Right now

Temp52°F

Wind5 mph

Gusts7 mph

Humidity72.5%

Rain 48hdry

Last rainNone recent

Assessment

No recent rain

Good friction temperature range for granite

7-day forecast

Scroll through each day — hourly detail is shown inline.

Today Saturday 10 October

Good

Temp32°F

Raindry

Wind5 mph

Gusts7 mph

Humidity73%

No recent rain

Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum

13:00 — dry — — null%

21:00 52° dry 5 — 72.5%

Sun Sunday 11 October

Poor

Temp61°F

Rain0.03 in

Wind12 mph

Gusts—

Humidity48%

0.8mm rain forecast

Good conditions for granite

Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum

06:00 46° dry 4 — 80.3%

07:00 46° dry 4 — 81.1%

08:00 53° dry 5 — 66.8%

09:00 59° dry 9 — 54.4%

10:00 62° dry 11 — 45.6%

11:00 63° dry 12 — 43.1%

12:00 62° 0.01 in 13 — 46.7%

13:00 61° 0.02 in 13 — 52%

14:00 61° 0.00 in 13 — 52%

15:00 61° dry 13 — 46.2%

16:00 60° dry 13 — 48.4%

17:00 57° dry 12 — 53.9%

18:00 54° dry 10 — 61.4%

19:00 50° dry 9 — 71%

20:00 47° dry 10 — 75.3%

21:00 46° dry 7 — 76.3%

Mon Monday 12 October

Poor

Temp48°F

Rain0.09 in

Wind6 mph

Gusts—

Humidity70%

2.3mm rain forecast

Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum

06:00 40° dry 2 — 89.6%

07:00 40° dry 1 — 90.1%

08:00 43° 0.00 in 2 — 88.3%

09:00 45° 0.01 in 3 — 84.9%

10:00 47° dry 4 — 70.1%

11:00 49° 0.01 in 4 — 64.1%

12:00 50° 0.01 in 6 — 65.2%

13:00 49° 0.02 in 6 — 69.8%

14:00 48° 0.02 in 7 — 74.6%

15:00 47° 0.01 in 7 — 74%

16:00 47° 0.01 in 6 — 72.7%

17:00 46° 0.00 in 5 — 76.4%

18:00 46° dry 4 — 78%

19:00 44° dry 3 — 86.3%

20:00 44° dry 3 — 87.9%

21:00 44° dry 2 — 90.5%

Tue Tuesday 13 October

Poor

Temp52°F

Rain0.05 in

Wind7 mph

Gusts—

Humidity29%

1.3mm rain forecast

Good conditions for granite

Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum

06:00 38° dry 6 — 90.4%

07:00 34° dry 6 — 89.6%

08:00 38° dry 6 — 75.3%

09:00 45° dry 6 — 50.2%

10:00 49° dry 7 — 31.4%

11:00 53° dry 7 — 25.6%

17:00 57° dry 5 — 50.5%

Wed Wednesday 14 October

Good

Temp66°F

Raindry

Wind4 mph

Gusts—

Humidity18%

Should be dry

Good conditions for granite

Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum

11:00 66° dry 4 — 17.6%

17:00 63° dry 4 — 33%

Thu Thursday 15 October

Good

Temp73°F

Raindry

Wind1 mph

Gusts—

Humidity16%

Should be dry

Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum

11:00 74° dry 1 — 16%

17:00 73° dry 2 — 16%

Fri Friday 16 October

Good

Temp72°F

Raindry

Wind5 mph

Gusts—

Humidity18%

Should be dry

Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum

11:00 71° dry 5 — 17.6%

17:00 67° dry 5 — 25.7%

Sat Saturday 17 October

Good

Temp70°F

Raindry

Wind4 mph

Gusts—

Humidity23%

Should be dry

Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum

11:00 69° dry 4 — 23.3%

17:00 68° dry 5 — 26.6%

Bird ban (03-01 to 07-15)
Peregrine falcon closure on SW face routes between and including 'Octopussy' and 'Dihedral Wall'. Adjusts and lifts based on each nesting family — most years fully open by mid-July. Check nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/climbingclosures.htm before racking up.

Spring snowmelt (04-15 to 06-15)
Great Roof, Changing Corners and NA Wall seep lines are typically active through mid-June after a normal Sierra winter — even in dry surface weather

About El Capitan

El Capitan is the most famous piece of rock in the world — a 900-metre monolith of El Capitan Granite (per USGS a biotite granite / silicic granodiorite pluton, part of the Sierra Nevada Batholith) that defines Yosemite Valley's western entrance. The south-facing wall bakes in summer (dangerous mid-day heat, especially on the Nose) and freezes in winter, so the prime windows are May–early June and September–October. Water seeps for weeks after Sierra storms on the North America Wall side and in the Great Roof / Camp 4 areas of the Nose. Peregrine falcon closures affect a small strip of SW-face routes March through mid-July. Approach: El Cap Meadow off Northside Drive.

Region: Yosemite Valley
Rock type: Granite
Aspect: south-facing
Altitude: 4003 ft
Exposure: high
Seepage: medium

Other crags in this region

Camp 4 Boulders Church Bowl Higher Cathedral Rock Manure Pile Buttress Middle Cathedral Rock Reed's Pinnacle Sentinel Rock Sunnyside Bench The Cookie Cliff