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At a river or reservoir gauge/3.3 mi away/4,573 ft/1,345 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Weather/California/Lake Hughes
Lake Hughes, California
Community in Los Angeles County, California...HIGH RISK FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH ANY NEW FIRE STARTS THROUGH SATURDAY, DUE TO MODERATE TO LOCALLY STRONG SANTA ANA WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... .Updates include adding the following areas to the previous Red Flag Warnings - Ojai, Casitas, and the Santa Lucia Mountains. Moderate to strong Santa Ana winds will peak around Friday then slowly weaken through the weekend. Meanwhile, dry air will persist and dry out any effects of the recent rains. Red Flag Warnings are in effect for most of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties Thursday through Saturday, and for interior Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties for Friday. * AFFECTED AREA...The mountains and foothills of Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. * TIMING...Until 8 PM PDT Saturday. * WINDS...Northeast to east 20 to 40 mph with gusts of 50 to 70 mph, strongest through Friday afternoon when isolated gusts of 70 to 90 mph are possible. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Minimums of 10 to 25 percent common. * IMPACTS...If fire ignition occurs, conditions are favorable for extreme fire behavior which would threaten life and property.
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. Use extreme caution with anything that can spark a wildfire. Residents near wildland interfaces should be prepared to evacuate if a wildfire breaks out. See readyforwildfire.org and wildfirerisk.org for information.
73°
81°/61°
Clear·
Feels like 73°·Strong breeze 32 mph ENE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Lake Hughes until 8 PM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Lake Hughes is 73° and clear at 11 AM. The dew point is 30°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Strong breeze from the east-northeast at 32 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 78° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 62° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 7, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 77°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 59°. Rain is likely Tuesday (52%) and Wednesday (67%). Rain is possible Thursday (34%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 31 mph.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:18 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:32 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 19 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
5UV Moderate
33Air quality
19%Humidity
1%Cloud
Now
11:00 AM
73feels73
32mph
Today
Oct 16
8161
38mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7762
31mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
7757
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
7658
18mph
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
6453
52%
14mph
Wed
Oct 21
5950
67%
Thu
Oct 22
5948
34%
73°
81°61°
77°62°
77°57°
76°58°
64°53°
59°50°
59°48°
As of 11:00 AM in Lake Hughes, California.
Air quality
The air at Lake Hughes
Index 33, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Antelope Vly (CA), 18 miles off.
33Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
- Ozone33Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)26Good-
The days ahead
Highest 53, moderate, today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 40, good.
GoodModerate
- 40YesterdayOct 15
- 53TodayOct 16
- 50SatOct 17
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 AM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Lake Hughes
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 10 AM. 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 Lake Hughes, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Lake Hughes, CaliforniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Lake Hughes, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank3,054of 4,465
In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.0 mi away/2,427 ft/801 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/13.9 mi away/2,346 ft/882 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/31.0 mi away/4,071 ft/843 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
At a cooperative observer's station/2.4 mi away/3,015 ft/213 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Lancaster 3.7 SWCA-LA-151
In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.4 mi away/2,480 ft/748 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The weather at Lancaster/Fox Field, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 13.9 mi from Lake Hughes, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:56 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
79.0 F with a dew point of 31.0 F, 17 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 10,800 ft up.
The wind
From the east (80 degrees) at 23 mph, gusting 36 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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