Goleta, CA Weather Forecast
Santa Barbara County, California
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Goleta, 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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Goleta, CA at a glance
Goleta is home to about 32,665 people in Santa Barbara County, across 7.9 square miles. It ranks 227th by population of 450 places in California with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Santa Barbara, 9 miles away.
- County
- Santa Barbara County
- Population
- 32,665 2023 est.
- Land area
- 7.9 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 4,160
- Forecast point
- 34.4354°N, 119.8589°W
How well can the network see Goleta?
The nearest Doppler radar is KVTX (Los Angeles, CA), to the E. Its lowest scan passes about 2,500 ft above Goleta. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Goleta is closer to its radar than 58% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KSBA (Santa Barbara Muni). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Goleta
- Santa Barbara, CA9 mi
- Solvang, CA19 mi
- Carpinteria, CA21 mi
- Buellton, CA23 mi
- Ojai, CA35 mi
- Ventura, CA36 mi
- Lompoc, CA38 mi
- Oxnard, CA41 mi
Elsewhere in California
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