Los Angeles, California weather

Current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecast, official alerts, and air quality for Los Angeles, United States. Coordinates 34.05, -118.24 · America/Los_Angeles.

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WARNING

Extreme Heat Warning

WeatherSignal priority 71/100

Extreme Heat Warning issued August 28 at 11:16AM PDT until August 28 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA

Official severity:: Severe
Urgency:: Expected
Certainty:: Likely
Issued by:: NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
Starts:: 8/28/2026, 6:16:00 PM
Expires:: 8/30/2026, 3:00:00 AM
Area:: Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast; Ventura County Beaches; Ventura County Inland Coast; Malibu Coast; Los Angeles County Beaches; Palos Verdes Hills; Los Angeles County Inland Coast including Downtown Los Angeles

Official recommended action

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Do not leave young children and pets in unattended vehicles. Limit strenuous activities to early morning or evening hours. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion.

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ADVISORY

Heat Advisory

WeatherSignal priority 42/100

Heat Advisory issued August 28 at 11:16AM PDT until August 29 at 8:00PM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA

Official severity:: Moderate
Urgency:: Expected
Certainty:: Likely
Issued by:: NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
Starts:: 8/29/2026, 3:00:00 AM
Expires:: 8/30/2026, 3:00:00 AM
Area:: Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast; Ventura County Beaches; Ventura County Inland Coast; Malibu Coast; Los Angeles County Beaches; Palos Verdes Hills; Los Angeles County Inland Coast including Downtown Los Angeles

Official recommended action

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UNKNOWN

Air Quality Alert

WeatherSignal priority 6/100

Air Quality Alert issued August 25 at 7:55AM PDT by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA

Official severity:: Unknown
Urgency:: Unknown
Certainty:: Unknown
Issued by:: NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA
Starts:: 8/25/2026, 2:55:00 PM
Expires:: 8/29/2026, 3:00:00 AM
Area:: Eastern San Fernando Valley; Eastern San Gabriel Mountains; Interstate 5 Corridor; Los Angeles County Inland Coast including Downtown Los Angeles; Los Angeles County San Gabriel Valley; Santa Clarita Valley; Santa Susana Mountains; Western San Fernando Valley; Western San Gabriel Mountains and Highway 14 Corridor

Official recommended action

To protect your health, check air quality levels and act as needed: * When Air Quality Index (AQI) levels are "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups" (orange), sensitive groups as specified above should limit extended or intense outdoor activity. * When AQI is "Unhealthy" (red), everyone may experience health impacts. Sensitive groups should avoid extended time outdoors. * When AQI is "Very Unhealthy" (purple), sensitive groups should avoid all outdoor physical activity. Everyone else should avoid extended or intense outdoor activity. * When AQI is "Hazardous" (maroon), everyone should avoid all outdoor physical activity. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... To help keep indoor air clean when air quality is poor: * Keep windows and doors closed * Run your air conditioner and/or an air purifier * Do not use whole house fans or swamp coolers that bring in outside air if you have other methods to stay cool * Avoid other sources of pollution such as fireplaces, candles, incense, and grilling To help minimize outdoor ozone air pollution levels: * Limit the use of gasoline powered lawn and garden equipment until evening hours * Try to delay trips to the gas station and the use of household chemicals until the evening

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View all 4 active alerts for this area

Los Angeles, California

United States · America/Los_Angeles

89°F

Clear sky

Feels like 91° · High 98° / Low 77°

Precipitation: 0%
Wind: 4 SSWmph
Humidity: 40%
Visibility: 0.0mi
Pressure: 1009hPa
Dew point: 62°F
UV index: 9.0
Air quality: 93

Sunrise 11 PM Sunset 11 AM Cloud cover 1% Wind direction SSW

Source updated: 2:22:18 AM · WeatherSignal checked: 2:22:18 AM

Source: Open-Meteo (national weather-service models)

WeatherSignal Right Now

Plain-language answers calculated from this location's own forecast values — see how each one works on our methodology page.

Today's Weather Score

46/100

Rough day

Starts at 100 and subtracts published penalties for heat, cold, rain, wind, UV, humidity, low visibility, and active official alerts.

Feels like 91° — warm-8
UV index 9.0 — very high-6
Visibility 0.0 mi-10
Active Extreme Heat Warning-30

How this score is calculated

Right now

It's 89°, clear sky, 40% humidity. 4 official alerts in effect — see the warning above.

Today's high is 11° warmer than the average of the next 6 days.

Umbrella or nah?
Nah(Favourable)
Nothing in the next 12 hours reaches a 40% chance of rain. Peak chance is 0%.
Why
- Peak precipitation probability: 0%
- Total expected precipitation: 0.00″
Best time today
6 AM(Favourable)
6 AM has the most comfortable combination of temperature, rain chance, wind, and humidity in the remaining daylight hours.
Why
- Feels like 77°
- Rain chance 0%
- Wind 1 mph
- Humidity 70%
Car wash check
Go for it(Favourable)
No hour in the next 48 hours reaches a 50% chance of rain or measurable precipitation.
Why
- No precipitation at or above 50% chance within 48 hours
- Current wind: 4 mph
Dog walk window
6 AM(Favourable)
6 AM is the calmest hour in the 25–85° feels-like range with rain chance under 40%.
Why
- Feels like 77°
- Rain chance 0%
Cookout check
Green light(Favourable)
Between 4 PM and 9 PM: up to 0% rain chance, wind to 8 mph, feels like 87–95°.
Why
- Evening peak rain chance: 0%
- Evening peak wind: 8 mph
Windows down?
Keep them up(Unfavourable)
Feels like 91°, 0% rain chance, wind 4 mph. Comfortable range used here: 58–84° with rain chance under 20% and wind under 18 mph.
Why
- Feels like 91°
- Rain chance 0%
- Wind 4 mph
Hair weather
Borderline(Mixed)
Relative humidity is 40% with a 62° dew point. Moisture in the air is what swells hair strands, so dew point matters more than temperature.
Why
- Humidity 40%
- Dew point 62°

These are WeatherSignal calculations, not official forecasts or warnings. They never override guidance from your national weather service.

What this means

Generated from the forecast values above using fixed rules — not an AI guess.

A Extreme Heat Warning issued by NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA is active for Santa Barbara County Southeastern Coast.
No significant precipitation is expected in the next 24 hours.
Heat builds to 98°F on Saturday.
UV index is very high today — limit midday sun exposure.

Next 24 hours

Will it rain during your commute? When does the storm arrive?

Hourly forecast for the next 24 hours
Time	Condition	Temp	Feels	Precip %	Amount	Wind	Humidity
7 PM	Clear sky	89°	91°	0%	0.00″	4 SSW	40%
8 PM	Clear sky	87°	88°	0%	0.00″	3 SSW	44%
9 PM	Partly cloudy	86°	87°	0%	0.00″	3 S	46%
10 PM	Clear sky	84°	86°	0%	0.00″	4 SSE	48%
11 PM	Partly cloudy	83°	84°	0%	0.00″	4 SSE	50%
12 AM	Partly cloudy	82°	83°	0%	0.00″	4 SSE	53%
1 AM	Partly cloudy	80°	82°	0%	0.00″	3 SSE	57%
2 AM	Partly cloudy	79°	82°	0%	0.00″	3 SE	62%
3 AM	Partly cloudy	78°	78°	0%	0.00″	3 SE	65%
4 AM	Partly cloudy	78°	78°	0%	0.00″	2 S	69%
5 AM	Clear sky	77°	77°	0%	0.00″	1 WNW	71%
6 AM	Clear sky	77°	77°	0%	0.00″	1 ESE	70%
7 AM	Clear sky	77°	77°	0%	0.00″	2 SE	70%
8 AM	Clear sky	80°	83°	0%	0.00″	2 SSE	61%
9 AM	Clear sky	84°	87°	0%	0.00″	3 S	54%
10 AM	Partly cloudy	88°	91°	0%	0.00″	4 S	45%
11 AM	Partly cloudy	92°	92°	0%	0.00″	5 S	38%
12 PM	Mainly clear	96°	96°	0%	0.00″	5 S	32%
1 PM	Clear sky	98°	98°	0%	0.00″	7 SSW	29%
2 PM	Clear sky	98°	98°	0%	0.00″	8 SW	27%
3 PM	Clear sky	98°	98°	0%	0.00″	8 SW	26%
4 PM	Clear sky	95°	95°	0%	0.00″	8 SW	29%
5 PM	Clear sky	92°	92°	0%	0.00″	8 SW	32%
6 PM	Clear sky	89°	89°	0%	0.00″	7 SW	36%

7-day forecast

Confidence decreases the further out you look.

Today
Clear sky
98° / 77°
Precip:
0% · 0.00″
Wind:
8 mph
UV:
9.0
Sun:
11 PM–11 AM
Sun, Aug 30
Clear sky
94° / 72°
Precip:
0% · 0.00″
Wind:
8 mph
UV:
9.0
Sun:
11 PM–11 AM
Mon, Aug 31
Clear sky
88° / 67°
Precip:
0% · 0.00″
Wind:
8 mph
UV:
6.8
Sun:
11 PM–11 AM
Tue, Sep 1
Clear sky
83° / 64°
Precip:
0% · 0.00″
Wind:
7 mph
UV:
0.0
Sun:
11 PM–11 AM
Wed, Sep 2
Clear sky
83° / 64°
Precip:
0% · 0.00″
Wind:
6 mph
UV:
0.0
Sun:
11 PM–11 AM
Lower confidence — long-range outlook, not a certainty.
Thu, Sep 3
Clear sky
87° / 69°
Precip:
0% · 0.00″
Wind:
7 mph
UV:
0.0
Sun:
11 PM–11 AM
Lower confidence — long-range outlook, not a certainty.
Fri, Sep 4
Clear sky
90° / 71°
Precip:
0% · 0.00″
Wind:
7 mph
UV:
0.0
Sun:
11 PM–11 AM
Lower confidence — long-range outlook, not a certainty.

Forecasts describe likely conditions, not guaranteed outcomes. Official warnings from your national weather service always take precedence over anything shown here.

Air quality

US EPA AQI · Moderate

AQI: 93
Primary: Ozone
PM2.5: 31.1µg/m³
PM10: 33.8µg/m³
Ozone: 100.0µg/m³
Dust: 0.0µg/m³

Unusually sensitive people should consider shortening intense outdoor activity.

Air-quality guidance comes from the published category definitions of the source scale. WeatherSignal does not provide medical advice.

Source updated: not provided · WeatherSignal checked: 2:22:17 AM

Source: Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS / US EPA scale)

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