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Palos Verdes Estates, California

City in Los Angeles County, California

Air quality

The air at Palos Verdes Estates

Index 45, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, South Coastal LA (CA), 13 miles off.

45Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good14 mi
  • Ozone39Good44 ppb14 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)45Good22.1 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide4Good4.9 ppb12.7 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb22.1 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm14 mi

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Sat Oct 17, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 50, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 11 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Palos Verdes Estates

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Palos Verdes Estates, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 11 AM.

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On the radar over Palos Verdes Estates, CaliforniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Palos Verdes Estates, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Long Beach - Palos VerdesPAVC1

At a cooperative observer's station/1.2 mi away/257 ft/546 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Rancho Palos Verdes 1.3 NNWCA-LA-39

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/1,014 ft/211 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Torrance Municipal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.7 mi from Palos Verdes Estates, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:47 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Clear; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Torrance Municipal, height above the station to scale: a clear sky, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TOAFIG. A THE SKY OVER TORRANCE MUNICIPALSECTION, 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 STATIONCLEARVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLETorrance Municipal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TOATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-TOA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

91.4 F with a dew point of 42.8 F, 19 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 11,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Torrance Municipal: temperature 91.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.8, 19 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 11,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TOAFIG. B THE AIR AT TORRANCE MUNICIPALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,00020 F40 F60 F80 F100 FSATURATES 11,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 32.7 FTEMPERATURE 91.4 FDEW POINT 42.8 FSPREAD 48.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 19 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 POINTTITLETorrance Municipal, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TOATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-TOA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (160 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Torrance Municipal, north up: blowing from 160 degrees, the south southeast, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TOAFIG. C THE WIND AT TORRANCE MUNICIPALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 160°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLETorrance Municipal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TOATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-TOA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Torrance Municipal, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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