Modesto, CA 95354 Weather

Stanislaus County9:34 PM PDT37.64°N, 120.97°W

Current conditions

Light Rain and Fog/Mist
61°
Light Rain and Fog/Mist
Feels like 61°
High 69° Friday·Low 55° tonight
WindE 3 mph
Humidity94%
Dew point59°
Pressure29.94 inHg
Visibility5.0 mi
Cloud cover54%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:20 AM
Sunset6:19 PM

Observed at Modesto City-County Airport - Harry Sham Field · 54 min ago

Forecast

10-day
  • Tonight

    A chance of rain before midnight. Mostly cloudy. Low around 55, with temperatures rising to around 57 overnight. Northeast wind 0 to 3 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

  • Friday

    Patchy fog before 10am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. North northwest wind 2 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

  • Friday Night

    Mostly clear, with a low around 49. Northwest wind 2 to 7 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 10 hrs ago.

  1. Now Chance Light Rain 63°29%
  2. 10 PM Chance Light Rain 61°25%
  3. 11 PM Slight Chance Light Rain 61°15%
  4. Fri12 AM Mostly Cloudy 60°14%
  5. 1 AM Mostly Cloudy 59°
  6. 2 AM Mostly Cloudy 59°
  7. 3 AM Mostly Cloudy 58°
  8. 4 AM Mostly Cloudy 57°
  9. 5 AM Mostly Cloudy 57°
  10. 6 AM Patchy Fog 56°
  11. 7 AM Patchy Fog 55°
  12. 8 AM Patchy Fog 57°
  13. 9 AM Patchy Fog 57°
  14. 10 AM Partly Sunny 60°
  15. 11 AM Mostly Cloudy 61°
  16. 12 PM Partly Sunny 64°
  17. 1 PM Mostly Sunny 65°
  18. 2 PM Sunny 67°
  19. 3 PM Sunny 68°
  20. 4 PM Sunny 69°
  21. 5 PM Sunny 69°
  22. 6 PM Mostly Clear 68°
  23. 7 PM Mostly Clear 65°
  24. 8 PM Clear 63°

Daily forecast

Details
  1. TodayOct 22 Light Rain Light Rain76%55°67°
  2. FriOct 23 Patchy Fog then Mostly Sunny Patchy Fog then Mostly Sunny49°69°
  3. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny48°72°
  4. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny51°77°
  5. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny49°76°
  6. TueOct 27 Sunny Sunny49°73°
  7. WedOct 28 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny50°74°
  8. ThuOct 29 Cloudy Cloudy53°77°
  9. FriOct 30 Sunny Sunny54°80°

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

49
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Forecast

  • ThuGood (46)
  • FriModerate (62)

Modesto, 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 7:20 AM
Sunset 6:19 PM
Daylight 10 h 58 min (−2 min 15 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 89% lit
Moonrise 4:20 PM Moonset 3:35 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low77° / 50°
Record high90° (1939)
Record low35° (1949)
Wettest0.58 in (1973)
Yesterday68° / 55°, 0.04 in
Month to date0.04 in (normal 0.29 in)

Modesto Ap, records since 1927. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in STO, issued 8 hrs ago

Key Messages

- Scattered showers, thunderstorm chances, and high elevation snow showers through this evening. Lingering mountain showers Friday morning.

- Breezy north to east winds develop Friday afternoon into Saturday AM, followed by weaker downsloping winds Sat PM-Sun AM.

- Dry weather continues through most of next week, with potential for unsettled weather Halloween Weekend.

.DISCUSSION...

...Today through Friday AM... Cloudy skies and scattered showers are actively being observed across interior Northern California. Some isolated moderate to heavy rain will be possible at times, but precipitation will largely be light to moderate. Shower activity will gradually trend down through the afternoon hours, but a few scattered light showers may linger over the Sierra. Given the cloud cover and lack of instability as this weather system treks through Southern California, the threat for thunderstorms has largely trended down, but an isolated thunderstorm (10-15% chance) is still possible over the Sierra and Motherlode this afternoon/early evening. Forecast precipitation amounts for the remainder of the day are around 0.10 to 0.20 inches in the Valley, with higher amounts just over 0.50 inches along the Sierra.

Snow levels continue to be around 8000-9000 feet in the Sierra today, with additional snowfall amounts of 1-3 inches at the highest peaks. Best chance for snow will be toward Mono county and into the Yosemite area. Minor impacts are possible at the highest elevations in Tuolumne county and toward Alpine due to the snow.

Aviation

Showers and isolated thunderstorms continue through the afternoon and evening hours, with localized areas of MVFR to IFR ceilings. Best timeframe for thunderstorms will be 2000z through 0400z for all sites with a 10-15% chance of occurrence. Winds will remain light throughout the day outside of erratic winds near thunderstorms. After 06z Friday, showers linger over the Sierra into Friday 18z and fog and stratus in the Valley overnight after 09z Friday with lowered ceilings as low as IFR to LIFR ceilings. Snow levels 7500-8500 feet until lowering after 12z Friday to around 6000-8000 feet.

Sto Watches

None.

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