{"id":507428,"date":"2026-10-25T10:58:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T10:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/507428\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T10:58:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T10:58:41","slug":"fresno-weather-rain-and-possible-thunderstorm-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/507428\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno weather: rain and possible thunderstorm this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/socal_rain_week_20261018.png\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"\" alt=\"Projected rainfall through Friday.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>            The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>After a warm weekend with temperatures climbing into the 80s, cooler fall weather is finally moving into the Fresno area, bringing lower temperatures, cloudy skies and a chance of rain.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA period of active weather will bring increasing precipitation chances to interior <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/NorCal?src=hashtag_click\" rel=\"Follow nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">#NorCal<\/a> later today through Thursday,\u201d The <a href=\"https:\/\/forecast.weather.gov\/MapClick.php?lat=36.88998&amp;lon=-119.761627\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">National Weather Service<\/a> said on X. \u201cStay weather aware and weather prepared!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the forecast into SaturdayTuesday: Slight chance of rain, with a high near 78. Low around 56.Wednesday: Rain likely, with a high near 71, and low around 55.Thursday: Chance of rain, with a high near 68. Low around 52.Friday: Sunny, with a high near 72, low around 50 into the night.Saturday: Mostly clear, with high of 75.                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/west_500mb_tue_20261018.png\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" title=\"west_500mb_tue_20261018.png\" alt=\"Low pressure out of the Pacific Northwest builds off of California early this week and moves overhead starting Wednesday.\"\/>                                                                                    Low pressure out of the Pacific Northwest builds off of California early this week and moves overhead starting Wednesday.                                                                                                                                                                        The Sacramento Bee                                                                                        <\/p>\n<p>The cooler conditions are expected to persist across the Central Valley this week, The Sacramento Bee reported. Modesto and Merced will see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/weather-news\/article317679282.html\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">high temperatures in the 70s<\/a>, and Fresno won\u2019t be far behind in the low 80s.<\/p>\n<p>Scattered showers are also possible, though rainfall in the Central Valley is expected to be light.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s when rain could arrive and what to expect in Fresno this week:<\/p>\n<p>When might it rain in the Fresno region?<\/p>\n<p>Scattered showers are expected to begin early Wednesday, first on the coast before moving inland, with consistent mostly cloudy skies Wednesday and Thursday across the Central Valley.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/weather-news\/article317679282.html\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rain in the Valley<\/a> is expected to be sparse and light, with most areas seeing less than a 10th of an inch through Friday.<\/p>\n<p>How much rain is forecast for Fresno?<\/p>\n<p>While showers could bring a brief taste of fall weather, some areas will see <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NWSSacramento\/status\/2112204627630489635?s=20\" rel=\"Follow nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">very little rainfall accumulation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday could bring rain and even a thunderstorm.<\/p>\n<p>                                          <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/sac_rain_week_20261018.png\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" title=\"sac_rain_week_20261018.png\" alt=\"Projected rainfall through Friday.\"\/>                                                                                    Projected rainfall through Friday.                                                                                                                                                                        The Sacramento Bee                                                                                        What\u2019s in the weather forecast for Fresno?<\/p>\n<p>Fresno\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/forecast.weather.gov\/MapClick.php?lat=37.307&amp;lon=-120.482\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">latest seven-day weather forecast<\/a> from the National Weather Service shows partly cloudy skies in store for Tuesday, with a high near 78 and a low around 56 degrees. Winds will sweep at around 5 to 10 mph.<\/p>\n<p>There is an 80% chance of rain on Wednesday, with a high near 71 and a low around 55, the National Weather Service said, with new precipitation amounts will be less than 0.1 inches.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday\u2019s forecast includes rain likely before 11 a.m., with a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11 a.m., with an overall chance of precipitation at 70%.<\/p>\n<p>Skies will be clear and sunny on Friday, with a high near 72 and a low around 50.<\/p>\n<p>Clear, <a href=\"https:\/\/forecast.weather.gov\/MapClick.php?lat=37.307&amp;lon=-120.482\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">sunny skies will continue<\/a> through the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/276443191\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792925921_422_Christopher Kirkpatrick_-31 (1).jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Christopher Kirkpatrick\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/profile\/276443191\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christopher Kirkpatrick<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Christopher Kirkpatrick is senior editor of The Fresno Bee and Vida en el Valle.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sacramento Bee After a warm weekend with temperatures climbing into the 80s, cooler fall weather is finally&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":507429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-507428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/507429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}