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West Rancho Dominguez, California

Community in Los Angeles County, California

Air quality

The air at West Rancho Dominguez

Index 65, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, S Central LA CO (CA), 4 miles off.

65Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)65Moderate3.8 mi
  • Ozone6Good2 ppb3.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-11.1 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide39Good41 ppb3.8 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide6Good4.7 ppb11.1 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-1.7 ppm3.8 mi

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 53, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at West Rancho Dominguez

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at West Rancho Dominguez, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sun 5 AM, lowest 9 miles Sun 5 AM.

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What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest West Rancho Dominguez, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Willowbrook 1.1 NCA-LA-115

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/114 ft/9 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Redondo BeachRDOC1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.3 mi away/148 ft/25 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Hawthorne Municipal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.1 mi from West Rancho Dominguez, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:53 AM 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 Hawthorne 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 HHRFIG. A THE SKY OVER HAWTHORNE 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 MORE0510TITLEHawthorne Municipal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HHRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HHR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

71.0 F with a dew point of 43.0 F, 36 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Hawthorne Municipal: temperature 71.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 43.0, 36 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HHRFIG. B THE AIR AT HAWTHORNE 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 6,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 37.0 FTEMPERATURE 71.0 FDEW POINT 43.0 FSPREAD 28.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 36 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 POINTTITLEHawthorne Municipal, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HHRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HHR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Hawthorne Municipal, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HHRFIG. C THE WIND AT HAWTHORNE MUNICIPALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHawthorne Municipal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HHRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HHR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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