Fog in Lompoc, CA

daily fog outlook & 2016–2026 climatology
Fog likely Sunday — 75% chance of fog (visibility under 1 mile) around 7 am Sunday, with the fog window roughly 2 am to 5 am local time.forecast cycle 2026-08-16T00:00:00Z · page rebuilt daily · live layers below update hourly

Measured at Vandenberg Space Force Base (KVBG). Forecast percentages for this station have passed live verification.

Measuring station

stationairportfog hours/yrforecast
KVBGVandenberg Space Force Base530 h/yrlive forecast

Fog is measured where instruments live — airports. Hours/yr = time below CAT I approach minima (visibility under ~½ mile or ceiling under 200 ft), the aviation definition of seriously dense fog.

When Lompoc fogs in

Fog here concentrates in August and July — about 530 hours in a typical year at KVBG, usually lasting ~1 h once it forms. Hour-by-hour patterns, live conditions and the forecast strip live on the KVBG station page.

Fog season

January: ~11 hJanFebruary: ~13 hFebMarch: ~17 hMarApril: ~25 hAprMay: ~36 hMayJune: ~56 hJunJuly: ~91 hJulAugust: ~96 hAugSeptember: ~72 hSepOctober: ~44 hOctNovember: ~24 hNovDecember: ~22 hDec
Fog season runs April through November, peaking in August; fog is mostly a 11 PM–7 AM phenomenon; typically thinning out by 9 AM; a typical event lasts about 1 hour once it forms local time · 10-yr average

Machine access: data.json · llms.txt · forecast verification. Not for operational use.