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Palos Verdes Estates, California Weather

Summer heat deepens across the valleys. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Palos Verdes Estates weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Palos Verdes Estates, CA
Sunday, July 5 at 11:04 AM
71
°
Clear
Feels like
76°
Humidity
75%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
10:48 PM
Sunset
1:07 PM
Palos Verdes Estates, CA
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastPalos Verdes Estates, CA: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 58 to 72 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 58°H 72°
Palos Verdes Estates, CA
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Foggy
    72°59°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Foggy
    70°58°-2°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Clear
    73°58°+3°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Clear
    75°65°+2°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Clear
    76°65°+1°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    74°66°-2°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    72°66°-2°
Palos Verdes Estates, CA
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SW
234° · backing 89°
Direction
SW
234°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
7
mph
Peak 24h
17
avg 7
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 7 · pk 17 @ 8:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 175SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Palos Verdes Estates, CA
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
984.8
+0.3 mb in 3h · steady · 29.08 inHg
Now
984.8
mb
3h
+0.3
mb
12h
+0.5
mb
24h
-1.2
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 983986
9759809859909951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW986.1983.4984.8
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Palos Verdes Estates, CA
Air quality
30
AQI
Good
-2 in 6h

AQI 30 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 9.0 µg/m³ (AQI 50) with a 0.73 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
9.0μg/m³
PM 10Good
12μg/m³
NO₂Good
3μg/m³
OzoneModerate
64μg/m³
UV IndexVery high
9.5

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 30 now. With UV 11 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 31 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 30
UV peak
11.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 31

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 9.0 µg/m³ (AQI 50) with a 0.73 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.73
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Palos Verdes Estates, CA
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
8%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
38.9mi
UNLIMITED
45 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
18:04 UTC · Palos Verdes Estates, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
18:04 UTC · Palos Verdes Estates, CA · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Palos Verdes Estates, CA
Satellite · infrared · animated
Palos Verdes Estates, CA
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Palos Verdes Estates, CA
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:20 AM
Sunrise
10:48 PM
Daylight
14h 19m
Sunset
1:07 PM
Civil dusk
8:37 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Palos Verdes Estates, CA
The moon
Waning Gibbous
70% illuminated
Moonrise
11:09 PM
Moonset
11:12 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Palos Verdes Estates, CA
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Summer heat deepens across the valleys

weather
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Palos Verdes Estates at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 7°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: March 10 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Palos Verdes Estates

  1. Sun72°59°0%
  2. Mon70°58°0%
  3. Tue73°58°0%
  4. Wed75°65°0%
  5. Thu76°65°0%
  6. Fri74°66°0%
  7. Sat72°66°1%
  8. Sun76°66°2%
  9. Mon76°67°6%
  10. Tue81°68°6%
  11. Wed80°70°2%
  12. Thu79°72°10%
  13. Fri79°71°10%
  14. Sat78°70°7%
  15. Sun80°68°13%
  16. Mon79°69°13%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

ZIP codes in Palos Verdes Estates

  • 90274

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.