Temperature
66 F at 4 AM; 86 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 58 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 66F
- 4 AM
- Highest
- 86F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 58F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/San Diego International Airport
San Diego International Airport, California
Large 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.
67°
93°/70°
Clear·
Feels like 67°·Light air 2 mph NE
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for San Diego International Airport until 8 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. San Diego International Airport is 67° and clear at 5 AM. The dew point is 50°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the northeast at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 92° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 75° 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 88°, and the coolest Thursday, near 69°. Rain is likely Wednesday (66%). Rain is possible Tuesday (44%) and Thursday (48%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:15 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:33 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
33Air quality
55%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
67feels67
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
9370
17mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8874
partly cloudy day
Sun
Oct 18
8569
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
8068
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7366
44%
UV 6
Wed
Oct 21
7163
66%
12mph
Thu
Oct 22
6961
48%
12mph
67°
93°70°
88°74°
85°69°
80°68°
73°66°
71°63°
69°61°
As of 5:00 AM in San Diego International Airport, California.
Air quality
The air at San Diego International Airport
Index 33, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, San Diego Coast (CA), 7 miles off.
33Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)33Good8.9 mi
- Ozone29Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)19Good8.9 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 48, good.
GoodModerate
- 48YesterdayOct 15
- 44TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at San Diego International Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 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 San Diego International Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SAN
- ICAO
- KSAN
- IATA
- SAN
- Field elevation
- 17 ft
- Serves
- San Diego
- Kind
- Large airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- SAN
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 04:51
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 / 27 | 9,401 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt | 106° / 286° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from San Diego/Lindberg (SAN), San Diego International Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 48 F, the air 52% saturated; the humidity ran from 29% at 10 AM Thursday to 75% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 48F
- 4 AM
- Humidity now
- 52%
- Humidity, range
- 29 to 75%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 5 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 3 PM Thursday, with a gust of 23 mph at 5 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 3 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 23mph
- 5 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.93 inHg at 5 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.07 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.93inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.07inHg
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
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 500 ft at 7 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 6 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 6
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
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
San Diego/Lindberg: 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 San Diego International Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/30 ft/13 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Mission Valley RAWSBVDC1
A remote fire weather station/4.6 mi away/305 ft/288 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
San Diego 4.4 SSWCA-SD-169
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/314 ft/297 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
San Diego Sea WorldSWDC1
At a cooperative observer's station/3.1 mi away/-13 ft/30 ft below 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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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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- Miramar Marine Corps Air Station - Mitscher FieldNKX, 10 mi
- Naval Outlying Field Imperial Beach (Ream Field)NRS, 12 mi
- Gillespie FieldSEE, 14 mi
- Brown Field Municipal AirportSDM, 17 mi
- Ramona AirportRNM, 26 mi
- McClellan-Palomar AirportCRQ, 28 mi