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Weather in Rancho Mission Viejo, CA · National Weather Service + NOAA

Rancho Mission Viejo has milder winters than most of California

Rancho Mission Viejo has warm winters and pleasant summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 82°, a January night drops to 47°, and snow is almost unheard of. Normal November highs come to 73°, and lows to 51°.

Winter 67°/47°Spring 71°/51°Summer 81°/60°Fall 78°/56°
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Sunrise 9:15 am · sunset 7:52 pm

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What stands out about Rancho Mission Viejo’s weather

Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.

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Milder winters than most of CaliforniaJanuary nights average 47°, milder than 1,547 of 1,618 California towns.It hardly ever freezesOnly 20% of years see a night at 32° or below.Snow is rareNo measurable snow in a normal year.Warming faster than mostThe last 30 years averaged 1.9° warmer than the 1900s, a bigger shift than 91% of U.S. towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Rancho Mission Viejo’s year

Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.

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Winter
67° / 47°
Snow is rare
Spring
71° / 51°
Frost is rare by spring
Summer
81° / 60°
4 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
78° / 56°
Mild well into the fall
Best months to be outside
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulSepOctNovDec
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Rancho Mission Viejo get?Almost none.When is it wettest?February, with 3.2 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.9° vs. the 20th century.

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Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Rancho Mission Viejo itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Laguna Beach, CA (13 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.