Fortuna, CA Weather Forecast
Humboldt County, California
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Fortuna, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
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
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Fortuna, CA at a glance
Fortuna is home to about 12,285 people in Humboldt County, across 5.3 square miles. It ranks 351st by population of 450 places in California with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Rio Dell, 6 miles away.
- County
- Humboldt County
- Population
- 12,285 2023 est.
- Land area
- 5.3 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,339
- Forecast point
- 40.5871°N, 124.1422°W
How well can the network see Fortuna?
The nearest Doppler radar is KBHX (Eureka, CA), to the SW. Its lowest scan passes about 510 ft above Fortuna. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Fortuna show up clearly. Fortuna is closer to its radar than 95% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KFOT (Fortuna/Rohnerville Arpt). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Fortuna
- Rio Dell, CA6 mi
- Eureka, CA15 mi
- Arcata, CA19 mi
- Fort Bragg, CA81 mi
- Crescent City, CA81 mi
- Willits, CA92 mi
- Shasta Lake, CA93 mi
- Redding, CA93 mi
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