Lafayette, CA Weather Forecast
Contra Costa County, California
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Lafayette, 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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Lafayette, CA at a glance
Lafayette is home to about 25,048 people in Contra Costa County, across 15 square miles. It ranks 273rd by population of 450 places in California with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Orinda, 3 miles away.
- County
- Contra Costa County
- Population
- 25,048 2023 est.
- Land area
- 15 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,667
- Forecast point
- 37.8910°N, 122.1195°W
How well can the network see Lafayette?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDAX (Sacramento, CA), to the NNE. Its lowest scan passes about 3,400 ft above Lafayette. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form.
The closest weather station is KCCR (Concord/Buchanan Fld). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Lafayette
- Orinda, CA3 mi
- Moraga, CA3 mi
- Walnut Creek, CA4 mi
- Pleasant Hill, CA5 mi
- Martinez, CA7 mi
- Piedmont, CA8 mi
- Concord, CA9 mi
- Danville, CA10 mi
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