At an airfield/7.7 mi away/62 ft/46 ft below here
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Weather/California/South Gate
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for South Gate until 8 PM Saturday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. South Gate is 76° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 42°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the west-northwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 70° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 54): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 96°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 69°. Rain is likely Tuesday (54%) and Wednesday (60%). Tomorrow is hot, 96°: heat is a danger to anyone outdoors for long.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 22 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 10:00 PM in South Gate, California.
Air quality
Index 54, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, S Central LA CO (CA), 2 miles off.
Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 48, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 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
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The 6 instruments nearest South Gate, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.2 miles away.
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At an airfield/7.7 mi away/62 ft/46 ft below here
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Citizen station FW1624FW1624
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.7 mi away/464 ft/356 ft above here
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At a river or reservoir gauge/11.3 mi away/233 ft/125 ft above here
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I-15 : Jurupa AvenueCF174
Beside a road/38.1 mi away/908 ft/800 ft above here
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Willowbrook 1.1 NCA-LA-115
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.2 mi away/114 ft/6 ft above here
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At a cooperative observer's station/8.7 mi away/404 ft/296 ft above here
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Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 7.7 mi from South Gate, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
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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.