Palmdale, CA Weather

Los Angeles County12:20 PM PDT34.58°N, 118.12°WElevation 2,657 ft

Current conditions

Clear
70°
Clear
Feels like 70°
High 79°·Low 52°
WindNNW 5 mph
Humidity33%
Dew point39°
Pressure29.97 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover3%
UV index6 High
Sunrise7:03 AM
Sunset6:13 PM

Observed at Palmdale, Palmdale Production Flight Plant · 1 hr ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Tuesday

    Sunny, with a high near 79. South wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

  • Tuesday Night

    Mostly clear, with a low around 52. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

  • Wednesday

    Rain showers likely after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 69. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

National Weather Service forecast updated 10 hrs ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Sunny 73°
  2. 1 PM Sunny 77°
  3. 2 PM Sunny 79°
  4. 3 PM Sunny 78°
  5. 4 PM Sunny 77°
  6. 5 PM Sunny 74°
  7. 6 PM Mostly Clear 68°
  8. 7 PM Mostly Clear 63°
  9. 8 PM Mostly Clear 63°
  10. 9 PM Mostly Clear 61°
  11. 10 PM Mostly Clear 59°
  12. 11 PM Mostly Clear 59°
  13. Wed12 AM Mostly Clear 57°
  14. 1 AM Mostly Clear 56°
  15. 2 AM Mostly Clear 57°
  16. 3 AM Mostly Clear 56°
  17. 4 AM Mostly Clear 53°
  18. 5 AM Partly Cloudy 54°
  19. 6 AM Mostly Sunny 52°
  20. 7 AM Mostly Sunny 52°
  21. 8 AM Mostly Sunny 54°
  22. 9 AM Mostly Sunny 57°
  23. 10 AM Mostly Sunny 61°
  24. 11 AM Chance Rain Showers 64°51%

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 19 Clear Clear54°
  2. TodayOct 20 Sunny Sunny52°79°
  3. WedOct 21 Rain Showers Likely Rain Showers Likely91%49°69°
  4. ThuOct 22 Showers And Thunderstorms Likely Showers And Thunderstorms Likely69%47°64°
  5. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny48°68°
  6. SatOct 24 Sunny Sunny50°71°
  7. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny50°71°
  8. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny71°
  9. TueOct 27 Cloudy Cloudy52°77°
  10. WedOct 28 Cloudy Cloudy56°76°

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

37
Good
Ozone

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

Forecast

  • TueGood (50)

Antelope Vly, 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 7:03 AM
Sunset 6:13 PM
Daylight 11 h 10 min (−2 min 3 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 71% lit
Moonrise 3:14 PM Moonset 1:25 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 8

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low78° / 47°
Record high98° (1991)
Record low31° (1949)
Wettest0.69 in (2004)
Yesterday83° / 48°, <0.01 in
Month to date<0.01 in (normal 0.25 in)

Palmdale Area, records since 1931. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in LOX, issued 9 hrs ago

Synopsis

20/227 AM.

It will be cooler today. Widespread rain will develop Wednesday and continue into Thursday with a chance of thunderstorms. A weak Santa Ana will develop in the storms wake.

Long Term (fri-mon)

20/227 AM.

As it often happens east Pac ridging will follow on the heals of the upper low. Dry NNW flow will move into the state on Friday. In addition offshore flow from north will develop at the sfc. This will lead to some close to advisory wind gusts through the northerly oriented passes and canyons. Skies will turn sunny and this along with rising hgts will bring 3 to 6 degrees of warming to the area.

A low level Santa Ana will develop Saturday and continue through Monday. There will only be 2 to 4 mb offshore flow and marginal upper level support so winds may even stay under advisory level - it will certainly be nothing like last Friday's wind event. Look for another 3 to 6 degrees of warming on Saturday with little change on Sunday and Monday. Even with the warming almost all max temps across the csts and vly will only reach into the 70s.

Aviation

20/0928Z.

At 0832Z at KLAX, the marine layer was 800 ft deep. The top of the inversion was at 1800 ft with a temperature of 22 C.

High confidence in VFR TAFs at KBUR, KVNY, KPMD, and KWJF.

Moderate confidence in IFR-MVFR conds at KSMX, KSMO, KLAX, & KLGB. Timing may be off +/- 3 hours with CIG height +/- 200 ft of TAF. There is a 25% chance for no low clouds.

Good confidence in TAFs for KSBP, KSBA, KOXR, and KCMA. There is a 15% chance for brief IFR-MVFR conds 20/12Z-17Z.

KLAX...Moderate confidence in TAF. There is a 25% chance for no low clouds. There is a 30% chc of lower cigs of OVC008. Low clouds may arrive as early as 11Z. No significant east wind component expected.

Marine

20/216 AM.

Relatively quiet conditions are expected across the waters today, then a storm system will move into the coastal waters as early as late this evening. This system will impact the area through Thursday. While at this point it doesn't appear as though it will bring significant winds, there will likely be some enhanced southerly flow Wednesday, which may require SCAs to be issued (including nearshore). In addition to the enhanced southerly flow, boaters can expect rain and a chance of thunderstorms and isolated waterspouts. With any thunderstorm there is the threat of lightning, gusty and erratic winds, small hail, and choppy seas. 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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