Lancaster, CA Weather Forecast
Los Angeles County, California
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Lancaster, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
A dry evening, clear
It is 52° with a dew point of 27°, which is dry for this time of year. The sky is clear.
The wind backs into the west-northwest around 5 AM, which is the turn that usually comes ahead of the change rather than after it. Nothing in the next day and a half is wet enough to move plans for.
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Dry and warming through tomorrow
Nothing wet is expected over the next day and a half.
The overnight low settles near 46°. Tomorrow reaches 72°, 14° warmer than today. It also gets muggier, so tomorrow will feel warmer than the number on its own suggests.
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
36–72°F across the weekThe week runs between 39° and 72°, with tomorrow the warmest day of it. There is no real trend across it: one day looks much like the next. Saturday is the wettest day, peaking near 70%. 3 of the 7 days stay dry.
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Lancaster, CA at a glance
Lancaster is home to about 166,236 people in Los Angeles County, across 94 square miles. It ranks 31st by population of 450 places in California with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Palmdale, 8 miles away.
- County
- Los Angeles County
- Population
- 166,236 2023 est.
- Land area
- 94 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,763
- Forecast point
- 34.6936°N, 118.1753°W
How well can the network see Lancaster?
The nearest Doppler radar is KEYX (Edwards AFB, CA), to the NE. Its lowest scan passes about 3,100 ft above Lancaster. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form.
The closest weather station is KWJF (Lancaster/Fox Arfld). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Lancaster
- Palmdale, CA8 mi
- Santa Clarita, CA27 mi
- San Fernando, CA32 mi
- La Cañada Flintridge, CA33 mi
- Tehachapi, CA35 mi
- Glendale, CA36 mi
- California City, CA36 mi
- Burbank, CA36 mi
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