Santa Maria, CA
Right Now
- Humidity: 100%
- Feels Like: 58°
- Heat Index: 58°
- Wind: 0 mph
- Wind Chill: 58°
- UV Index: 7 High
- Sunrise: 06:56:44 AM
- Sunset: 06:45:46 PM
- Dew Point: 58°
- Visibility: 6 mi
Today
Intervals of clouds and sunshine. High 68F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight
Partly cloudy in the evening with more clouds for later at night. Low near 55F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph.
Tomorrow
Partly cloudy skies. High 68F. Winds NW at 10 to 15 mph.
Next 12 Hours
Wind: S @ 0 mph
Precip: 3% Chance
Humidity: 100%
Wind Chill: 57°
Heat Index: 57°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: S @ 0 mph
Precip: 3% Chance
Humidity: 100%
Wind Chill: 57°
Heat Index: 57°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: SSE @ 1 mph
Precip: 3% Chance
Humidity: 100%
Wind Chill: 57°
Heat Index: 57°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: SSE @ 1 mph
Precip: 3% Chance
Humidity: 100%
Wind Chill: 56°
Heat Index: 56°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 3 mi
Wind: SSE @ 2 mph
Precip: 3% Chance
Humidity: 100%
Wind Chill: 56°
Heat Index: 56°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 3 mi
Wind: S @ 1 mph
Precip: 3% Chance
Humidity: 100%
Wind Chill: 56°
Heat Index: 56°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 3 mi
Wind: SW @ 1 mph
Precip: 5% Chance
Humidity: 100%
Wind Chill: 57°
Heat Index: 57°
UV Index: 0 Low
Visibility: 4 mi
Wind: W @ 1 mph
Precip: 8% Chance
Humidity: 98%
Wind Chill: 58°
Heat Index: 58°
UV Index: 1 Low
Visibility: 6 mi
Wind: W @ 2 mph
Precip: 6% Chance
Humidity: 94%
Wind Chill: 59°
Heat Index: 59°
UV Index: 3 Moderate
Visibility: 8 mi
Wind: W @ 3 mph
Precip: 5% Chance
Humidity: 87%
Wind Chill: 62°
Heat Index: 62°
UV Index: 5 Moderate
Visibility: 9 mi
Wind: W @ 4 mph
Precip: 3% Chance
Humidity: 81%
Wind Chill: 65°
Heat Index: 65°
UV Index: 6 High
Visibility: 10 mi
Wind: WNW @ 5 mph
Precip: 3% Chance
Humidity: 81%
Wind Chill: 66°
Heat Index: 66°
UV Index: 7 High
Visibility: 10 mi
John Lindsey
This week we'll see considerable changes in the weather from subtropical rain, high relative humidity levels (muggy) along with a chance of thunderstorms on Saturday into Sunday, transitioning to a spring type of weather pattern with strong to gale-force (25 to 38 mph) afternoon northwesterl…
A strong upper-level high-pressure system will continue to produce hot temperatures in the inland valleys and warm temperatures in the coastal valleys and even along some of the beaches as gentle to moderate (8 to 18 mph) Santa Lucia (offshore) winds develop during the morning. These winds w…
John Lindsey
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