Dana Point, CA Weather Forecast
Orange County, California
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The next few hours
High Surf Advisory in effect for this location
A High Surf Advisory is in effect for this location. It runs for about another 68 hours.
It is 65° with a dew point of 53°, which is comfortable for this time of year. The sky is mostly sunny.
The wind turns to the southwest around 11 AM. The first rain arrives between noon and 1 PM, with the best chance of it around 7 PM. That leaves a usable window outdoors until about noon, and it closes quickly after that.
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
A long wet stretch ahead
Wet weather moves in around noon. Total accumulation over the window comes to about 0.28 in.
The overnight low settles near 63°. Tomorrow tops out near 68°.
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
56–70°F across the weekThe week runs between 56° and 70°, with today the warmest day of it. There is no real trend across it: one day looks much like the next. Tomorrow is the wettest day, peaking near 100%. 3 of the 7 days stay dry.
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Dana Point, CA at a glance
Dana Point is home to about 32,567 people in Orange County, across 6.5 square miles. It ranks 228th by population of 450 places in California with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is San Juan Capistrano, 3 miles away.
- County
- Orange County
- Population
- 32,567 2023 est.
- Land area
- 6.5 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 5,021
- Forecast point
- 33.4755°N, 117.6931°W
How well can the network see Dana Point?
The nearest Doppler radar is KSOX (Santa Ana Mountains, CA), to the N. Its lowest scan passes about 1,400 ft above Dana Point. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Dana Point show up clearly. Dana Point is closer to its radar than 79% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KSNA (Santa Ana/Wayne Arpt). Far enough that current conditions for Dana Point are a reading from somewhere else.
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