Temperature
71 F at 6 PM; 90 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 50 F at its coolest, 1 AM.
- Now
- 71F
- 6 PM
- Highest
- 90F
- 3 PM
- Lowest
- 50F
- 1 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/Salinas Municipal Airport
Salinas Municipal Airport, California
Medium airport in Monterey County, California64°
84°/54°
Clear·
Feels like 64°·Light breeze 5 mph E
Now. Salinas Municipal Airport is 64° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 50°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east at 5 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 88°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 63°. Rain is possible Tuesday (46%) and Wednesday (32%).
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 17 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
42Air quality
63%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
64feels64
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
8454
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
8857
13mph
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
8859
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
7455
14mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6452
23%
17mph
Tue
Oct 20
6351
46%
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
6650
32%
13mph
64°
84°54°
88°57°
88°59°
74°55°
64°52°
63°51°
66°50°
As of 10:00 PM in Salinas Municipal Airport, California.
Air quality
The air at Salinas Municipal Airport
Index 42, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Salinas (CA), 2 miles off.
42Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)42Good2.5 mi
- Ozone28Good28 ppb2.5 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-18.7 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide10Good11 ppb2.5 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm2.5 mi
The days ahead
Highest 52, moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 30, good.
GoodModerate
- 30YesterdayOct 14
- 52TodayOct 15
- GoodFriOct 16
- GoodSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Salinas Municipal Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 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 Salinas Municipal Airport, 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
- SNS
- ICAO
- KSNS
- IATA
- SNS
- Field elevation
- 85 ft
- Serves
- Salinas
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- SNS
- Wind now
- From 20° at 3 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 6,004 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 97° / 277° | 1 mph head, on 08 | 3 mph from the left |
| 13 / 31 | 4,825 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 147° / 327° | 2 mph head, on 31 | 2 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Salinas (SNS), Salinas Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 47 F, the air 42% saturated; the humidity ran from 12% at 3 PM to 77% at 1 AM.
- Dew point now
- 47F
- 6 PM
- Humidity now
- 42%
- Humidity, range
- 12 to 77%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
9 mph from the north at 7 PM; at its strongest 13 mph, 11 AM, with a gust of 18 mph at 5 PM.
- Now
- 9mph
- from the north
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 11 AM
- Highest gust
- 18mph
- 5 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.05 inHg at 7 PM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.05inHg
- 7 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- -0.06inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 9 miles at 8 AM; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 9mi
- 8 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
Salinas: 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 Salinas Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
SalinasSNS
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/53 ft/32 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Carmel Valley 3W - Santa Lucia ConservancySXLC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/16.1 mi away/1,883 ft/1,798 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
SR-152 - SR-156CF110
Beside a road/25.0 mi away/252 ft/167 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Salinas 0.4 ESECA-MT-50
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/76 ft/9 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Hollister 2HOLC1
At a cooperative observer's station/16.4 mi away/277 ft/192 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 Salinas Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Salinascity, 2 mi
- Spreckelscommunity, 3 mi
- Borondacommunity, 5 mi
- Chualarcommunity, 8 mi
- Marinacity, 11 mi
- Prunedalecommunity, 11 mi
- Castrovillecommunity, 11 mi
- Elkhorncommunity, 12 mi
- Seasidecity, 13 mi
- San Juan Bautistacity, 13 mi
- Moss Landingcommunity, 14 mi
- Gonzalescity, 14 mi
Airports near Salinas Municipal Airport
- Marina Municipal AirportOAR, 9 mi
- Monterey Regional AirportMRY, 14 mi
- Hollister Municipal AirportCVH, 19 mi
- Watsonville Municipal AirportWVI, 21 mi
- San Martin AirportE16, 29 mi
- Reid-Hillview Airport of Santa Clara CountyRHV, 48 mi
- Mineta San Jose International AirportSJC, 52 mi
- Moffett Federal AirfieldNUQ, 57 mi