El Centro, CA Weather Forecast
Imperial County, California
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for El Centro, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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El Centro, CA at a glance
El Centro is home to about 43,772 people in Imperial County, across 12 square miles. It ranks 197th by population of 450 places in California with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Imperial, 4 miles away.
- County
- Imperial County
- Population
- 43,772 2023 est.
- Land area
- 12 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 3,612
- Forecast point
- 32.7864°N, 115.5602°W
How well can the network see El Centro?
The nearest Doppler radar is KYUX (Yuma, AZ), to the ESE. Its lowest scan passes about 4,200 ft above El Centro. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for El Centro can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KIPL (Imperial Cnty Arpt). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near El Centro
- Imperial, CA4 mi
- Calexico, CA8 mi
- Holtville, CA11 mi
- Brawley, CA13 mi
- Calipatria, CA27 mi
- Somerton, AZ52 mi
- San Luis, AZ53 mi
- Yuma, AZ63 mi
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