{"icao":"KSMX","name":"Santa Maria Public Airport Captain G Allan Hancock Field","lat":34.8989,"lon":-120.457,"country":"US","tz":"America/Los_Angeles","updated":"2026-09-04T14:25Z","window":{"start":"2016-01-01","through":"2026-08-15"},"climatology":{"subCat1HoursPerYear":180,"bandDefinition":"visibility < ~800 m OR ceiling < 200 ft","fogSeasonPeakMonths":["September","October"],"monthlyHours":[13,10,10,10,9,8,9,16,28,28,23,19],"medianEventHours":2,"season":{"summary":"Fog season is year-round, peaking in September; fog is mostly a 1 AM\u20137 AM phenomenon; typically thinning out by 8 AM; a typical event lasts about 2 hours (local time, 10-year average).","months":["January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"timeOfDay":"1 AM\u20137 AM","typicallyClearsBy":"8 AM"}},"forecast":{"covered":true,"public":false,"cycle":"2026-09-04T13:00:00Z","guidanceSignal":true,"wording":"NWS guidance shows a fog signal here in the next 48 hours. This station's calibrated percentages publish after live verification clears the accuracy bar. September typically brings about 28 hours of dense fog here."},"links":{"page":"https://fogatlas.org/fog/ksmx/","liveForecastApi":"https://fogatlas.org/api/forecast","liveObservationsApi":"https://fogatlas.org/api/metar?ids=KSMX","hourlyClimatologyDetail":"https://fogatlas.org/data/detail/KSMX.json","verification":"https://fogatlas.org/fog/scorecard/","methodology":"https://fogatlas.org/#methodology"}}