Temperature
83 F at 8 PM; 90 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 59 F at its coolest, 3 AM.
- Now
- 83F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 90F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 59F
- 3 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/Van Nuys Airport
Van Nuys Airport, California
Medium airport in Los Angeles County, CaliforniaRed Flag Warning, in full · Every severe alert
...HIGH RISK FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH ANY NEW FIRE STARTS THROUGH SATURDAY, DUE TO MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .Updates include adding the following areas to the previous Red Flag Warnings - Ojai, Casitas, and the Santa Lucia Mountains. Moderate to strong Santa Ana winds will peak around Friday then slowly weaken through the weekend. Meanwhile, dry air will persist and dry out any effects of the recent rains. Red Flag Warnings are in effect for most of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties Thursday through Saturday, and for interior Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties for Friday. * AFFECTED AREA...Most valleys and coasts of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. * TIMING...Until 8 PM PDT Saturday. * WINDS...Northeast to east 20 to 35 mph with gusts of 40 to 55 mph. Isolated gusts to 65 mph possible. Strongest Friday. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Minimums of 8 to 15 percent common. * IMPACTS...If fire ignition occurs, conditions are favorable for extreme fire behavior which would threaten life and property.
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. Use extreme caution with anything that can spark a wildfire. Residents near wildland interfaces should be prepared to evacuate if a wildfire breaks out. See readyforwildfire.org and wildfirerisk.org for information.
81°
92°/63°
Clear·
Feels like 79°·Gentle breeze 11 mph NNW
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Van Nuys Airport until 8 PM Saturday. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Van Nuys Airport is 81° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 34°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north-northwest at 11 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 70° 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 93°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 69°. Rain is likely Tuesday (52%) and Wednesday (58%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph.
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 22 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
36Air quality
16%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
81feels79
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9263
21mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
9370
20mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
9168
13mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
8863
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
8363
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7358
52%
15mph
Wed
Oct 21
6954
58%
81°
92°63°
93°70°
91°68°
88°63°
83°63°
73°58°
69°54°
As of 10:00 PM in Van Nuys Airport, California.
Air quality
The air at Van Nuys Airport
Index 36, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, W San Fernando Vly (CA), 3 miles off.
36Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good12 mi
- Ozone36Good42 ppb2.6 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-12 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide2Good2.7 ppb2.6 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb18 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.9 ppm18 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 46, good.
GoodModerate
- 46YesterdayOct 14
- 40TodayOct 15
- 44FriOct 16
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 Van Nuys Airport
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 Van Nuys 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
- VNY
- ICAO
- KVNY
- IATA
- VNY
- Field elevation
- 802 ft
- Serves
- Van Nuys
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- VNY
- Wind now
- From 30° at 8 mph, read 15 Oct, 20:51
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16L / 34R | 4,013 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 176° / 356° | 7 mph head, on 34R | 4 mph from the right |
| 16R / 34L | 8,001 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 176° / 356° | 7 mph head, on 34L | 4 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Van Nuys Airport (VNY), Van Nuys Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 33 F, the air 17% saturated; the humidity ran from 12% at 3 PM to 48% at 1 AM.
- Dew point now
- 33F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 17%
- Humidity, range
- 12 to 48%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
11 mph from the north northeast at 8 PM; at its strongest 25 mph, 2 PM, with a gust of 46 mph at 2 PM.
- Now
- 11mph
- from the north northeast
- Strongest
- 25mph
- 2 PM
- Highest gust
- 46mph
- 2 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.98 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.07 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.98inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.03inHg
- rising
- 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
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
Van Nuys 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 Van Nuys 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 now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/801 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beverly Hills - RAWS #5108BVRC1
A remote fire weather station/7.4 mi away/1,083 ft/281 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Northridge Cal StateCSUC1
At a cooperative observer's station/3.1 mi away/902 ft/100 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Van Nuys 2.3 ECA-LA-158
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/743 ft/59 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
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Near Van Nuys Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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- Los Angeles International AirportLAX, 19 mi
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- San Gabriel Valley AirportEMT, 27 mi
- Zamperini FieldTOA, 29 mi
- Long Beach International AirportLGB, 33 mi