
- Santa Maria, CA26 mi
- Santa Barbara, CA31 mi
- Guadalupe, CA32 mi
- Arroyo Grande, CA42 mi
- Grover Beach, CA42 mi
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