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temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beaches/California/Baker Beach
Baker Beach, California
Beach in San Francisco County, California78°
86°/53°
Clear·
Feels like 78°·Light breeze 5 mph NW
Now. Baker Beach is 78° and clear at 6 PM. The dew point is 45°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the northwest at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 80° by 6 PM. Tonight falls to about 65° by 6 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 Monday, near 61°. Rain is possible Monday (30%) and Tuesday (45%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:33 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:44 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 16 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
33Air quality
31%Humidity
3%Cloud
Now
6:00 PM
78feels78
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
8653
UV 6
Fri
Oct 16
8864
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
8564
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
6858
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6152
30%
18mph
Tue
Oct 20
6352
45%
Wed
Oct 21
6553
23%
78°
86°53°
88°64°
85°64°
68°58°
61°52°
63°52°
65°53°
As of 6:00 PM in Baker Beach, California.
Air quality
The air at Baker Beach
Index 33, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 PM from its reporting area, San Francisco (CA), 4 miles off.
33Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)32Good4.8 mi
- Ozone33Good35 ppb4.8 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide6Good6.9 ppb4.8 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.9 ppb10.9 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.5 ppm4.8 mi
The days ahead
Highest moderate, Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.
GoodModerate
- 43YesterdayOct 14
- 55TodayOct 15
- 55FriOct 16
- ModerateSatOct 17
- GoodSunOct 18
- GoodMonOct 19
- GoodTueOct 20
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Baker Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 5 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 Baker Beach, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 11 AM, lowest 5 miles Sat 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing WNW 296°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 46026, 19.6 mi away.
Waves at buoy 46026, San Francisco
- Wave height
- 3.9 ft
- Period
- 15 s
- From
- WSW (251°)
- Swell
- 3.9 ft at 15 s from WSW
- Wind waves
- 1.0 ft at 3 s from WNW
- Water
- 61 °F
- Read
- Thu 6:20 PM
- Distance
- 19.6 mi
Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 6:20 PM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | WSW (251°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 14 s | WSW (248°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | WSW (239°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 15 s | WSW (243°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | SW (230°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | SW (221°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | WSW (256°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | SW (235°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 15 s | WSW (239°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 14 s | W (260°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 15 s | SW (233°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 4.6 ft | - | WSW (245°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 14 s | W (270°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 3.9 ft | 15 s | W (263°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 3.9 ft | - | W (280°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 15 s | WSW (252°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 4.6 ft | 14 s | W (274°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 4.3 ft | 15 s | W (276°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 4.3 ft | - | WNW (287°) |
| Wed 11:50 PM | 4.3 ft | - | W (269°) |
| Wed 10:50 PM | 4.6 ft | 15 s | WSW (258°) |
| Wed 9:50 PM | 4.3 ft | 16 s | SW (224°) |
| Wed 8:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 14 s | WSW (249°) |
| Wed 7:50 PM | 3.9 ft | 16 s | WSW (240°) |
Beach
- County
- San Francisco County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 37.7944° N
- Longitude
- 122.4833° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Baker Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station FW6803FW6803
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/198 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/13.5 mi away/16 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
San Francisco 3.1 WCA-SF-19
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/160 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
At a cooperative observer's station/3.5 mi away/112 ft/- ft from 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 Baker Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- San Franciscocity, 4 mi
- Sausalitocity, 4 mi
- Marin Citycommunity, 6 mi
- Belvederecity, 6 mi
- Tamalpais-Homestead Valleycommunity, 7 mi
- Tiburontown, 7 mi
- Strawberrycommunity, 7 mi
- Muir Beachcommunity, 7 mi
- Broadmoorcommunity, 7 mi
- Daly Citycity, 7 mi
- Colmatown, 8 mi
- Altocommunity, 8 mi
Beaches near Baker Beach
- China Beachunder 1 mi
- Marshall's Beachunder 1 mi
- Mile Rock Beach1 mi
- Seal Rocks Beach1 mi
- East Beach2 mi
- Kirby Beach2 mi
- Black Sands Beach2 mi
- Ocean Beach3 mi