Temperature
77 F at 7 PM; 92 F at its warmest, 12 PM, and 60 F at its coolest, 12 AM.
- Now
- 77F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 92F
- 12 PM
- Lowest
- 60F
- 12 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/Oxnard Airport
Oxnard Airport, California
Medium airport in Ventura County, CaliforniaRed Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
...HIGH RISK FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH ANY NEW FIRE STARTS THROUGH SATURDAY, DUE TO MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .Updates include adding the following areas to the previous Red Flag Warnings - Ojai, Casitas, and the Santa Lucia Mountains. Moderate to strong Santa Ana winds will peak around Friday then slowly weaken through the weekend. Meanwhile, dry air will persist and dry out any effects of the recent rains. Red Flag Warnings are in effect for most of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties Thursday through Saturday, and for interior Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties for Friday. * AFFECTED AREA...Most valleys and coasts of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. * TIMING...Until 8 PM PDT Saturday. * WINDS...Northeast to east 20 to 35 mph with gusts of 40 to 55 mph. Isolated gusts to 65 mph possible. Strongest Friday. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Minimums of 8 to 15 percent common. * IMPACTS...If fire ignition occurs, conditions are favorable for extreme fire behavior which would threaten life and property.
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. Use extreme caution with anything that can spark a wildfire. Residents near wildland interfaces should be prepared to evacuate if a wildfire breaks out. See readyforwildfire.org and wildfirerisk.org for information.
76°
88°/61°
Clear·
Feels like 76°·Gentle breeze 13 mph WNW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Oxnard Airport until 8 PM Saturday. 2 more alerts are in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Oxnard Airport is 76° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the west-northwest at 13 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 68° by 12 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 91°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 66°. Rain is likely Tuesday (50%) and Wednesday (61%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 25 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:43 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 22 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
33Air quality
27%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
76feels76
13mph
Today
Oct 15
8861
16mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
9168
25mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8873
18mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7964
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7561
14mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6858
50%
20mph
Wed
Oct 21
6655
61%
76°
88°61°
91°68°
88°73°
79°64°
75°61°
68°58°
66°55°
As of 8:00 PM in Oxnard Airport, California.
Air quality
The air at Oxnard Airport
Index 33, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Oxnard (CA), 5 miles off.
33Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)6Good5.3 mi
- Ozone33Good34 ppb5.3 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)25Good5.3 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide8Good9 ppb5.3 mi
The days ahead
Highest 62, moderate, today, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.
GoodModerate
- 43YesterdayOct 14
- 62TodayOct 15
- 61FriOct 16
- 50SatOct 17
- 40SunOct 18
- 37MonOct 19
- 36TueOct 20
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Oxnard Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 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 Oxnard Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- OXR
- ICAO
- KOXR
- IATA
- OXR
- Field elevation
- 45 ft
- Serves
- Oxnard
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- OXR
- Wind now
- From 300° at 16 mph, read 15 Oct, 19:51
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 / 25 | 5,953 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 91° / 271° | 14 mph head, on 25 | 8 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Oxnard (OXR), Oxnard Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 41 F, the air 28% saturated; the humidity ran from 11% at 12 PM to 67% at 9 PM Wednesday.
- Dew point now
- 41F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 28%
- Humidity, range
- 11 to 67%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
8 mph from the west at 8 PM; at its strongest 23 mph, 11 AM, with a gust of 36 mph at 11 AM.
- Now
- 8mph
- from the west
- Strongest
- 23mph
- 11 AM
- Highest gust
- 36mph
- 11 AM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.95 inHg at 8 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.95inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.09inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 9 miles at 11 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 9mi
- 11 AM
- 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
Oxnard: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Oxnard Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
OxnardOXR
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/43 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.5 mi away/13 ft/32 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Oxnard 3.7 ENECA-VT-44
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/69 ft/24 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
OjaiOJAC1
At a cooperative observer's station/17.1 mi away/764 ft/719 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 Oxnard Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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- El Riocommunity, 4 mi
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- Camarillocity, 10 mi
- Somiscommunity, 13 mi
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- Oak Viewcommunity, 15 mi
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Airports near Oxnard Airport
- Camarillo AirportCMA, 7 mi
- Point Mugu Naval Air Station (Naval Base Ventura Co)NTD, 7 mi
- Santa Barbara Municipal AirportSBA, 39 mi
- Van Nuys AirportVNY, 41 mi
- Santa Monica Municipal AirportSMO, 45 mi
- Whiteman AirportWHP, 46 mi
- Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope AirportBUR, 49 mi
- Los Angeles International AirportLAX, 49 mi