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Beaches/California/Descanso Beach
Descanso Beach, California
Beach in Los Angeles County, California81°
93°/63°
Clear·
Feels like 80°·Light breeze 6 mph NW
Now. Descanso Beach is 81° and clear at 7 PM. The dew point is 49°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the northwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 84° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 78° 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 97°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 68°. Rain is likely Tuesday (52%) and Wednesday (62%). Tomorrow is hot, 97°: heat is a danger to anyone outdoors for long.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:42 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
43Air quality
31%Humidity
5%Cloud
Now
7:00 PM
81feels80
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9363
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
9778
13mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
9178
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
8469
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7664
UV 7
Tue
Oct 20
6858
52%
Wed
Oct 21
6957
62%
UV 6
81°
93°63°
97°78°
91°78°
84°69°
76°64°
68°58°
69°57°
As of 7:00 PM in Descanso Beach, California.
Air quality
The air at Descanso Beach
Index 43, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, South Coastal LA (CA), 34 miles off.
43Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
- Ozone43Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)14Good-
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 45, good.
GoodModerate
- 45YesterdayOct 14
- 55TodayOct 15
- 58FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Descanso Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 6 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 Descanso Beach, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing ENE 57°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 46025, 51.8 mi away.
Waves at buoy 46025, Santa Monica Basin
- Wave height
- 3.6 ft
- Period
- 15 s
- From
- SSW (195°)
- Swell
- 2.6 ft at 15 s from SSW
- Wind waves
- 2.3 ft at 4 s from NNW
- Water
- 72 °F
- Read
- Thu 6:50 PM
- Distance
- 51.8 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 6:50 PM | 3.6 ft | 15 s | SSW (195°) |
| Thu 5:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 14 s | SSW (192°) |
| Thu 4:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (186°) |
| Thu 3:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (190°) |
| Thu 2:50 PM | 2.6 ft | 15 s | SSE (148°) |
| Thu 1:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | SSW (201°) |
| Thu 12:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (172°) |
| Thu 11:50 AM | 3.6 ft | 15 s | SSW (210°) |
| Thu 10:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 16 s | SSW (212°) |
| Thu 9:50 AM | 2.6 ft | 14 s | SSE (166°) |
| Thu 8:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (181°) |
| Thu 7:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (183°) |
| Thu 6:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (179°) |
| Thu 5:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 15 s | SSW (206°) |
| Thu 4:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | S (190°) |
| Thu 3:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | SSE (161°) |
| Thu 2:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | S (171°) |
| Thu 1:50 AM | 3.0 ft | 16 s | SSE (163°) |
| Thu 12:50 AM | 3.3 ft | 15 s | SSW (198°) |
| Wed 11:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | SSE (156°) |
| Wed 10:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | SSW (205°) |
| Wed 9:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 15 s | SSW (201°) |
| Wed 8:50 PM | 3.0 ft | 14 s | SSW (200°) |
| Wed 7:50 PM | 3.3 ft | 16 s | SW (214°) |
Beach
- County
- Los Angeles County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 33.3504° N
- Longitude
- 118.3280° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Descanso Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/6.3 mi away/1,601 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station CW3786CW3786
In a volunteer observer's own ground/29.7 mi away/596 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Rolling Hills 3.9 SECA-LA-97
In a volunteer observer's own ground/25.7 mi away/279 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Long Beach - Palos VerdesPAVC1
At a cooperative observer's station/31.3 mi away/257 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 Descanso Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Avaloncity, 1 mi
- Rolling Hillscity, 28 mi
- Rancho Palos Verdescity, 29 mi
- Rolling Hills Estatescity, 30 mi
- Palos Verdes Estatescity, 30 mi
- Huntington Beachcity, 31 mi
- Lomitacity, 31 mi
- Seal Beachcity, 32 mi
- Newport Beachcity, 32 mi
- Costa Mesacity, 32 mi
- Long Beachcity, 32 mi
- Signal Hillcity, 32 mi
Beaches near Descanso Beach
- Hamilton Beachunder 1 mi
- Middle Beachunder 1 mi
- Gallagher Beach2 mi
- Bannings Beach2 mi
- Moonstone Beach4 mi
- Button Shell Beach4 mi
- LongPoint Beach5 mi
- Cabrillo Beach7 mi