Escondido, CA Weather Forecast
San Diego County, California
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Escondido, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Dry for the moment, with rain moving in tonight
It is 62° with a dew point of 57°, which is comfortable for this time of year. The sky is clear. The air is close to calm.
The wind turns to the north around 11 PM. The first rain arrives between 11 PM and midnight, with the best chance of it around 9 AM. That leaves a usable window outdoors until about 11 PM, 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 11 PM. Total accumulation over the window comes to about 0.26 in.
The overnight low settles near 56°. Tomorrow reaches 80°, 16° warmer than today. It also gets muggier, so tomorrow will feel warmer than the number on its own suggests.
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
48–80°F across the weekThe week runs between 51° and 80°, with tomorrow the warmest day of it. There is no real trend across it: one day looks much like the next. Friday is the wettest day, peaking near 88%.
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Escondido, CA at a glance
Escondido is home to about 148,122 people in San Diego County, across 37 square miles. It ranks 38th by population of 450 places in California with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is San Marcos, 6 miles away.
- County
- San Diego County
- Population
- 148,122 2023 est.
- Land area
- 37 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 3,966
- Forecast point
- 33.1331°N, 117.0740°W
How well can the network see Escondido?
The nearest Doppler radar is KNKX (San Diego, CA), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 800 ft above Escondido. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Escondido show up clearly. Escondido is closer to its radar than 91% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KRNM (Ramona Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Escondido
- San Marcos, CA6 mi
- Vista, CA10 mi
- Poway, CA10 mi
- Carlsbad, CA12 mi
- Encinitas, CA12 mi
- Solana Beach, CA14 mi
- Oceanside, CA15 mi
- Del Mar, CA16 mi
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