Novato, CA Weather Forecast
Marin County, California
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Novato, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Dry for the moment, with rain moving in this morning
It is 54° with a dew point of 53°, which is comfortable for this time of year. The sky is partly cloudy.
The wind turns to the south around 4 PM. The first rain arrives between 8 AM and 9 AM, with the best chance of it around 3 PM. That leaves a usable window outdoors until about 8 AM, 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 8 AM. Total accumulation over the window comes to about 0.54 in.
Pressure rises 0.03 inHg behind it, which is the drier air arriving. The overnight low settles near 55°. Tomorrow tops out near 60°. 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
42–62°F across the weekThe week runs between 42° and 62°, 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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Novato, CA at a glance
Novato is home to about 51,722 people in Marin County, across 27 square miles. It ranks 173rd by population of 450 places in California with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Fairfax, 7 miles away.
- County
- Marin County
- Population
- 51,722 2023 est.
- Land area
- 27 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,890
- Forecast point
- 38.0851°N, 122.5483°W
How well can the network see Novato?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDAX (Sacramento, CA), to the ENE. Its lowest scan passes about 4,100 ft above Novato. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Novato can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KDVO (Novato/Gnoss Fld). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Novato
- Fairfax, CA7 mi
- San Anselmo, CA7 mi
- San Rafael, CA8 mi
- Larkspur, CA10 mi
- Corte Madera, CA11 mi
- Petaluma, CA12 mi
- Mill Valley, CA12 mi
- Richmond, CA14 mi
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