Palo Alto, CA Weather Forecast
Santa Clara County, California
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Palo Alto, 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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Palo Alto, CA at a glance
Palo Alto is home to about 65,882 people in Santa Clara County, across 24 square miles. It ranks 134th by population of 450 places in California with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Los Altos Hills, 2 miles away.
- County
- Santa Clara County
- Population
- 65,882 2023 est.
- Land area
- 24 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,739
- Forecast point
- 37.3965°N, 122.1431°W
How well can the network see Palo Alto?
The nearest Doppler radar is KMUX (San Francisco, CA), to the SE. Its lowest scan passes about 1,200 ft above Palo Alto. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Palo Alto show up clearly. Palo Alto is closer to its radar than 83% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KPAO (Palo Alto Arpt). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Palo Alto
- Los Altos Hills, CA2 mi
- Los Altos, CA3 mi
- Mountain View, CA4 mi
- East Palo Alto, CA5 mi
- Atherton, CA5 mi
- Portola Valley, CA5 mi
- Menlo Park, CA6 mi
- Sunnyvale, CA6 mi
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