At an airfield/3.8 mi away/52 ft/71 ft below here
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Weather/California/Newport Beach
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for Newport Beach until 8 PM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Newport Beach is 84° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the north at 11 mph, gusting to 32 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 73° by 2 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 95°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 69°. Rain is likely Tuesday (57%) and Wednesday (64%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 20 mph. Tomorrow is hot, 95°: heat is a danger to anyone outdoors for long.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:40 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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.
As of 8:00 PM in Newport Beach, California.
Air quality
Index 39, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Saddleback Vly (CA), 12 miles off.
Highest 65, moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 50, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Newport Beach, CaliforniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Newport Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
At an airfield/3.8 mi away/52 ft/71 ft below here
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Laguna BeachNPRC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.9 mi away/951 ft/828 ft above here
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Citizen station EW7328EW7328
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.9 mi away/72 ft/51 ft below here
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I-15 : Jurupa AvenueCF174
Beside a road/35.1 mi away/908 ft/785 ft above here
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measured daily2 instruments
Newport Beach 1.2 ECA-OR-79
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/90 ft/33 ft below here
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Santa Ana Fire STNSTAC1
At a cooperative observer's station/8.5 mi away/125 ft/2 ft above here
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Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 3.8 mi from Newport Beach, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 7:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
87.0 F with a dew point of 36.0 F, 16 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 11,500 ft up.
From the northeast (50 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 32 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 45 mph.
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Snow on the ground
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.