Santa Monica, CA 90401 Weather

Los Angeles County3:01 PM PDT34.02°N, 118.49°W

Current conditions

Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
64°
Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
Feels like 64°
High 66°·Low 59°
WindWSW 10 mph
Humidity72%
Dew point55°
Cloud cover69%
UV index3 Moderate
Sunrise7:05 AM
Sunset6:13 PM

Forecast for this hour (no station report in the last two hours)

Forecast

10-day

  • This Afternoon

    A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 66. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

  • Tonight

    A chance of rain showers before 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Northwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

  • Friday

    Sunny, with a high near 69. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 3 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 64°53%
  2. 4 PM Chance Showers And Thunderstorms 64°53%
  3. 5 PM Chance Rain Showers 61°29%
  4. 6 PM Chance Rain Showers 63°29%
  5. 7 PM Chance Rain Showers 61°29%
  6. 8 PM Chance Rain Showers 61°29%
  7. 9 PM Chance Rain Showers 59°29%
  8. 10 PM Chance Rain Showers 59°29%
  9. 11 PM Slight Chance Rain Showers 59°21%
  10. Fri12 AM Slight Chance Rain Showers 59°21%
  11. 1 AM Slight Chance Rain Showers 59°21%
  12. 2 AM Slight Chance Rain Showers 59°21%
  13. 3 AM Slight Chance Rain Showers 59°21%
  14. 4 AM Slight Chance Rain Showers 59°21%
  15. 5 AM Partly Cloudy 61°
  16. 6 AM Mostly Sunny 59°
  17. 7 AM Mostly Sunny 61°
  18. 8 AM Mostly Sunny 61°
  19. 9 AM Mostly Sunny 63°
  20. 10 AM Mostly Sunny 63°
  21. 11 AM Sunny 65°
  22. 12 PM Sunny 65°
  23. 1 PM Sunny 67°
  24. 2 PM Sunny 67°

Daily forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 22 Chance Showers And Thunderstorms Chance Showers And Thunderstorms53%59°66°
  2. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny58°69°
  3. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny60°73°
  4. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny61°75°
  5. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny61°77°
  6. TueOct 27 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny61°75°
  7. WedOct 28 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny61°73°
  8. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy60°71°
  9. FriOct 30 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny58°70°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

35
Good
Ozone

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Forecast

  • ThuGood (38)
  • FriGood (39)

NW Coastal LA, CA reporting area · 2 hrs ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:05 AM
Sunset 6:13 PM
Daylight 11 h 7 min (−1 min 59 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 88% lit
Moonrise 4:08 PM Moonset 3:27 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low74° / 59°
Record high101° (1965)
Record low46° (1949)
Wettest0.51 in (1987)
Yesterday74° / 64°, 0.39 in
Month to date0.62 in (normal 0.27 in)

Los Angeles Airport Area, records since 1944. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in LOX, issued 21 hrs ago

Synopsis

21/227 AM.

Widespread rain will develop later today and continue into Thursday with a chance of thunderstorms. A weak Santa Ana will develop in the storm's wake by the weekend for dry and warmer conditions.

Long Term (sun-wed)

21/205 PM.

A low grade Santa Ana event will continue into next week continuing the dry and warmer pattern. Onshore flow is expected to return around mid week with temperatures returning to normal levels. There are some model solutions indicating a return of wet weather around Halloween.

Aviation

22/0001Z.

At 23Z at KLAX, there was no marine layer nor an inversion.

Low to moderate confidence in 00Z TAF package. Rain will turn to showers across the region this evening and continue through Thursday. There is a 30%-50% chance of MVFR CIGs at times with the rain.

There is a 10-20% chance of TSRA through the period with the chances spreading south and east this evening.

KLAX...Moderate confidence in 00Z TAF. There is a 50% chance that CIGs remain at VFR levels through the period with a 30%-50% chance of MVFR cigs at times. There is a 10%-20% chance of TSRA for much of the fcst period. There is 30% chance of an easterly wind component of 7-10 knots tonight.

KBUR...Low to moderate confidence in 00Z TAF. IFR cigs at fcst time should improve quickly. Then there is a 50% chance that CIGs remain at VFR levels through much the period with a 30%-50% chance of MVFR cigs at times. There is a 10%-20% chance of TSRA for much of the fcst period.

Marine

21/123 PM.

For the Outer Waters, high confidence in current forecast. Tonight through Thursday night, winds and seas are expected to remain below Small Craft Advisory (SCA) levels. On Friday, northwest winds will increase to SCA levels. For Saturday through Monday, winds and seas are expected to remain below SCA levels.

For the Inner Waters north of Point Sal, moderate to high confidence in current forecast. There is a 30-40% chance of SCA level winds Friday afternoon and evening. Otherwise, high confidence in winds and seas remaining below SCA levels through Monday.

For the Inner Waters south of Point Conception, moderate to high confidence in current forecast. Through this evening, there is a 60-80% chance of SCA level southeasterly winds across all the southern Inner Waters. For Thursday through Monday, high confidence in winds and seas remaining below SCA levels for most areas. The only exception will be the western half of the Santa Barbara Channel with a 50-70% chance of SCA level winds late Friday afternoon and evening.

Through Thursday, showers and isolated thunderstorms will impact all of the coastal waters. Any thunderstorms that develop will be capable of producing gusty/erratic winds, locally rough seas and even waterspouts.

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