San Carlos, CA Weather Forecast
San Mateo County, California
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for San Carlos, 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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San Carlos, CA at a glance
San Carlos is home to about 28,862 people in San Mateo County, across 5.4 square miles. It ranks 248th by population of 450 places in California with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Belmont, 2 miles away.
- County
- San Mateo County
- Population
- 28,862 2023 est.
- Land area
- 5.4 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 5,333
- Forecast point
- 37.4990°N, 122.2676°W
How well can the network see San Carlos?
The nearest Doppler radar is KMUX (San Francisco, CA), to the SE. Its lowest scan passes about 1,900 ft above San Carlos. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over San Carlos show up clearly. San Carlos is closer to its radar than 69% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KSQL (San Carlos Arpt). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near San Carlos
- Belmont, CA2 mi
- Redwood City, CA3 mi
- Foster City, CA5 mi
- Atherton, CA5 mi
- San Mateo, CA5 mi
- Woodside, CA5 mi
- Hillsborough, CA6 mi
- Menlo Park, CA7 mi
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