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This is the current conditions weather report for Alameda. The report was made 47 minutes ago, at 12:53 UTC. The wind was blowing at a speed of 12 miles per hour / 18.5 kilometers per hour from the westsouthwest (260°). The temperature was 52°F / 11°C, with a dew-point at 52°F / 11°C. The temperature felt like 48°F / 9°C. The atmospheric pressure was 30 inHg / 1017 hPa. The relative humidity was 82%. The skies were overcast with light drizzle.

Alameda is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It is a city on a small island of the same name next to Oakland, California in the San Francisco Bay. An additional part of the city is Bay Farm Island, which is adjacent to the Oakland International Airport. The city has a small town feel with its Victorian homes and tree lined neighborhoods. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 72,259. Alameda is a charter city, rather than a general law city, meaning that the city can provide for any form of government. Alameda became a charter city in 1916, and adopted a council-manager government then, which it retains to the present.

Due to its proximity to the Bay, wind surfers and kite surfers can often be seen along Crown Memorial State Beach and Shoreline Drive. From the beach there are also views of the San Francisco skyline and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

One of the recent attractions is the aircraft carrier USS Hornet, a museum ship now moored at the former Naval Air Station. This ship was originally named USS Kearsarge, but was renamed in honor of the previous Hornet CV-8 (famous for the Doolittle raid), which was lost in October of 1942.

Alameda is also known for its large stock of Victorian houses; 9% of all single-family houses (1500) in Alameda are Victorians, and many more have been divided into 2 to 4-unit dwellings. It is said that Alameda has more pre-1906 earthquake era homes than any other city in the Bay Area.

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