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Rancho Palos Verdes, California

City in Los Angeles County, California

Air quality

The air at Rancho Palos Verdes

Index 70, moderate, led by nitrogen dioxide. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, South Coastal LA (CA), 12 miles off.

70Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)41Good13.5 mi
  • Ozone15Good2 ppb13.5 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)23Good22.3 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide70Moderate72.3 ppb12 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.5 ppb22.3 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-1.1 ppm13.5 mi

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 45, good.

Smoke, the next 43 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 Rancho Palos Verdes

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Rancho Palos Verdes, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Rancho Palos Verdes, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Rancho Palos Verdes 0.7 WNWCA-LA-88

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/1,208 ft/2 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Long Beach - Palos VerdesPAVC1

At a cooperative observer's station/2.4 mi away/257 ft/953 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Torrance Municipal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.2 mi from Rancho Palos Verdes, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Torrance Municipal, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, 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 STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLETorrance Municipal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TOATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TOA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

75.6 F with a dew point of 38.7 F, 26 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 8,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Torrance Municipal: temperature 75.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 38.7, 26 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 8,300 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 STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00020 F40 F60 F80 FSATURATES 8,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.1 FTEMPERATURE 75.6 FDEW POINT 38.7 FSPREAD 36.9 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 26 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 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TOA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Torrance Municipal, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, 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 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLETorrance Municipal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TOATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-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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