Weather in Pacific Grove

14-day forecast · updated today, Wednesday, October 28, at 4:03 pm (PDT)

Now · overcast 66 °F

Feels like: 63 °F
Low / high: 47 / 69 °F
Rain: 0%
Wind: 8 mph NW

→ 29.95 inHg · steady

Today in Pacific Grove: overcast, 47 °F to 69 °F, with a 0% chance of rain and a gentle breeze from the northwest (8 mph). Tomorrow, overcast, 53 °F to 64 °F and a 3% chance of rain. The warmest day of the week is Wednesday 28, at 69 °F. Next likely rain: Saturday 31 (44%).

Measured now at the airport

Monterey Rgnl (KMRY), 4.2 mi away · 9 min ago

Visibility9.9 mi or more

WeatherNothing to note

Temperature65 °F

Wind12 mph from the west

It's what the airport's weather station measured, not a forecast: on the coast, wind and fog can be different. Airports report every 30 or 60 minutes.

Airport METAR report, via NOAA's Aviation Weather Center (aviationweather.gov). Sources and licenses

Temperatures for the next 14 days

69° 47°
Today
64° 53°
Thu 29
63° 56°
Fri 30
61° 54°
Sat 31
63° 52°
Sun 1
66° 52°
Mon 2
66° 55°
Tue 3
65° 55°
Wed 4
64° 55°
Thu 5
63° 56°
Fri 6
64° 55°
Sat 7
68° 55°
Sun 8
72° 53°
Mon 9
72° 53°
Tue 10

Day by day

Day	Sky	Low / high	Rain	Max wind	Max wave	High tides	Model
Today · 28	Overcast	47 / 69 °F	0%	8 mph NNE	5.9 ft	1:07 am · 11:45 am	HRRR
Thu 29	Overcast	53 / 64 °F	3%	8 mph W	5.5 ft	2:16 am · 12:32 pm	HRRR + NBM
Fri 30	Overcast	56 / 63 °F	3%	10 mph NW	5.1 ft	3:32 am · 1:28 pm	NBM
Sat 31	Light drizzle	54 / 61 °F	44% · 0.05 in	8 mph N	4.3 ft	4:49 am · 2:36 pm	NBM
Sun 1	Partly cloudy	52 / 63 °F	20% · 0.02 in	15 mph N	5.8 ft	4:52 am · 2:57 pm	NBM
Mon 2	Overcast	52 / 66 °F	4%	8 mph NNE	6.8 ft	5:41 am · 4:23 pm	NBM
Tue 3	Overcast	55 / 66 °F	20% · 0.04 in	8 mph NNW	6.8 ft	6:20 am · 5:45 pm	NBM
Wed 4	Mainly clear	55 / 65 °F	21% · 0.18 in	9 mph NW	6.1 ft	6:55 am · 6:58 pm	NBM
Thu 5	Light drizzle	55 / 64 °F	12%	10 mph NNW	4.9 ft	7:26 am · 8:02 pm	NBM
Fri 6	Light drizzle	56 / 63 °F	16% · 0.02 in	12 mph NW	10 ft	7:56 am · 9:01 pm	NBM
Sat 7	Overcast	55 / 64 °F	15% · 0.00 in	10 mph WNW	10 ft	8:24 am · 9:56 pm	NBM
Sun 8	Overcast	55 / 68 °F	8% · 0.04 in	7 mph N	10 ft	8:52 am · 10:48 pm	NBM + ECMWF
Mon 9	Overcast	53 / 72 °F	14%	4 mph NE	10 ft	9:20 am · 11:39 pm	ECMWF
Tue 10	Partly cloudy	53 / 72 °F	10%	7 mph WNW	8.3 ft	9:49 am	ECMWF

Each hour comes from the best model for this spot: HRRR until Thursday 29 11:00 am; then NBM until Sunday 8 11:00 am; then ECMWF until Thursday 12 7:00 am; then GFS.

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	Clear	Clear	Mainly clear	Partly cloudy	Mainly clear	Overcast	Overcast	Overcast
Temperature	51°	51°	48°	52°	65°	68°	62°	56°
Chance of rain	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Rain	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in	0.00 in
Wind (mph)	5 SSE	4 SE	5 SE	2 ENE	6 NNE	8 NNW	5 WNW	2 W
Humidity	68%	52%	63%	74%	52%	47%	69%	72%
UV	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0
Model	HRRR	HRRR	HRRR	HRRR	HRRR	HRRR	HRRR	HRRR

Do the models agree?

Low confidence

They don't agree on rain on Saturday 31: it may change, so check again closer to the day.

What 6 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	67°	66°	65°	64°	64°	69°	69°
AIFS	66°	64°	64°	60°	61°	65°	66°
GFS	71°	69°	66°	65°	69°	79°	79°
ICON	66°	66°	66°	59°	65°	74°	74°
HRRR	69°	66°	—	—	—	—	—
NBM	66°	64°	63°	61°	63°	66°	66°
Confidence	high	high	high	high	high	medium	medium

Do the models agree? · Rain
Rain	Today	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF	0	0	0	0.02 in	0	0	0
AIFS	0	0	0.05 in	0.21 in	0.05 in	0	0
GFS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
ICON	0	0	0.01 in	0.63 in	0	0	0
HRRR	0	0	—	—	—	—	—
NBM	0	0	0	0.05 in	0.02 in	0	0.02 in
Confidence	high	high	high	low	high	high	high

Do the models agree? · Wind
Wind (mph)	Today	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF	920	819	818	615	1419	718	515
AIFS	7	5	6	4	11	4	5
GFS	1011	912	1013	79	76	78	812
ICON	614	613	716	49	817	410	512
HRRR	814	811	—	—	—	—	—
NBM	1322	813	1018	814	1527	812	815
Confidence	high	high	high	high	high	high	high

Chance of rain from the ensemble models

Model	Today	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 1	Mon 2	Tue 3
ECMWF (51 scenarios)	0%	0%	4%	31%	20%	1%	8%
GFS (GEFS, 31 scenarios)	0%	0%	0%	3%	6%	0%	16%
NBM (NOAA)	0%	3%	3%	44%	20%	4%	14%
Thunderstorm (NBM)	0%	0%	0%	1%	0%	0%	0%

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: much warmer, wetter and a much warmer sea.

Next 6 weeks

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain	Sea	Typical high / low
Nov 2 – Nov 8Nov 2–Nov 8	Well above +5.8 °F	Normal	Well above +10.4 °F	—
Nov 9 – Nov 15Nov 9–Nov 15	Well above +7.2 °F	Well above +178%	Well above +11.9 °F	65° / 59°
Nov 16 – Nov 22Nov 16–Nov 22	Well above +6.5 °F	Well above +109%	Well above +12.4 °F	64° / 57°
Nov 23 – Nov 29Nov 23–Nov 29	Well above +6.7 °F	Above +55%	Well above +12.8 °F	63° / 56°
Nov 30 – Dec 6Nov 30–Dec 6	Well above +6.1 °F	Above +72%	Well above +12.4 °F	62° / 55°

Coming months

When	TemperatureTemp.	Rain	Sea
November	Well above +6.7 °F	Above +93%	Well above +13.1 °F
December	Well above +6.1 °F	Above +74%	Well above +12.2 °F
January	Above +5.2 °F	Well above +150%	Well above +10.1 °F
February	Above +3.8 °F	Well above +125%	Well above +7.7 °F
March	Above +3.6 °F	Well above +115%	Well above +6.3 °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.

Pacific Grove climate by monthClimate by month

Normal weather for each month (1991–2020 averages)

The best time to visit Pacific Grove is from July to September: highs of 67 °F to 70 °F, barely 1 rainy day a month and 9 hours of sunshine a day.

60° 44°

JanJ
61° 44°

FebF
62° 46°

MarM
64° 46°

AprA
65° 48°

MayM
67° 50°

JunJ
67° 51°

JulJ
68° 53°

AugA
70° 52°

SepS
68° 50°

OctO
64° 46°

NovN
60° 43°

DecD

Highs and lows
Monthly rainfall
Best time

Month	High	Low	Rain	Rainy daysDays	Sun (h/day)	Water	Waves
JanuaryJan	60°	44°	5.85 in	9	4.1	55°	7.3 ft
FebruaryFeb	61°	44°	5.42 in	9	4.6	55°	7.1 ft
MarchMar	62°	46°	4.15 in	8	6.9	55°	6.7 ft
AprilApr	64°	46°	2.35 in	4	8.1	54°	6.5 ft
MayMay	65°	48°	0.57 in	2	9.0	54°	5.6 ft
JuneJun	67°	50°	0.23 in	1	10.3	55°	5.4 ft
JulyJul	67°	51°	0.14 in	0	9.6	57°	4.8 ft
AugustAug	68°	53°	0.08 in	0	9.3	58°	4.2 ft
SeptemberSep	70°	52°	0.19 in	0	8.8	58°	4.9 ft
OctoberOct	68°	50°	1.43 in	2	7.3	58°	5.6 ft
NovemberNov	64°	46°	3.44 in	5	5.9	57°	6.2 ft
DecemberDec	60°	43°	5.97 in	9	4.0	55°	7.2 ft

Month	Water	Waves
Jan	55°	7.3 ft
Feb	55°	7.1 ft
Mar	55°	6.7 ft
Apr	54°	6.5 ft
May	54°	5.6 ft
Jun	55°	5.4 ft
Jul	57°	4.8 ft
Aug	58°	4.2 ft
Sep	58°	4.9 ft
Oct	58°	5.6 ft
Nov	57°	6.2 ft
Dec	55°	7.2 ft

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

A normal year brings 29.81 in of rain on about 50 days and about 2,700 hours of sunshine.

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

Now66 °Ffeels like 63 °F

Tomorrow53 / 64 °F

It's 66 °F now (feels like 63 °F). Today, 47 °F to 69 °F; tomorrow, 53 °F to 64 °F.

Chance of rain

Today 0%
Thu 29 3%
Fri 30 3%
Sat 31 44% 0.05 in
Sun 1 20% 0.02 in
Mon 2 4%
Tue 3 20% 0.04 in

Today the chance of rain reaches 0%. The next day with likely rain is Saturday 31: 44% and 0.05 in.

Recent rain: last 24 hours, 0.00 in; last 3 days, 0.00 in; last 7 days, 0.34 in.

Humidity and dew point

Humidity56%

Dew point50 °F

Humidity is 56% now and the dew point is 50 °F.

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

Visibility and fog

Now19 migood

Clouds98%

Visibility is good now (19 mi). No fog expected today.

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

UV index

Now1

Today's peak4moderate

Thu 29: 3 · Fri 30: 4 · Sat 31: 1

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

29.8029.9030.00 29.86

Steady now (−0.01 inHg in 3 hours). Over the next 48 hours: −0.05 inHg. Steady pressure: anglers expect normal activity. Fast changes, either way, tend to affect fishing.

Air and pollen

Air qualityModerate · 51

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	Overcast	50 / 64 °F	0	10 mph WNW
Mon 26	Overcast	51 / 65 °F	0	9 mph WNW
Sun 25	Overcast	49 / 69 °F	0	10 mph SW
Sat 24	Mainly clear	48 / 70 °F	0	7 mph ENE
Fri 23	Overcast	55 / 65 °F	0	9 mph WNW
Thu 22	Drizzle	55 / 63 °F	0.30 in	8 mph W
Wed 21	Drizzle	56 / 64 °F	0.22 in	8 mph ENE

Show all 30 days

Day	Sky	Low / high	Max wind
Tue 20	Overcast	50 / 67 °F	8 mph S
Mon 19	Overcast	55 / 64 °F	11 mph W
Sun 18	Clear sky	56 / 71 °F	9 mph WSW
Sat 17	Clear sky	60 / 86 °F	10 mph ESE
Fri 16	Clear sky	55 / 85 °F	9 mph ENE
Thu 15	Clear sky	50 / 82 °F	8 mph NE
Wed 14	Clear sky	49 / 71 °F	8 mph N
Tue 13	Clear sky	47 / 68 °F	10 mph NW
Mon 12	Clear sky	48 / 66 °F	10 mph WSW
Sun 11	Overcast	55 / 64 °F	13 mph WSW
Sat 10	Overcast	56 / 64 °F	13 mph W
Fri 9	Overcast	58 / 64 °F	10 mph WSW
Thu 8	Partly cloudy	56 / 69 °F	7 mph W
Wed 7	Overcast	57 / 76 °F	7 mph WNW
Tue 6	Overcast	56 / 70 °F	6 mph NW
Mon 5	Overcast	57 / 71 °F	6 mph W
Sun 4	Overcast	56 / 75 °F	7 mph WNW
Sat 3	Partly cloudy	55 / 71 °F	6 mph WNW
Fri 2	Overcast	54 / 67 °F	6 mph NNW
Thu 1	Overcast	53 / 66 °F	7 mph WNW
Wed 30	Overcast	54 / 68 °F	7 mph W
Tue 29	Partly cloudy	51 / 69 °F	6 mph W
Mon 28	Mainly clear	53 / 64 °F	9 mph W

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 Pacific GroveQuestions

What's the weather like today in Pacific Grove?

Overcast, from 47 °F to 69 °F, with a gentle breeze from the northwest (8 mph) and a 0% chance of rain.

Will it rain tomorrow in Pacific Grove?

On Thursday 29 the chance of rain is 3% (0.00 in): overcast.

How warm will it be this week?

Between a low of 47 °F and a high of 69 °F; the warmest day, Wednesday 28.

What's the UV index today?

It reaches 4 (moderate). Hat, sunglasses and sunscreen around midday.

Is the pressure rising or falling?

It's 29.95 inHg and steady: −0.06 inHg over the last 24 hours.

When is the best time to visit Pacific Grove?

The best time to visit Pacific Grove is from July to September: highs of 67 °F to 70 °F, barely 1 rainy day a month and 9 hours of sunshine a day.

What is the weather like in Pacific Grove in October?

In October, Pacific Grove normally sees highs of 68 °F and lows of 50 °F, with about 2 rainy days (1.43 in for the month) and 7 hours of sunshine a day. The sea is around 58 °F. These are 1991–2020 averages.

What are the warmest and wettest months in Pacific Grove?

The warmest is September, with average highs of 70 °F, and the coldest December, with lows of 43 °F. The wettest is December (5.97 in) and the driest, August.

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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 13 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 4:03 pm (local time).

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