San Rafael, CA Weather Forecast
Marin County, California
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for San Rafael, 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 Rafael, CA at a glance
San Rafael is home to about 59,555 people in Marin County, across 17 square miles. It ranks 150th by population of 450 places in California with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Larkspur, 3 miles away.
- County
- Marin County
- Population
- 59,555 2023 est.
- Land area
- 17 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 3,590
- Forecast point
- 37.9810°N, 122.5069°W
How well can the network see San Rafael?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDAX (Sacramento, CA), to the NE. Its lowest scan passes about 4,300 ft above San Rafael. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for San Rafael can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KDVO (Novato/Gnoss Fld). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near San Rafael
- Larkspur, CA3 mi
- Corte Madera, CA3 mi
- San Anselmo, CA3 mi
- Fairfax, CA5 mi
- Mill Valley, CA5 mi
- Tiburon, CA7 mi
- Novato, CA8 mi
- Richmond, CA8 mi
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