Palmdale, CA Weather Forecast
Los Angeles County, California
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Palmdale, 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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Palmdale, CA at a glance
Palmdale is home to about 161,404 people in Los Angeles County, across 106 square miles. It ranks 32nd by population of 450 places in California with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Lancaster, 8 miles away.
- County
- Los Angeles County
- Population
- 161,404 2023 est.
- Land area
- 106 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,522
- Forecast point
- 34.5910°N, 118.1054°W
How well can the network see Palmdale?
The nearest Doppler radar is KEYX (Edwards AFB, CA), to the NE. Its lowest scan passes about 3,200 ft above Palmdale. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form.
The closest weather station is KPMD (Palmdale Rgnl). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Palmdale
- Lancaster, CA8 mi
- Santa Clarita, CA26 mi
- La Cañada Flintridge, CA27 mi
- San Fernando, CA28 mi
- Sierra Madre, CA29 mi
- Glendale, CA29 mi
- Pasadena, CA30 mi
- Monrovia, CA30 mi
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