Citizen station FW0063FW0063
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/244 ft/31 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Weather/California/Placentia
Placentia, California
City in Orange County, CaliforniaHeat Advisory, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Wind Advisory, northeast winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts 35 to 55 mph expected. Strongest winds will be near the foothills and in canyons of the Santa Ana mountains, with gusts up to 70 mph possible. For the Heat Advisory, temperatures up to 95 degrees * WHERE...Orange County Inland Areas. * WHEN...For the Heat Advisory, until 8 PM PDT Saturday. For the Wind Advisory, until noon PDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result. Moderate to locally major HeatRisk. Those sensitive to heat may be impacted.
Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
82°
93°/62°
Clear·
Feels like 80°·Moderate breeze 15 mph NE
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for Placentia until 8 PM Saturday. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Placentia is 82° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the northeast at 15 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 72° by 7 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 (56%) and Wednesday (63%). Tomorrow is hot, 95°: heat is a danger to anyone outdoors for long.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 27% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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.
0UV Low
31Air quality
20%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
82feels80
15mph
Today
Oct 15
9362
15mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
9572
17mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
9273
12mph
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
8767
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
8265
UV 6
Tue
Oct 20
7262
56%
Wed
Oct 21
6958
63%
82°
93°62°
95°72°
92°73°
87°67°
82°65°
72°62°
69°58°
As of 11:00 PM in Placentia, California.
Air quality
The air at Placentia
Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, North Orange CO (CA), 2 miles off.
31Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)-5.7 mi
- Ozone31Good40 ppb5.7 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-5.7 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide5Good5.9 ppb5.4 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0.5 ppb24.6 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm5.4 mi
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 45, good.
GoodModerate
- 45YesterdayOct 14
- 53TodayOct 15
- 65FriOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Placentia
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Placentia, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Placentia, CaliforniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Placentia, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank3,734of 4,465
Tonner CanyonTNRC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.1 mi away/1,335 ft/1,060 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/7.1 mi away/95 ft/180 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-15 : Jurupa AvenueCF174
Beside a road/21.1 mi away/908 ft/633 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
AnaheimANAC1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.3 mi away/236 ft/39 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Placentia 1.4 ESECA-OR-113
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/266 ft/9 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The weather at Fullerton Municipal, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 7.1 mi from Placentia, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
85.0 F with a dew point of 36.0 F, 17 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 11,000 ft up.
The wind
From the east northeast (70 degrees) at 12 mph, gusting 18 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
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