Temperature
88 F at 2 PM; 91 F at its warmest, 12 PM, and 52 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 88F
- 2 PM
- Highest
- 91F
- 12 PM
- Lowest
- 52F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/Watsonville Municipal Airport
Watsonville Municipal Airport, California
Small airport in Santa Cruz County, CaliforniaBeach Hazards Statement, in full
* WHAT...An increased risk for sneaker waves and strong rip currents with breaking waves of 7 to 12 ft. * WHERE...Pacific Coast beaches. * WHEN...3 AM Saturday through 9 PM Sunday. * IMPACTS...Waves can sweep across the shoreline without warning, pulling people into the sea from beaches, jetties, and rocks.
Stay off of jetties, piers, rocks, and other waterside infrastructure. Remain out of the water to avoid hazardous surf and NEVER turn your back on the ocean. Monitor local weather, surf and tide forecasts at www.weather.gov/mtr.
88°
91°/56°
Clear·
Feels like 84°·Light breeze 8 mph W
Alert. A Beach Hazards Statement is in force for Watsonville Municipal Airport until 9 PM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Watsonville Municipal Airport is 88° and clear at 3 PM. With the wind it feels like 84°. The dew point is 34°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the west at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 60° by 4 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 64°. Rain is possible Tuesday (34%) and Wednesday (31%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:29 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:39 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 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
4UV Moderate
44Air quality
15%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
3:00 PM
88feels84
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
9156
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
9059
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
7655
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6650
11%
12mph
Tue
Oct 20
6449
34%
Wed
Oct 21
6749
31%
Thu
Oct 22
6550
14%
88°
91°56°
90°59°
76°55°
66°50°
64°49°
67°49°
65°50°
As of 3:00 PM in Watsonville Municipal Airport, California.
Air quality
The air at Watsonville Municipal Airport
Index 44, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Santa Cruz (CA), 12 miles off.
44Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good11.3 mi
- Ozone44Good54 ppb11.3 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-24.6 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide8Good8 ppb19.3 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0 ppm19.3 mi
The days ahead
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 50, good.
GoodModerate
- 50YesterdayOct 15
- 58TodayOct 16
- 56SatOct 17
- 46SunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
- GoodWedOct 21
Smoke, the next 45 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Watsonville Municipal Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 Watsonville Municipal Airport, the next 45 hours
Fog: visibility falls to 0.9 miles Sun 6 AM, under a mile for 3 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- WVI
- ICAO
- KWVI
- IATA
- WVI
- Field elevation
- 163 ft
- Serves
- Watsonville
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- WVI
- Wind now
- From 280° at 10 mph, read 16 Oct, 14:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 4,502 ft | 149 ft | Asphalt | 31° / 211° | 4 mph head, on 20 | 9 mph from the right |
| 09 / 27 | 3,998 ft | 98 ft | Asphalt | 100° / 280° | 10 mph head, on 27 | None |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Watsonville (WVI), Watsonville Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 34 F, the air 15% saturated; the humidity ran from 13% at 4 PM Thursday to 81% at 7 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 34F
- 2 PM
- Humidity now
- 15%
- Humidity, range
- 13 to 81%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
11 mph from the west at 2 PM; at its strongest 11 mph, 2 PM, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 11mph
- from the west
- Strongest
- 11mph
- 2 PM
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.03 inHg at 2 PM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.03inHg
- 2 PM
- 3 hours
- -0.04inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- +0.01inHg
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
Watsonville: 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 Watsonville Municipal 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 now3 instruments
WatsonvilleWVI
At an airfield/0.3 mi away/163 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Corralitos RAWSCTOC1
A remote fire weather station/3.8 mi away/295 ft/132 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
SR-152 - SR-156CF110
Beside a road/22.8 mi away/252 ft/89 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
At a cooperative observer's station/1.2 mi away/102 ft/61 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Watsonville 2.8 WNWCA-SZ-62
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/262 ft/99 ft above 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 Watsonville Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Freedomcommunity, under 1 mi
- Watsonvillecity, 2 mi
- Amesticommunity, 2 mi
- Interlakencommunity, 2 mi
- Aptos Hills-Larkin Valleycommunity, 3 mi
- Pajarocommunity, 4 mi
- La Selva Beachcommunity, 4 mi
- Corralitoscommunity, 4 mi
- Pajaro Dunescommunity, 5 mi
- Rio del Marcommunity, 6 mi
- Las Lomascommunity, 6 mi
- Day Valleycommunity, 6 mi
Airports near Watsonville Municipal Airport
- San Martin AirportE16, 15 mi
- Marina Municipal AirportOAR, 18 mi
- Hollister Municipal AirportCVH, 21 mi
- Salinas Municipal AirportSNS, 21 mi
- Monterey Regional AirportMRY, 24 mi
- Reid-Hillview Airport of Santa Clara CountyRHV, 27 mi
- Mineta San Jose International AirportSJC, 30 mi
- Moffett Federal AirfieldNUQ, 36 mi