Santa Maria, CA 93455 Weather

Santa Barbara County4:34 PM PDT34.83°N, 120.43°W

Current conditions

Rain Showers
54°
Rain Showers
Feels like 66°
High 66°·Low 51°
WindSSW 10 mph
Humidity75%
Dew point46°
Cloud cover94%
UV index1 Low
Sunrise7:14 AM
Sunset6:20 PM

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

Forecast

10-day

  • Today

    Rain showers. Cloudy, with a high near 66. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

  • Tonight

    Rain showers. Cloudy, with a low around 51. West northwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

  • Friday

    A chance of rain showers before 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 68. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

National Weather Service forecast updated 5 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Rain Showers 54°85%
  2. 5 PM Rain Showers 58°77%
  3. 6 PM Rain Showers 55°77%
  4. 7 PM Rain Showers 54°77%
  5. 8 PM Rain Showers 55°77%
  6. 9 PM Rain Showers 54°77%
  7. 10 PM Rain Showers 52°77%
  8. 11 PM Rain Showers Likely 51°57%
  9. Fri12 AM Rain Showers Likely 51°57%
  10. 1 AM Rain Showers Likely 52°57%
  11. 2 AM Rain Showers Likely 51°57%
  12. 3 AM Rain Showers Likely 55°57%
  13. 4 AM Rain Showers Likely 55°57%
  14. 5 AM Chance Rain Showers 53°28%
  15. 6 AM Chance Rain Showers 55°28%
  16. 7 AM Chance Rain Showers 53°28%
  17. 8 AM Chance Rain Showers 55°28%
  18. 9 AM Chance Rain Showers 57°28%
  19. 10 AM Chance Rain Showers 60°28%
  20. 11 AM Partly Sunny 57°
  21. 12 PM Partly Sunny 60°
  22. 1 PM Partly Sunny 62°
  23. 2 PM Partly Sunny 64°
  24. 3 PM Partly Sunny 68°

Daily forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 22 Rain Showers Rain Showers85%51°66°
  2. FriOct 23 Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny Chance Rain Showers then Partly Sunny28%51°68°
  3. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny51°74°
  4. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny51°74°
  5. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny50°73°
  6. TueOct 27 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny51°73°
  7. WedOct 28 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny52°71°
  8. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy52°72°
  9. FriOct 30 Mostly clear Mostly clear55°71°

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
  • FriGood
  • SatGood

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 7:14 AM
Sunset 6:20 PM
Daylight 11 h 5 min (−2 min 3 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 88% lit
Moonrise 4:17 PM Moonset 3:35 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low74° / 49°
Record high101° (1929)
Record low35° (1949)
Wettest2.80 in (1907)
Month to date<0.01 in (normal 0.27 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 3 hrs ago

Synopsis

22/126 PM.

Showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms will continue through this evening. A quiet Friday will transition into a weak Santa Ana Wind event this weekend, bringing drier conditions and warmer temperatures to the region into next week.

Long Term (mon-thu)

22/124 PM.

A weak Santa Ana event will continue into next week, allowing for warmer (near normal high temps) and drier conditions to prevail. Winds will most likely remain confined to the mountains and some valleys. 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 just after Halloween.

Aviation

22/1754Z.

At 1715Z at KLAX, there was no marine layer nor an inversion.

Overall, moderate confidence in 18Z TAF package. Under any showers and thunderstorms MVFR conds is likely. Otherwise VFR conds are expected for the most part.

KLAX...Moderate confidence in 18Z TAF. Conditions should mostly remain VFR with MVFR possible at times. Isolated to widely scattered showers across the area through 23/18Z. Low chance of a thunderstorm or two (10-15%) through this afternoon. Good confidence that any east wind component remains below 8 kts.

KBUR...Moderate confidence in 18Z TAF. Isolated to widely scattered showers across the area through 23/12Z. Low chance of a thunderstorm or two (10-15%) through this afternoon. VFR CIGs expected except MVFR conds possible under any activity.

Marine

22/105 PM.

For the Outer Waters, high confidence in current forecast. Gusty Small Craft Advisory (SCA) level winds likely are likely at times by this evening and continue through Friday night. For Saturday through Tuesday night, 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 20-30% chance of SCA level winds at times through Friday evening. Otherwise, high confidence in winds and seas remaining below SCA levels through Tuesday night.

For the Inner Waters south of Point Conception, moderate to high confidence in current forecast. Through Tuesday night, high confidence in winds and seas remaining below SCA levels for most areas. The only exceptions will be the western half of the Santa Barbara Channel with a 50-70% chance of SCA level winds late Friday afternoon and evening and a 40% chance of SCA level wind gusts for the southern waters Monday evening.

Through this afternoon into early this evening, scattered showers will affect the coastal waters, with isolated thunderstorms possible for the southern inner waters. Any thunderstorms that develop will be capable of producing gusty/erratic winds, locally rough seas and even waterspouts.

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