Temperature
63 F at 8 PM; 89 F at its warmest, 12 PM, and 48 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 63F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 89F
- 12 PM
- Lowest
- 48F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field
Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field, California
Medium airport in Santa Barbara 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.
64°
84°/53°
Clear·
Feels like 64°·Light breeze 6 mph E
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field until 8 PM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field is 64° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 60° by 5 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 Tuesday, near 67°. Rain is possible Tuesday (49%) and Wednesday (48%).
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 21 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
38Air quality
60%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
64feels64
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
8453
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
9059
16mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
8764
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
7958
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7154
15mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6751
49%
Wed
Oct 21
6850
48%
64°
84°53°
90°59°
87°64°
79°58°
71°54°
67°51°
68°50°
As of 10:00 PM in Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field, California.
Air quality
The air at Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field
Index 38, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Santa Maria (CA), 5 miles off.
38Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)29Good10.2 mi
- Ozone35Good31 ppb9.4 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)38Good9.4 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide6Good6.9 ppb9.4 mi
The days ahead
Highest moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 42, good.
GoodModerate
- 42YesterdayOct 14
- GoodTodayOct 15
- ModerateFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field
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 Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field, 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
- SMX
- ICAO
- KSMX
- IATA
- SMX
- Field elevation
- 261 ft
- Serves
- Santa Maria
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- SMX
- Wind now
- From 130° at 5 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:51
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 unlit | 5,199 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 36° / 216° | 0 mph head, on 02 | 5 mph from the right |
| 12 / 30 | 8,004 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 136° / 316° | 5 mph head, on 12 | 1 mph from the left |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Santa Maria Public (SMX), Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 49 F, the air 60% saturated; the humidity ran from 11% at 12 PM to 74% at 1 AM.
- Dew point now
- 49F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 60%
- Humidity, range
- 11 to 74%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
5 mph from the southeast at 8 PM; at its strongest 11 mph, 1 PM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 5mph
- from the southeast
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 1 PM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.03 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.07 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.03inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.07inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 6 miles at 7 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 6mi
- 7 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
Santa Maria Public: 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 Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field, 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 now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.4 mi away/240 ft/21 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Alert #75CASC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.1 mi away/735 ft/474 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Santa Maria 1.8 NECA-SB-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.7 mi away/235 ft/26 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Santa Maria - Twitchell DamTWIC1
At a dam/9.9 mi away/535 ft/274 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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- Oxnard AirportOXR, 86 mi
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