Santa Maria, CA Weather

Santa Barbara County8:39 PM PDT34.95°N, 120.44°WElevation 220 ft

Current conditions

Mostly Clear
61°
Mostly Clear
Feels like 61°
High 72° Sunday·Low 53° tonight
WindWNW 5 mph
Humidity87%
Dew point57°
Cloud cover11%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:16 AM
Sunset6:17 PM

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

Forecast

10-day

  • Tonight

    Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

  • Sunday

    Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. East wind 5 to 10 mph.

  • Sunday Night

    Patchy fog after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. West northwest wind 0 to 5 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 9 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Mostly Clear 61°
  2. 9 PM Mostly Clear 59°
  3. 10 PM Mostly Clear 58°
  4. 11 PM Mostly Clear 58°
  5. Sun12 AM Mostly Clear 57°
  6. 1 AM Mostly Clear 57°
  7. 2 AM Mostly Clear 57°
  8. 3 AM Mostly Clear 55°
  9. 4 AM Mostly Clear 55°
  10. 5 AM Partly Cloudy 55°
  11. 6 AM Mostly Sunny 54°
  12. 7 AM Mostly Sunny 53°
  13. 8 AM Mostly Sunny 54°
  14. 9 AM Mostly Sunny 60°
  15. 10 AM Mostly Sunny 65°
  16. 11 AM Mostly Sunny 69°
  17. 12 PM Mostly Sunny 72°
  18. 1 PM Mostly Sunny 72°
  19. 2 PM Mostly Sunny 71°
  20. 3 PM Mostly Sunny 71°
  21. 4 PM Mostly Sunny 70°
  22. 5 PM Partly Sunny 68°
  23. 6 PM Mostly Cloudy 65°
  24. 7 PM Mostly Cloudy 62°

Daily forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 24 Sunny Sunny53°74°
  2. SunOct 25 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny54°72°
  3. MonOct 26 Patchy Fog then Mostly Sunny Patchy Fog then Mostly Sunny51°71°
  4. TueOct 27 Sunny Sunny51°71°
  5. WedOct 28 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny52°68°
  6. ThuOct 29 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny15%51°67°
  7. FriOct 30 Slight Chance Rain Showers Slight Chance Rain Showers20%49°65°
  8. SatOct 31 Sunny Sunny46°67°
  9. SunNov 1 Sunny Sunny42°65°

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

36
Good
Ozone

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

Forecast

  • SatGood
  • SunGood
  • MonGood

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 7:16 AM
Sunset 6:17 PM
Daylight 11 h 1 min (−2 min 1 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 98% lit
Moonrise 5:10 PM Moonset 5:39 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low74° / 48°
Record high102° (2017)
Record low30° (1918)
Wettest0.56 in (1940)
Yesterday69° / 56°, 0.04 in
Month to date1.40 in (normal 0.31 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 5 hrs ago

Synopsis

24/157 PM.

Weak northeast winds are expected to develop this weekend, bringing drier conditions and warmer temperatures to the region that will persist through the first half of next week. Cooler conditions to follow with a growing potential for a storm system towards the end of next week.

Long Term (wed-sat)

24/222 PM.

Weak northwest to northeast winds will continue Tuesday then weaken into Wednesday. This will keep temperatures largely unchanged with highs in the 70s to lower 80s most common which is right around normal for this time of the year.

The pattern will start to change around Thursday, with onshore flow returning, temperatures dropping, and low pressure forming over the West Coast. This will open the storm window over California, with a growing chance of a rain impacting the local area as early as Friday but more so for the weekend.

There is low confidence in the exact solution as the EC models bring rain earlier and then drive keep a more powerful second pulse to our south, while the GFS creates a cutoff low to our west and brings the more impactful rain into our area beginning Sunday night. The NBM averages it all out with low chances of rain beginning as early as Friday and continuing into the following week. Amounts anywhere between 0.5" and 2" seem reasonable. It is too early to comment on rainfall rates, or specific amounts at specific locations.

There is a 90+% chance for rain sometime in the Oct 30 through Nov 2 timeframe, likely lasting several hours. Halloween activities are likely to be impacted. At this point, the most likely outcome is for a moderate-level storm in terms of strength and impacts, with a low but present risk for a higher level storm.

Aviation

24/2230Z.

At 2215Z over KLAX, there was no marine layer and no inversion.

For 00Z TAF package, high confidence in CAVU conditions for all sites through the period.

KLAX...High confidence in 00Z TAF as CAVU conditions are expected through the period. No significant easterly wind component is expected.

KBUR...High confidence in 00Z TAF as CAVU conditions are expected through the period.

Marine

24/248 AM.

Steep seas near 10 feet will continue through early this morning for the outer waters. 15-20 knot North winds are likely nearshore this morning around Malibu, and West winds over many nearshore waters in the afternoon hours. Otherwise, high confidence in quiet conditions this weekend. Northwest winds will increase next week. SCA conditions are likely Monday and Tuesday for the waters from the Central Coast through San Nicolas Island.

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