Temperature
49 F at 12 AM; 76 F at its warmest, 11 AM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 49F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 76F
- 11 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 46F
- 4 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport
Now. California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport is 54° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 47°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the southeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 62° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 7 AM, under cloud. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 60°, and the coolest Monday, near 56°. Rain is possible Monday (31%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:34 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:33 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 6 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 1:00 AM in California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport, California.
Air quality
Index 26, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Eureka (CA), 13 miles off.
Yesterday measured 23, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 6 AM, under a mile for 19 hours.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 4,501 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 29° / 209° | - | - |
| 14 / 32 | 6,046 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 153° / 333° | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from Arcata/Eureka Arpt (ACV), California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
49 F at 12 AM; 76 F at its warmest, 11 AM Thursday, and 46 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 47 F, the air 93% saturated; the humidity ran from 39% at 12 PM Thursday to 96% at 2 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
2 mph from the east southeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 1 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.15 inHg at 12 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.01 inHg higher than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 2 miles at 9 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Arcata/Eureka Arpt: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/217 ft/4 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
A remote fire weather station/12.0 mi away/1,762 ft/1,541 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
McKinleyville 2.0 NNECA-HM-136
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/226 ft/5 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ScotiaSCTC1
At a cooperative observer's station/34.2 mi away/138 ft/83 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.