Temperature
73 F at 7 PM; 84 F at its warmest, 4 PM, and 55 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 73F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 84F
- 4 PM
- Lowest
- 55F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/San Carlos Airport
San Carlos Airport, California
Medium airport in San Mateo County, California71°
89°/53°
Clear·
Feels like 71°·Light air 2 mph WNW
Now. San Carlos Airport is 71° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the west-northwest at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 59° 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 91°, and the coolest Monday, near 66°. Rain is possible Tuesday (40%).
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
42%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
71feels71
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
8953
UV 6
Fri
Oct 16
9159
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
8860
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
7356
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6654
27%
18mph
Tue
Oct 20
6754
40%
Wed
Oct 21
7053
25%
71°
89°53°
91°59°
88°60°
73°56°
66°54°
67°54°
70°53°
As of 8:00 PM in San Carlos Airport, California.
Air quality
The air at San Carlos Airport
Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Redwood City (CA), 3 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 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at San Carlos 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 San Carlos 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
- SQL
- ICAO
- KSQL
- IATA
- SQL
- Field elevation
- 5 ft
- Serves
- San Carlos
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- SQL
- Wind now
- Calm, read 15 Oct, 19:47
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 / 30 | 2,621 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 138° / 318° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from San Carlos Airport (SQL), San Carlos 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 41% saturated; the humidity ran from 19% at 4 PM to 72% at 8 AM.
- Dew point now
- 48F
- 7 PM
- Humidity now
- 41%
- Humidity, range
- 19 to 72%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 7 PM; at its strongest 6 mph, 4 PM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 6mph
- 4 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; 0.06 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.06inHg
- 7 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.01inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.06inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 9 miles at 9 PM Wednesday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 9mi
- 9 PM Wednesday
- 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
San Carlos Airport: 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 Carlos 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 now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/3 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Redwood CityRWCC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.6 mi away/16 ft/11 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
San Carlos 0.2 NWCA-SM-38
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/102 ft/97 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Redwood CityRWCC1
At a cooperative observer's station/2.6 mi away/16 ft/11 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 San Carlos Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- San Carloscity, 1 mi
- Belmontcity, 2 mi
- Redwood Citycity, 3 mi
- Foster Citycity, 3 mi
- Emerald Lake Hillscommunity, 3 mi
- North Fair Oakscommunity, 4 mi
- San Mateocity, 5 mi
- Athertontown, 5 mi
- Baywood Parkcommunity, 5 mi
- Woodsidetown, 5 mi
- Highlandscommunity, 5 mi
- Menlo Parkcity, 6 mi
Airports near San Carlos Airport
- Palo Alto AirportPAO, 8 mi
- San Francisco International AirportSFO, 10 mi
- Hayward Executive AirportHWD, 12 mi
- Moffett Federal AirfieldNUQ, 13 mi
- Half Moon Bay AirportHAF, 14 mi
- Oakland San Francisco Bay AirportOAK, 14 mi
- Mineta San Jose International AirportSJC, 20 mi
- Livermore Municipal AirportLVK, 27 mi