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Weather in San Juan Capistrano, CA · National Weather Service + NOAA

San Juan Capistrano has milder winters than most of California

San Juan Capistrano has warm winters and pleasant summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 79°, a January night drops to 48°, and snow is almost unheard of. A typical November afternoon reaches 73°, and nights fall to 51°.

Winter 67°/47°Spring 70°/52°Summer 79°/61°Fall 77°/56°
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Sunrise 9:13 am · sunset 7:55 pm

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What stands out about San Juan Capistrano’s weather

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

Climate →
Milder winters than most of CaliforniaJanuary nights average 48°, milder than 1,570 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 90% of U.S. towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in San Juan Capistrano’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
70° / 52°
Frost is rare by spring
Summer
79° / 61°
4 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
77° / 56°
Mild well into the fall
Best months to be outside
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does San Juan Capistrano get?Almost none.When is it wettest?February, with 3.1 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 San Juan Capistrano itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Laguna Beach, CA (8 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.