Temperature
71 F at 7 PM; 81 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 52 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 71F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 81F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 52F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/Barstow Daggett Airport
Now. Barstow Daggett Airport is 71° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 59° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 84°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 69°. Rain is likely Wednesday (50%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 25 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:31 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 PM in Barstow Daggett Airport, California.
Air quality
Index 36, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Barstow (CA), 14 miles off.
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by nitrogen dioxide. Yesterday measured 38, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 5,123 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 50° / 230° | Calm | Calm |
| 08 / 26 | 6,402 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Barstow-Daggett (DAG), Barstow Daggett Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
71 F at 7 PM; 81 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 52 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 36 F, the air 28% saturated; the humidity ran from 17% at 1 PM to 52% at 6 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
1 mph from the west northwest at 8 PM; at its strongest 17 mph, 2 PM, with a gust of 28 mph at 3 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.13 inHg at 8 PM, steady over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 9 miles at 7 AM; 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
Barstow-Daggett: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Barstow Daggett Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/1,926 ft/4 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-40 - Barstow Maintenance YardCF029
Beside a road/12.1 mi away/2,129 ft/199 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
A remote fire weather station/25.8 mi away/4,639 ft/2,709 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Barstow 3.0 ECA-SR-104
In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.9 mi away/2,393 ft/463 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Barstow Fire StationBARC1
At a fire lookout or ranger station/13.6 mi away/2,392 ft/462 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Barstow Fire Station (BARC1), 13.6 miles from here, read 14 Oct, 10:00. measured daily
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.