Temperature
82 F at 12 AM; 91 F at its warmest, 12 PM Thursday, and 60 F at its coolest, 3 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 82F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 91F
- 12 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 60F
- 3 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/Long Beach International Airport
Long Beach International Airport, California
Large airport in Los Angeles County, California* WHAT...Temperatures up to 95 expected. * WHERE...Coastal areas of southwest California * WHEN...Until 8 PM PDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses.
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. In the event of a nearby wildfire, smoke may increase heat and physical stress. If smoke impacts your area; 1) Have a cooling plan in place as smoke could limit your ability to cool your home through open windows and 2) If you have air conditioning, set on air recirculation within the home to avoid smoke exposure. Local officials may have additional guidance.
74°
97°/71°
Clear·
Feels like 74°·Gentle breeze 9 mph NNW
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for Long Beach International Airport until 8 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Long Beach International Airport is 74° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 95° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 74° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 93°, and the coolest Thursday, near 69°. Rain is likely Tuesday (55%) and Wednesday (61%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:18 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:34 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
30Air quality
22%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
74feels74
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
9771
16mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
9373
13mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
8768
12mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
8166
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7263
55%
14mph
Wed
Oct 21
7059
61%
Thu
Oct 22
6957
29%
74°
97°71°
93°73°
87°68°
81°66°
72°63°
70°59°
69°57°
As of 1:00 AM in Long Beach International Airport, California.
Air quality
The air at Long Beach International Airport
Index 30, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, South Coastal LA (CA), 2 miles off.
30Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)30Good-
- Ozone15Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)17Good-
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Today, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 45, good.
GoodModerate
- 45YesterdayOct 15
- 58TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Long Beach International Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. 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 Long Beach International Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- LGB
- ICAO
- KLGB
- IATA
- LGB
- Field elevation
- 60 ft
- Serves
- Long Beach
- Kind
- Large airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- LGB
- Wind now
- -
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08L / 26R | 6,192 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | - | - |
| 08R / 26L | 3,918 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | - | - |
| 12 / 30 | 10,000 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | - | - |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Long Beach Airport (LGB), Long Beach International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 39 F, the air 22% saturated; the humidity ran from 14% at 2 PM Thursday to 72% at 3 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 39F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 22%
- Humidity, range
- 14 to 72%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
7 mph from the northeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 4 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 7mph
- from the northeast
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 4 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.93 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.93inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.00inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.08inHg
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
Long Beach Airport: 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 Long Beach International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.4 mi away/39 ft/21 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Whittier Hills- RAWS #5195WTHC1
A remote fire weather station/14.1 mi away/850 ft/790 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-15 : Jurupa AvenueCF174
Beside a road/37.9 mi away/908 ft/848 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Long Beach 1.1 SECA-LA-38
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/48 ft/12 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Redondo BeachRDOC1
At a cooperative observer's station/13.0 mi away/148 ft/88 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in California
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Long Beach International Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Signal Hillcity, 2 mi
- Long Beachcity, 2 mi
- Lakewoodcity, 3 mi
- Rossmoorcommunity, 4 mi
- Hawaiian Gardenscity, 5 mi
- Bellflowercity, 5 mi
- Los Alamitoscity, 5 mi
- Seal Beachcity, 5 mi
- Artesiacity, 5 mi
- Paramountcity, 6 mi
- East Rancho Dominguezcommunity, 6 mi
- Cerritoscity, 6 mi
Airports near Long Beach International Airport
- Los Alamitos Army Air FieldSLI, 6 mi
- Fullerton Municipal AirportFUL, 10 mi
- Zamperini FieldTOA, 11 mi
- Jack Northrop Field Hawthorne Municipal AirportHHR, 13 mi
- Los Angeles International AirportLAX, 17 mi
- John Wayne Orange County International AirportSNA, 19 mi
- San Gabriel Valley AirportEMT, 20 mi
- Santa Monica Municipal AirportSMO, 22 mi