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Artesia, California

City in Los Angeles County, California

Air quality

The air at Artesia

Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, South Coastal LA (CA), 7 miles off.

32Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)27Good-
  • Ozone32Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)15Good-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 45, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Artesia

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 Artesia, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Artesia, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

AnaheimANAC1

At a cooperative observer's station/13.6 mi away/236 ft/183 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Long Beach Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.4 mi from Artesia, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 7:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Long Beach Airport, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LGBFIG. A THE SKY OVER LONG BEACH AIRPORTSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELong Beach Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LGBTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LGB-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

81.0 F with a dew point of 46.0 F, 29 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 8,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Long Beach Airport: temperature 81.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.0, 29 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 8,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LGBFIG. B THE AIR AT LONG BEACH AIRPORTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 8,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 38.5 FTEMPERATURE 81.0 FDEW POINT 46.0 FSPREAD 35.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 29 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLELong Beach Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LGBTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LGB-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Long Beach Airport, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LGBFIG. C THE WIND AT LONG BEACH AIRPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELong Beach Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LGBTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LGB-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Long Beach Airport, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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