Santa Maria, CA 93456 Weather

Santa Barbara County11:03 PM PDT34.95°N, 120.44°W

Current conditions

Cloudy
63°
Cloudy
Feels like 63°
High 67° Wednesday·Low 54° tonight
WindSSW 3 mph
Humidity77%
Dew point55°
Pressure29.88 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover99%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:12 AM
Sunset6:22 PM

Observed at Santa Maria Public Airport/Capt G Allan Hancock Field · 43 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Tonight

    A slight chance of rain between 11pm and 5am, then rain likely and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 54. Southeast wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

  • Wednesday

    Rain and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 67. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

  • Wednesday Night

    Rain and a slight chance of thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 54. East wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

National Weather Service forecast updated 2 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Slight Chance Light Rain 59°15%
  2. Wed12 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 59°15%
  3. 1 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 58°15%
  4. 2 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 58°15%
  5. 3 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 57°15%
  6. 4 AM Slight Chance Light Rain 57°15%
  7. 5 AM Light Rain Likely 57°65%
  8. 6 AM Light Rain Likely 55°65%
  9. 7 AM Light Rain Likely 57°65%
  10. 8 AM Light Rain Likely 58°65%
  11. 9 AM Light Rain Likely 59°65%
  12. 10 AM Light Rain Likely 62°65%
  13. 11 AM Rain 62°77%
  14. 12 PM Rain 64°77%
  15. 1 PM Rain 65°77%
  16. 2 PM Rain 65°77%
  17. 3 PM Rain 65°77%
  18. 4 PM Rain 66°77%
  19. 5 PM Rain 64°90%
  20. 6 PM Rain 63°90%
  21. 7 PM Rain 63°90%
  22. 8 PM Rain 62°90%
  23. 9 PM Rain 61°90%
  24. 10 PM Rain 60°90%

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 20 Light Rain Likely Light Rain Likely65%54°
  2. WedOct 21 Rain Rain90%54°67°
  3. ThuOct 22 Light Rain Likely Light Rain Likely71%51°67°
  4. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny51°69°
  5. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny52°74°
  6. SunOct 25 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny53°75°
  7. MonOct 26 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny52°76°
  8. TueOct 27 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny73°
  9. WedOct 28 Cloudy Cloudy58°85°
  10. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy56°79°

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

30
Good
Ozone

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

Forecast

  • TueGood
  • WedGood
  • ThuGood

Santa Maria, CA reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:12 AM
Sunset 6:22 PM
Daylight 11 h 9 min (−2 min 4 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 75% lit
Moonrise 3:24 PM Moonset 1:34 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low75° / 49°
Record high96° (1964)
Record low32° (1949)
Wettest0.50 in (1957)
Yesterday72° / 54°
Month to date<0.01 in (normal 0.23 in)

Santa Maria Area, records since 1906. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in LOX, issued 1 hr ago

Synopsis

20/805 PM.

Widespread rain will develop Wednesday 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 (sat-tue)

20/129 PM.

A weak to low end moderate Santa Ana event is expected this weekend but much weaker than the last event. Temperatures should warm up quickly into the upper 70s and 80s most everywhere except for the mountains and deserts. Latest models are indicating peak winds between 30 and 50 mph, strongest in the LA/Ventura mountains.

Aviation

21/0428Z.

At 00Z at KLAX, the marine layer was 800 ft deep. The top of the inversion was at 2600 ft with a temperature of 20 C.

High confidence in VFR TAFs at KPMD and KWJF.

Moderate confidence in MVFR conds at times at remaining sites. Timing may be off +/- 3 hours with CIG height +/- 200 ft of TAF.

Rain is expected for most TAF sites between 12Z-22Z, earliest along the Central Coast to KSBA. There is a 10-20 percent chance of TSRA KSBA and north starting around 18Z. TSRA spreads to KOXR and KCMA Wednesday afternoon, and into LA County after 06Z.

KLAX...Moderate confidence in TAF. There is a 30% chc of lower cigs of OVC008. An east wind component up to 5 kt is possible 12-18Z with a 10 percent chance of brief 8 kt.

Marine

20/925 PM.

Expecting showers to move into the coastal waters as early as tonight as the low approaches from the west. Boaters can expect rain and a chance of thunderstorms and isolated waterspouts spreading from west to southeast. With any thunderstorm there is also the threat of lightning, gusty and erratic winds, small hail, and choppy seas. Winds still do not look too impactful, there is a good chance for periods of Small Craft Advisory (SCA) level (including the nearshore waters) southerly winds Wednesday morning through Wednesday evening. As the system leaves the area Thursday, fairly widespread west to northwest SCA winds will impact much of the coastal waters, creating steep, choppy wind waves.

Then a weak to locally moderate Santa Ana Wind event is likely this weekend, with some localized SCA level gusts possible nearshore in favored areas nearshore adjacent to Ventura and LA Counties.

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