Temperature
75 F at 8 PM; 91 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 58 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 75F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 91F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 58F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/McClellan-Palomar Airport
McClellan-Palomar Airport, California
Medium airport in San Diego County, California* WHAT...High temperatures in the upper 80s to the mid 90s expected. * WHERE...Orange County Coastal Areas and San Diego County Coastal Areas. * WHEN...Until 8 PM PDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase during hot temperatures. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Low temperatures will be in the high 60s to low 70s.
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
74°
87°/61°
Clear·
Feels like 74°·Light air 3 mph N
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for McClellan-Palomar Airport until 8 PM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. McClellan-Palomar Airport is 74° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 69° by 1 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 90°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 68°. Rain is likely Tuesday (55%) and Wednesday (67%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 24 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
50Air quality
31%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
74feels74
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
8761
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
9069
17mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8673
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
8267
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7866
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
7063
55%
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
6860
67%
74°
87°61°
90°69°
86°73°
82°67°
78°66°
70°63°
68°60°
As of 10:00 PM in McClellan-Palomar Airport, California.
Air quality
The air at McClellan-Palomar Airport
Index 50, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, San Diego Coast (CA), 22 miles off.
50Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)50Good9 mi
- Ozone36Good37 ppb9 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)25Good9 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 58, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 58YesterdayOct 14
- 50TodayOct 15
- 44FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at McClellan-Palomar Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at McClellan-Palomar Airport, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- CRQ
- ICAO
- KCRQ
- IATA
- CLD
- Field elevation
- 331 ft
- Serves
- Carlsbad
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- CRQ
- Wind now
- Calm, read 15 Oct, 20:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 / 24 | 4,897 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 79° / 259° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Carlsbad/Palomar (CRQ), McClellan-Palomar Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 40 F, the air 28% saturated; the humidity ran from 14% at 4 PM to 62% at 11 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 40F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 28%
- Humidity, range
- 14 to 62%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
2 mph from the east northeast at 8 PM; at its strongest 12 mph, 5 PM, with a gust of 22 mph at 5 PM.
- Now
- 2mph
- from the east northeast
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 5 PM
- Highest gust
- 22mph
- 5 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.93 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; 0.10 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.93inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.05inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.10inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Carlsbad/Palomar: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest McClellan-Palomar Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/328 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.7 mi away/728 ft/397 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Fallbrook 5 NE53151
At a climate reference station/21.5 mi away/1,140 ft/809 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Carlsbad 1.4 SECA-SD-170
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/274 ft/57 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Vista 2 NNEVSTC1
At a cooperative observer's station/7.6 mi away/531 ft/200 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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Near McClellan-Palomar Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Carlsbadcity, 1 mi
- Lake San Marcoscommunity, 4 mi
- Encinitascity, 5 mi
- Vistacity, 6 mi
- San Marcoscity, 6 mi
- Oceansidecity, 6 mi
- Elfin Forestcommunity, 7 mi
- Rancho Santa Fecommunity, 8 mi
- Harmony Grovecommunity, 9 mi
- Camp Pendleton Southcommunity, 9 mi
- Solana Beachcity, 10 mi
- Del Dioscommunity, 10 mi
Airports near McClellan-Palomar Airport
- Oceanside Municipal AirportOKB, 7 mi
- Camp Pendleton MCAS (Munn Field) AirportNFG, 13 mi
- Fallbrook Community AirparkL18, 16 mi
- Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher FieldNKX, 20 mi
- Ramona AirportRNM, 22 mi
- Montgomery-Gibbs Executive AirportMYF, 23 mi
- Gillespie FieldSEE, 27 mi
- San Diego International AirportSAN, 28 mi