Weather in Santa Cruz del Norte

14-day forecast · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 9:41 pm (GMT-4)

Now · light drizzle 76 °F

Feels like: 86 °F
Low / high: 74 / 86 °F
Rain: 99% · 0.13 in
Wind: 1 mph N

↗ 29.91 inHg · rising UV 7 · high

Today in Santa Cruz del Norte: drizzle, 74 °F to 86 °F, with a 99% chance of rain (0.13 in) and calm. Tomorrow, light drizzle, 73 °F to 87 °F and a 88% chance of rain. The warmest day of the week is Saturday 31, at 87 °F.

Temperatures for the next 14 days

86° 74°
Today
87° 73°
Thu 29
87° 73°
Fri 30
87° 74°
Sat 31
83° 72°
Sun 1
83° 71°
Mon 2
82° 71°
Tue 3
86° 68°
Wed 4
84° 69°
Thu 5
87° 72°
Fri 6
83° 69°
Sat 7
82° 68°
Sun 8
82° 69°
Mon 9
80° 68°
Tue 10

Day by day

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind	Max wave	High tides	Model
Today · 28	Drizzle	74 / 86 °F	99% · 0.13 in	7 mph N	6.9 ft	11:44 am · 10:54 pm	ECMWF
Thu 29	Light drizzle	73 / 87 °F	88% · 0.05 in	6 mph NE	3.1 ft	12:38 pm · 11:46 pm	ECMWF
Fri 30	Drizzle	73 / 87 °F	83% · 0.11 in	7 mph ENE	2.2 ft	1:37 pm	ECMWF
Sat 31	Drizzle	74 / 87 °F	90% · 0.21 in	6 mph E	2.0 ft	12:45 am · 2:44 pm	ECMWF
Sun 1	Showers	72 / 83 °F	87% · 0.47 in	7 mph ENE	1.7 ft	12:55 am · 2:57 pm	ECMWF
Mon 2	Drizzle	71 / 83 °F	69% · 0.12 in	5 mph ENE	1.6 ft	2:18 am · 4:01 pm	ECMWF
Tue 3	Drizzle	71 / 82 °F	49% · 0.08 in	6 mph NE	1.3 ft	3:46 am · 4:51 pm	ECMWF
Wed 4	Overcast	68 / 86 °F	49%	3 mph N	1.6 ft	5:04 am · 5:32 pm	ECMWF
Thu 5	Light drizzle	69 / 84 °F	47% · 0.07 in	9 mph SSW	1.4 ft	6:09 am · 6:08 pm	ECMWF
Fri 6	Light rain	72 / 87 °F	43% · 0.31 in	9 mph SSW	4.4 ft	7:04 am · 6:42 pm	ECMWF
Sat 7	Partly cloudy	69 / 83 °F	38%	9 mph WSW	4.7 ft	7:52 am · 7:15 pm	ECMWF
Sun 8	Partly cloudy	68 / 82 °F	39%	6 mph NW	4.2 ft	8:35 am · 7:47 pm	ECMWF
Mon 9	Mainly clear	69 / 82 °F	51%	6 mph N	3.2 ft	9:15 am · 8:19 pm	ECMWF
Tue 10	Light drizzle	68 / 80 °F	38% · 0.02 in	7 mph N	3.2 ft	9:52 am · 8:53 pm	ECMWF

Each day comes from the best model covering this spot: regional ones first (HRRR and NBM in the U.S., AROME, ICON-EU), then ECMWF; day 16, NOAA GFS. Waves: Météo-France up to day 10, then ECMWF WAM, coarser and further offshore. High tides: our own tide calculation.

Today, every 3 hours

Time	12:00 am	3:00 am	6:00 am	9:00 am	12:00 pm	3:00 pm	6:00 pm	9:00 pm
Sky	Light drizzle	Mainly clear	Mainly clear	Mainly clear	Light drizzle	Drizzle	Mainly clear	Light drizzle
Temperature	76°	74°	74°	77°	85°	85°	81°	76°
Chance of rain	33%	12%	0%	10%	57%	94%	82%	28%
Rain	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.02 in	0.02 in	0.00 in	0.00 in
Wind (mph)	7 N	4 NNW	4 NNW	4 N	5 NNE	6 NNE	5 NE	2 NNE
Humidity	88%	94%	93%	89%	72%	71%	83%	94%
UV	0	0	0	1	7	5	0	0
Model	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF	ECMWF

Do the models agree?

Medium confidence

They broadly agree, but not quite on rain today: take it with some caution.

What 4 forecast models say for the next few days. The closer they are, the more reliable the forecast.

HighRainWind

Do the models agree? · High
High (°F)	Today	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF	86°	87°	87°	87°	83°	83°	82°
AIFS	85°	88°	87°	87°	85°	82°	85°
GFS	82°	83°	83°	82°	83°	82°	82°
ICON	84°	86°	86°	85°	87°	87°	88°
Confidence	high	high	high	high	high	high	medium

Do the models agree? · Rain
Rain	Today	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF	0.13 in	0.05 in	0.11 in	0.21 in	0.47 in	0.12 in	0.08 in
AIFS	0.06 in	0.05 in	0.08 in	0.12 in	0.22 in	0.37 in	0.16 in
GFS	0.07 in	0.33 in	0.40 in	0.27 in	0.14 in	0.02 in	0.06 in
ICON	0.00 in	0	0	0.02 in	0.06 in	0.19 in	0.01 in
Confidence	medium	medium	medium	medium	medium	medium	medium

Do the models agree? · Wind
Wind (mph)	Today	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF	715	614	717	616	717	515	618
AIFS	8	5	5	6	8	6	3
GFS	1823	86	84	1217	1114	1010	109
ICON	916	917	1018	1221	814	918	815
Confidence	medium	high	high	high	high	high	medium

Chance of rain from the ensemble models

Model	Today	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF (51 scenarios)	99%	88%	83%	90%	87%	69%	49%
GFS (GEFS, 31 scenarios)	94%	85%	42%	52%	57%	55%	39%

Each model's day runs midnight to midnight local time; models that reach fewer days are left blank. Rain: daily total. Wind: the day's highest average wind and, in small type, the strongest gust. Highlighted: values that stand out from the rest. The chance of rain comes from many runs of the same model with slightly different starting data.

Outlook

How the coming weeks and months compare with what is normal for the time of year. It is a trend, not a day-by-day forecast.

Next few weeks, compared with normal: normal temperatures, normal rain and a slightly warmer sea.

Next 6 weeks

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain	Sea	Typical high / low
Nov 2 – Nov 8Nov 2–Nov 8	A bit above +0.9 °F	Below −66%	Normal −0.2 °F	—
Nov 9 – Nov 15Nov 9–Nov 15	Normal +0.2 °F	Normal	A bit above +0.5 °F	79° / 76°
Nov 16 – Nov 22Nov 16–Nov 22	A bit above +0.9 °F	A bit above +24%	A bit above +0.9 °F	79° / 76°
Nov 23 – Nov 29Nov 23–Nov 29	A bit above +1.1 °F	A bit above +23%	A bit above +0.9 °F	80° / 76°
Nov 30 – Dec 6Nov 30–Dec 6	A bit above +0.9 °F	A bit above +40%	A bit above +1.3 °F	79° / 75°

Coming months

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain	Sea
November	A bit above +2.0 °F	Normal	Above +1.8 °F
December	A bit above +1.3 °F	Above +62%	Above +2.0 °F
January	Normal 0.0 °F	Well above +112%	A bit above +1.6 °F
February	Normal +0.2 °F	Above +99%	A bit above +1.3 °F
March	Normal −0.2 °F	Above +97%	A bit above +0.7 °F

Weeks: ECMWF 46-day (average of its scenarios), against the normal of the last 20 years for those dates. Months: ECMWF SEAS5. Rain: total against normal. The further ahead, the closer it gets to normal and the less detail it can give.

Santa Cruz del Norte climate by monthClimate by month

Normal weather for each month (1991–2020 averages)

The best time to visit Santa Cruz del Norte is from November to April: highs of 79 °F to 85 °F, about 3 rainy days a month and 7 hours of sunshine a day.

Hurricane season: from August to October, peaking in August. In the last 30 years (1996–2025), 19 tropical cyclones passed within 93 mi of Santa Cruz del Norte, about 6 every 10 years; 12 of them with hurricane-force winds (74 mph or more). The most recent: Rafael, in November 2024.

79° 65°

JanJ
80° 66°

FebF
82° 67°

MarM
85° 70°

AprA
86° 73°

MayM
88° 75°

JunJ
89° 76°

JulJ
90° 76°

AugA
88° 76°

SepS
86° 74°

OctO
82° 70°

NovN
80° 67°

DecD

Highs and lows
Monthly rainfall
Best time

Month	High	Low	Rain	Rainy daysDays	Sun (h/day)	Water	Waves	Cyclones
JanuaryJan	79°	65°	1.86 in	4	6.6	79°	4.1 ft	–
FebruaryFeb	80°	66°	1.44 in	3	7.5	78°	3.4 ft	–
MarchMar	82°	67°	1.28 in	3	8.2	78°	3.5 ft	–
AprilApr	85°	70°	2.46 in	4	8.6	79°	2.9 ft	–
MayMay	86°	73°	6.36 in	7	8.7	81°	2.8 ft	–
JuneJun	88°	75°	6.81 in	11	7.4	83°	2.1 ft	–
JulyJul	89°	76°	5.42 in	10	8.7	84°	2.1 ft	2
AugustAug	90°	76°	5.87 in	12	7.8	85°	2.2 ft	6
SeptemberSep	88°	76°	7.13 in	12	7.0	85°	2.1 ft	5
OctoberOct	86°	74°	6.96 in	9	6.5	83°	3.3 ft	4
NovemberNov	82°	70°	2.46 in	4	6.9	82°	3.9 ft	2
DecemberDec	80°	67°	1.71 in	3	6.4	80°	3.7 ft	–

Month	Water	Waves	Cyclones
Jan	79°	4.1 ft	–
Feb	78°	3.4 ft	–
Mar	78°	3.5 ft	–
Apr	79°	2.9 ft	–
May	81°	2.8 ft	–
Jun	83°	2.1 ft	–
Jul	84°	2.1 ft	2
Aug	85°	2.2 ft	6
Sep	85°	2.1 ft	5
Oct	83°	3.3 ft	4
Nov	82°	3.9 ft	2
Dec	80°	3.7 ft	–

Days: rainy days in the month. Sun: hours a day.

A normal year brings 49.78 in of rain on about 81 days and about 2,750 hours of sunshine.

Cyclones: how many tropical cyclones (tropical storms, hurricanes and typhoons) passed within 93 mi in each month from 1996 to 2025, according to IBTrACS (NOAA).

1991–2020 averages. Highs, lows and rainfall: TerraClimate; rainy days (0.04 in or more): NASA POWER (MERRA-2); sunshine hours: estimated from solar radiation; water: NOAA OISST; waves (average height): ERA5, 2011–2020. Normals are not a forecast: any given year can turn out very different. Sources and licenses

Temperature

Now76 °Ffeels like 86 °F

Tomorrow73 / 87 °F

It's 76 °F now (feels like 86 °F). Today, 74 °F to 86 °F; tomorrow, 73 °F to 87 °F.

Chance of rain

Today 99% 0.13 in
Thu 29 88% 0.05 in
Fri 30 83% 0.11 in
Sat 31 90% 0.21 in
Sun 1 87% 0.47 in
Mon 2 69% 0.12 in
Tue 3 49% 0.08 in

Today the chance of rain reaches 99%, with 0.13 in in total. The next day with likely rain is Thursday 29: 88% and 0.05 in.

Recent rain: last 24 hours, 0.12 in; last 3 days, 1.12 in; last 7 days, 1.60 in.

Humidity and dew point

Humidity95%

Dew point74 °F

Humidity is 95% now and the dew point is 74 °F. With a dew point this high, it feels muggy. The temperature is very close to the dew point: fog may form.

The dew point is the temperature at which the air becomes saturated: the higher it is, the heavier the air feels.

Visibility and fog

Now15 migood

Clouds21%

Visibility is good now (15 mi). No fog expected today.

The model gives visibility up to about 15 mi: beyond that, the horizon is clear.

UV index

Now0

Today's peak7high

Thu 29: 8 · Fri 30: 8 · Sat 31: 7

Index	Level	What to do
0–2	low	No special protection needed.
3–5	moderate	Hat, sunglasses and sunscreen around midday.
6–7	high	Sunscreen, hat and shade between 12 and 4 pm.
8–10	very high	Avoid the midday sun; reflection off the water adds to it.
11+	extreme	Avoid the sun between 11 am and 5 pm; protect yourself even if it is cloudy.

Reflection off water and sand adds radiation: protect yourself more on a boat or at the beach.

Barometric pressure

↗ Rising · now Anglers say fish bite less for a while
→ Steady Anglers expect normal activity
↘ Falling Anglers say fish feed more before the change

29.8029.9030.00 29.98

Rising now (+0.04 inHg in 3 hours). Over the next 48 hours: +0.07 inHg. Rising pressure: anglers say fish bite less for a while. Fast changes, either way, tend to affect fishing.

Air and pollen

Air qualityFair · 21

Saharan dustNo

Previous days

The weather over the last 30 days, as the models analyzed it. Tap a day to see it hour by hour.

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind
Tue 27	Drizzle	72 / 81 °F	0.35 in	13 mph NNE
Mon 26	Heavy drizzle	70 / 83 °F	0.59 in	12 mph NNE
Sun 25	Drizzle	70 / 83 °F	0.09 in	11 mph NNE
Sat 24	Drizzle	68 / 82 °F	0.30 in	12 mph NNE
Fri 23	Drizzle	70 / 83 °F	0.14 in	8 mph NNE
Thu 22	Overcast	71 / 85 °F	0	10 mph NE
Wed 21	Light drizzle	74 / 81 °F	0.06 in	12 mph NE

Show all 30 days

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind
Tue 20	Light drizzle	75 / 84 °F	0.02 in	13 mph NE
Mon 19	Drizzle	75 / 85 °F	0.24 in	12 mph NE
Sun 18	Heavy drizzle	75 / 81 °F	0.31 in	12 mph NE
Sat 17	Light showers	75 / 91 °F	0.38 in	5 mph ENE
Fri 16	Light showers	76 / 89 °F	0.30 in	9 mph E
Thu 15	Drizzle	75 / 92 °F	0.13 in	9 mph E
Wed 14	Light drizzle	75 / 89 °F	0.07 in	8 mph ENE
Tue 13	Drizzle	76 / 86 °F	0.15 in	10 mph ENE
Mon 12	Light drizzle	77 / 89 °F	0.01 in	11 mph NE
Sun 11	Light drizzle	76 / 92 °F	0.01 in	9 mph E
Sat 10	Light drizzle	76 / 89 °F	0.13 in	11 mph SSE
Fri 9	Light drizzle	76 / 87 °F	0.06 in	12 mph SSE
Thu 8	Light drizzle	76 / 89 °F	0.04 in	10 mph S
Wed 7	Light drizzle	75 / 89 °F	0.04 in	8 mph SSW
Tue 6	Drizzle	74 / 89 °F	0.13 in	6 mph SSE
Mon 5	Drizzle	75 / 90 °F	0.08 in	8 mph ESE
Sun 4	Light drizzle	75 / 90 °F	0.06 in	8 mph ESE
Sat 3	Light drizzle	77 / 87 °F	0.06 in	9 mph ESE
Fri 2	Heavy drizzle	78 / 89 °F	0.19 in	10 mph ESE
Thu 1	Drizzle	76 / 89 °F	0.11 in	10 mph ESE
Wed 30	Heavy drizzle	74 / 85 °F	0.32 in	7 mph ESE
Tue 29	Heavy drizzle	72 / 81 °F	0.32 in	10 mph SE
Mon 28	Showers	74 / 85 °F	0.38 in	5 mph S

These are the models at the start of each day (ECMWF and GFS; waves from Météo-France), not readings from a weather station: there can be differences at specific spots.

Questions about the weather in Santa Cruz del NorteQuestions

What's the weather like today in Santa Cruz del Norte?

Drizzle, from 74 °F to 86 °F, with calm and a 99% chance of rain.

Will it rain tomorrow in Santa Cruz del Norte?

On Thursday 29 the chance of rain is 88% (0.05 in): light drizzle.

How warm will it be this week?

Between a low of 71 °F and a high of 87 °F; the warmest day, Saturday 31.

What's the UV index today?

It reaches 7 (high). Sunscreen, hat and shade between 12 and 4 pm.

Is the pressure rising or falling?

It's 29.91 inHg and rising: −0.02 inHg over the last 24 hours.

When is the best time to visit Santa Cruz del Norte?

The best time to visit Santa Cruz del Norte is from November to April: highs of 79 °F to 85 °F, about 3 rainy days a month and 7 hours of sunshine a day.

What is the weather like in Santa Cruz del Norte in October?

In October, Santa Cruz del Norte normally sees highs of 86 °F and lows of 74 °F, with about 9 rainy days (6.96 in for the month) and 6 hours of sunshine a day. The sea is around 83 °F. These are 1991–2020 averages.

What are the warmest and wettest months in Santa Cruz del Norte?

The warmest is August, with average highs of 90 °F, and the coldest January, with lows of 65 °F. The wettest is September (7.13 in) and the driest, March.

When is hurricane season in Santa Cruz del Norte?

Hurricane season: from August to October, peaking in August. In the last 30 years (1996–2025), 19 tropical cyclones passed within 93 mi of Santa Cruz del Norte, about 6 every 10 years; 12 of them with hurricane-force winds (74 mph or more). The most recent: Rafael, in November 2024.

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Weather: Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0, with the best model for each spot and lead time (NOAA HRRR and NBM in the U.S., Météo-France AROME, DWD ICON-EU, ECMWF IFS and NOAA GFS); ECMWF grid point 12 mi away. The comparison also uses ICON (DWD), AIFS (ECMWF) and ARPEGE (Météo-France). Outlook: ECMWF 46-day and SEAS5. Chance of rain from ensemble models (ECMWF, GEFS and NBM). UV, air quality and pollen: CAMS (Copernicus).

Forecast from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0) with models from ECMWF, NOAA, Météo-France, DWD, Copernicus Marine and CAMS. Updated at 9:41 pm (local time).

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