Temperature
66 F at 7 PM; 86 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 48 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 66F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 86F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 48F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/Palo Alto Airport
Palo Alto Airport, California
Medium airport in Santa Clara County, California67°
82°/53°
Clear·
Feels like 67°·Light breeze 4 mph NW
Now. Palo Alto Airport is 67° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 56°, so the air feels a little humid. Light breeze from the northwest at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 57° by 7 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 85°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 65°. Rain is possible Tuesday (41%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:44 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 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
34Air quality
67%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
67feels67
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
8253
UV 6
Fri
Oct 16
8557
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
8260
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
7255
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6652
27%
19mph
Tue
Oct 20
6552
41%
Wed
Oct 21
6851
26%
67°
82°53°
85°57°
82°60°
72°55°
66°52°
65°52°
68°51°
As of 8:00 PM in Palo Alto Airport, California.
Air quality
The air at Palo Alto Airport
Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Redwood City (CA), 6 miles off.
34Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good-
- Ozone28Good-
The days ahead
Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 40, good.
GoodModerate
- 40YesterdayOct 14
- 48TodayOct 15
- 43FriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Palo Alto 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 Palo Alto 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
- PAO
- ICAO
- KPAO
- IATA
- PAO
- Field elevation
- 4 ft
- Serves
- Palo Alto
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- PAO
- Wind now
- From 350° at 5 mph, read 15 Oct, 19:47
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 / 31 | 2,441 ft | 70 ft | Asphalt | 138° / 318° | 4 mph head, on 31 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Palo Alto Airport (PAO), Palo Alto Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 57 F, the air 73% saturated; the humidity ran from 23% at 5 PM to 73% at 7 PM.
- Dew point now
- 57F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 73%
- Humidity, range
- 23 to 73%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the north at 7 PM; at its strongest 8 mph, 3 PM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 8mph
- 3 PM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.06 inHg at 7 PM, steady over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.06inHg
- 7 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- 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
Palo Alto 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 Palo Alto 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 now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/7 ft/3 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Redwood CityRWCC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/6.9 mi away/16 ft/12 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-580 - I-205CF133
Beside a road/35.5 mi away/301 ft/297 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Palo Alto 2.0 NCA-SC-26
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.6 mi away/26 ft/22 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Redwood CityRWCC1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.9 mi away/16 ft/12 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 Palo Alto Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- East Palo Altocity, 1 mi
- Palo Altocity, 2 mi
- Menlo Parkcity, 3 mi
- Stanfordcommunity, 4 mi
- Athertontown, 5 mi
- Mountain Viewcity, 5 mi
- North Fair Oakscommunity, 5 mi
- West Menlo Parkcommunity, 5 mi
- Los Altoscity, 6 mi
- Laderacommunity, 6 mi
- Redwood Citycity, 6 mi
- Los Altos Hillstown, 6 mi
Airports near Palo Alto Airport
- Moffett Federal AirfieldNUQ, 5 mi
- San Carlos AirportSQL, 8 mi
- Mineta San Jose International AirportSJC, 12 mi
- Hayward Executive AirportHWD, 14 mi
- San Francisco International AirportSFO, 18 mi
- Reid-Hillview Airport of Santa Clara CountyRHV, 19 mi
- Oakland San Francisco Bay AirportOAK, 19 mi
- Half Moon Bay AirportHAF, 21 mi