Hanford, CA Weather

Kings County1:17 PM PDT36.33°N, 119.65°WElevation 249 ft

Current conditions

Partly Sunny
66°
Partly Sunny
Feels like 66°
High 69°·Low 50°
WindNNW 5 mph
Humidity81%
Dew point60°
Cloud cover55%
UV index4 Moderate
Sunrise7:14 AM
Sunset6:14 PM

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

Forecast

10-day

  • Friday

    Partly sunny, with a high near 69. North northwest wind 0 to 10 mph.

  • Friday Night

    Mostly clear. Low around 50, with temperatures rising to around 52 overnight. Northwest wind 0 to 5 mph.

  • Saturday

    Sunny, with a high near 75. West northwest wind around 0 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 16 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Partly Sunny 66°
  2. 2 PM Partly Sunny 67°
  3. 3 PM Mostly Sunny 69°
  4. 4 PM Sunny 69°
  5. 5 PM Sunny 68°
  6. 6 PM Mostly Clear 68°
  7. 7 PM Mostly Clear 66°
  8. 8 PM Mostly Clear 63°
  9. 9 PM Mostly Clear 62°
  10. 10 PM Mostly Clear 60°
  11. 11 PM Mostly Clear 59°
  12. Sat12 AM Mostly Clear 58°
  13. 1 AM Mostly Clear 57°
  14. 2 AM Mostly Clear 56°
  15. 3 AM Mostly Clear 54°
  16. 4 AM Mostly Clear 53°
  17. 5 AM Mostly Clear 52°
  18. 6 AM Sunny 51°
  19. 7 AM Sunny 50°
  20. 8 AM Sunny 52°
  21. 9 AM Sunny 55°
  22. 10 AM Sunny 59°
  23. 11 AM Sunny 63°
  24. 12 PM Sunny 67°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 22 Chance Light Rain then Mostly Cloudy Chance Light Rain then Mostly Cloudy33%52°
  2. TodayOct 23 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny12%50°69°
  3. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny50°75°
  4. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny50°79°
  5. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny49°79°
  6. TueOct 27 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny49°77°
  7. WedOct 28 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny50°77°
  8. ThuOct 29 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny75°
  9. FriOct 30 Cloudy Cloudy52°78°
  10. SatOct 31 Cloudy Cloudy52°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

51
Moderate
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

Forecast

  • FriGood (50)

Hanford, 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 6:14 PM
Daylight 10 h 59 min (−2 min 8 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 93% lit
Moonrise 4:40 PM Moonset 4:33 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low78° / 46°
Month to date0.14 in (normal 0.27 in)

Hanford Area, records since 1899. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in HNX, issued 3 hrs ago

Key Messages

1. A slight chance for light precipitation remains in the Sierra Nevada until Friday evening as the storm system moves east.

2. Dry conditions and seasonal temperature normals prevail before another trough moves into the Pacific Northwest next week.

Discussion

Time for your favorite part of the day, reading the Area Forecast Discussion (with some sarcasm)! Wowza, it got wettt outside the last couple of days, huh? Our cars and vegetation definitely needed it. Why pay for a carwash when Mother Nature has our back! As the storm moves eastward, lingering showers are possible in the Sierra Nevadas through this evening, with the 90th percentile being around an inch. Now, usually after rain events like this in late Fall and in Winter comes that gloomy ominous fog right? Since it is still October, thereth existeth too much sunlight and warmth for fog to develop, so visibility is expected to remain clear in the Valley.

The upper level trough itself does remain over our area until Saturday, keeping cool Valley temperatures below 75 today and tomorrow, before warming to the upper 70s Sunday and Monday. This is due to a very weak high pressure ridge briefly centering over our area, though models indicate another trough moving into the Pacific Northwest scaring away the ridge. Move along ridge, you scaredy cat! With this trough, some extra cooling is expected to occur, with temperatures across the Valley dropping into the mid to low 70s. Minimum temperatures expected to be between mid 40s to low 50s across the Valley and Desert. Perfect short sleeves weather!

Although uncertainty remains, models indicate that the trough next week strengthens and moves into our area around Halloween spooky time. A spooky trough over us on spooky day? Terrifying! There is currently a slight chance for precipitation to return around this time. We shalleth monitor this, and hope it does not spoil trick or treating plans. I want some candy!

Aviation

IFR and mountain obscurations with showers over the Sierra Nevada and the Kern County mountains from 20Z Fri to 00Z Saturday. Otherwise, VFR conditions will prevail for the next 24 hours.

Air Quality Issues

None.

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