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Parks/California/Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park
Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, California
State Park in Monterey County, California* WHAT...Hot conditions with maximum temperatures in the mid-90s to near 105. Mild minimum temperatures and weak onshore flow will limit overnight relief. * WHERE...The East Bay and San Francisco Bay Shoreline, North Bay Interior Mountains and Valleys, The Santa Clara Valley and Eastern Hills, The Santa Cruz Mountains, Interior Monterey County and the Santa Lucia Range, Most of San Benito County and the Cholame Hills in Southeast Monterey County, and Southern Salinas Valley/Arroyo Seco and Lake San Antonio. * WHEN...Until 10 PM PDT Thursday. * IMPACTS...For the Heat Advisory, this level of heat affects anyone without effective cooling and/or adequate hydration. Impacts likely in some health systems, heat-sensitive industries and infrastructure.
Hydration is a critical piece to surviving the heat. Drink water, and if possible, take water to those who are vulnerable. Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to the early morning or evening. Take action when you experience symptoms of heat exhaustion and/or heat stroke. Beat the heat and check the backseat! Do not leave young children or pets in unattended vehicles. Car interiors will reach lethal temperatures in a matter of minutes.
62°
86°/57°
Partly cloudy·
Feels like 62°·Calm 1 mph NNW
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park until 10 PM Thursday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park is 62° and partly cloudy at 1 AM. The dew point is 57°, so the air feels a little humid. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 79° by 1 PM. Tonight falls to about 69° by 12 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 8, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 53): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 87°, and the coolest Sunday, near 66°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:43 PM. The Moon is a waning crescent, 15% lit, and rises at 4:02 AM after midnight. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 38 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
53Air quality
100%Humidity
47%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
62feels62
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 6
8657
UV 8
Wed
Oct 7
8758
UV 8
Thu
Oct 8
8456
UV 7
Fri
Oct 9
7551
UV 7
Sat
Oct 10
6948
UV 7
Sun
Oct 11
6643
UV 7
Mon
Oct 12
6842
11%
UV 7
62°
86°57°
87°58°
84°56°
75°51°
69°48°
66°43°
68°42°
As of 1:00 AM in Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, California.
Air quality
The air at Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park
Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Carmel Valley (CA), 17 miles off.
53Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate16.7 mi
- Ozone30Good33 ppb16.7 mi
The days ahead
Moderate each day through Wed Oct 7, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 52YesterdayOct 5
- ModerateTodayOct 6
- ModerateWedOct 7
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Wed 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park
None in the last 3 days, to Tue 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Wed 5 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Park
- Area
- 2.01 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 1,994 ft
- County
- Monterey County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 36.2433° N
- Longitude
- 121.7524° W
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/24.6 mi away/150 ft/1,844 ft below here
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measured daily2 instruments
Big Sur StationBISC1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.6 mi away/272 ft/1,722 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Big Sur 0.1 NWCA-MT-15
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/123 ft/1,871 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
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