What we know about the New Year’s Eve forecast in Northern California
USUALLY THERE’S SOME WIND ALONG THE COAST. THERE’S NOTHING THERE. FUTURECAST SHOWS THE CLEAR CONDITIONS ARE GOING TO STAY WITH US OVERNIGHT. AND THAT MEANS FOG WILL BE DEVELOPING. WE WILL NOTICE BY TOMORROW MORNING. JUST SOME HIGH, THIN CLOUDS MOVING IN. IT REALLY SHOULDN’T IMPACT THE FOG TOO MUCH. AND THEN THOSE CLOUDS GET A LITTLE BIT THICKER ON INTO THE AFTERNOON. BUT WE’LL STILL GET SOME SUNSHINE I THINK, BREAKING OUT LATER IN THE DAY BEFORE THE SUN GOES DOWN. IT’S STILL GOING TO BE A COOL DAY. IN FACT, TEMPERATURES MAY EVEN BE A DEGREE COOLER THAN WHAT WE REACHED TODAY. THEN THE THICKER CLOUDS COME IN ON WEDNESDAY. HERE’S WEDNESDAY MORNING. RAIN CHANCES START TO MOVE INTO THE AREA. WE’LL SEE THE RAIN CHANCES FIRST IN STANISLAUS COUNTY HERE MODESTO BY ABOUT NOONTIME. WE’LL SEE THAT. AND THEN 1:00, 2:00 AND BY 3:00 WE SHOULD SEE THOSE RAIN SHOWERS AROUND SACRAMENTO. MOVING NORTH TOWARDS YUBA CITY. AND MARYSVILLE WILL CONTINUE WITH THAT CHANCE FOR RAIN. IT’S GOING TO TURN MORE SHOWERY AS WE GO FROM WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. HERE’S 8:30 A.M. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT RAIN THERE IN PLACE FOR THURSDAY MORNING. SO OVERNIGHT AND CELEBRATING THE NEW YEAR, JUST BE PREPARED FOR THAT CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMING TOMORROW INTO THE UPPER 40S FOR DAYTIME HIGHS. MORNING TEMPERATURES ONCE AGAIN IN THE 30S. WE SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT WARMER THAN WE WERE THIS MORNING, BUT STILL, IT’S GOING TO BE A CHILLY START FOR YOUR MORNING FAIRFIELD WARMING UP TO 52 DEGREES. AUBURN 55 DEGREES AND TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S FOR TRUCKEE AND LAKE TAHOE. SEVEN DAY FORECAST. WE EXPECT TO HAVE CONDITIONS THAT ARE GOING TO TURN WET, AND WE’RE GOING TO STAY WET WITH THAT CHANCE FOR RAIN ON AND OFF AGAIN THROUGH FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY. AND THAT CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE THERE. I THINK THE WETTEST DAYS ARE GOING TO BE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. WE SHOULD GET A SOLID RAIN WHERE WE COULD SEE ANYWHERE FROM A HALF AN INCH TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN AND MORNING TEMPERATURES ALSO WILL BE NOTICEABLY WARMER, BUT THAT JUST MEANS THAT SNOW LEVELS ARE GOING TO BE HIGHER. AND SO WE’RE NOT TALKING A LOT OF SNOW THROUGH THE WEEK, BUT BY THE WEEKEND WE COULD GET MORE SNOW IN THE SIERRA. JUST KIND OF A DREARY HOLIDAY COUPLE OF WEEKS FOR
What we know about the New Year’s Eve forecast in Northern California
Updated: 7:58 PM PST Dec 29, 2025
The weather will be turning wet to wrap up 2025 and begin 2026 in Northern California.New Year’s Eve will have rain chances starting by Wednesday afternoon in Sacramento. By the evening the rain will be showery and light with temperatures in the upper 40s. The rain will get heavier Thursday morning and continue into the weekend. For those heading to the Sierra to ring in the New Year, it is looking cool and wet. Expect rain that will be light and scattered, which will continue through Wednesday night.Snow chances look slim with temperatures in the upper 30s around the lake. There will be snow in the surrounding mountains but the better chance for snow arrives by the weekend.Stay with KCRA 3 for the latest updates to the forecast. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
The weather will be turning wet to wrap up 2025 and begin 2026 in Northern California.
New Year’s Eve will have rain chances starting by Wednesday afternoon in Sacramento. By the evening the rain will be showery and light with temperatures in the upper 40s.
The rain will get heavier Thursday morning and continue into the weekend.
For those heading to the Sierra to ring in the New Year, it is looking cool and wet.
Expect rain that will be light and scattered, which will continue through Wednesday night.
Snow chances look slim with temperatures in the upper 30s around the lake.
There will be snow in the surrounding mountains but the better chance for snow arrives by the weekend.
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