Richmond, CA Weather Forecast
Contra Costa County, California
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Richmond, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Dry for the moment, with rain moving in overnight
It is 58° with a dew point of 52°, which is comfortable for this time of year. The sky is mostly sunny. The air is close to calm.
The wind turns to the southwest around 3 PM. The first rain arrives between 3 AM and 4 AM, with the best chance of it around 11 AM. That leaves a usable window outdoors until about 3 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 3 AM. Total accumulation over the window comes to about 0.12 in.
The overnight low settles near 53°. Tomorrow reaches 67°, 10° 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
47–67°F across the weekThe week runs between 47° and 67°, 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 100%. 3 of the 7 days stay dry.
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Richmond, CA at a glance
Richmond is home to about 114,106 people in Contra Costa County, across 30 square miles. It ranks 55th by population of 450 places in California with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is San Pablo, 1 miles away.
- County
- Contra Costa County
- Population
- 114,106 2023 est.
- Land area
- 30 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 3,798
- Forecast point
- 37.9523°N, 122.3606°W
How well can the network see Richmond?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDAX (Sacramento, CA), to the NE. Its lowest scan passes about 3,800 ft above Richmond. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form.
The closest weather station is KDVO (Novato/Gnoss Fld). Far enough that current conditions for Richmond are a reading from somewhere else.
Forecasts near Richmond
- San Pablo, CA1 mi
- El Cerrito, CA4 mi
- Pinole, CA4 mi
- Albany, CA5 mi
- Hercules, CA6 mi
- Berkeley, CA7 mi
- Tiburon, CA7 mi
- Corte Madera, CA8 mi
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