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Gardena, California

City in Los Angeles County, California

Air quality

The air at Gardena

Index 58, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, S Central LA CO (CA), 6 miles off.

58Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)58Moderate-
  • Ozone2Good-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 48, good.

Smoke, the next 41 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 Gardena

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Gardena, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Gardena, CaliforniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Gardena, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Willowbrook 1.1 NCA-LA-115

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/114 ft/61 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Redondo BeachRDOC1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.7 mi away/148 ft/95 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Citizen station EW2082, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 6.5 mi from Gardena, California. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station EW2082, 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 EW2082FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION EW2082PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECitizen station EW2082, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW2082TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EW2082-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 70 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.85 inHg and the temperature at 58.8 F; the station's altimeter setting of 29.93 inHg means its barometer reads 29.85 inHg; it reports 66.0 F, 7.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station EW2082 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 70 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.85 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.8 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 29.93 and the station pressure it means, 29.85.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EW2082FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION EW2082 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION EW20820 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT70 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.85 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.8 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED29.93 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.85 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED66.0 FTITLECitizen station EW2082, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW2082TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EW2082-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 47 degrees above the horizon at 33.80 N, and the day is 11 h 11 min long. Level ground there takes 73 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station EW2082, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 47 degrees above the horizon, against 80 at the June solstice, 56 at the equinoxes and 33 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 11 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EW2082FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION EW2082ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 80°EQUINOXES 56°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 33°OCT 16, 47°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 11 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 73 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 33.80 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station EW2082, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP EW2082TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EW2082-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station EW2082, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in California

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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Gardena

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