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San Martin Airport, California

Small airport in Santa Clara County, California

Air quality

The air at San Martin Airport

Index 44, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Hollister (CA), 21 miles off.

44Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good21 mi
  • Ozone44Good49 ppb21 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)39Good21 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

ThuFriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at San Martin Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at San Martin Airport, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

ThuFriSat

Airfield

Code
E16
ICAO
-
IATA
-
Field elevation
281 ft
Serves
San Martin
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
E16
Wind now
Calm, read 15 Oct, 20:10

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
14 / 323,095 ft75 ftAsphalt158° / 338°CalmCalm
14321,000 ftN
Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from San Martin (E16), San Martin Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

73 F at 8 PM; 86 F at its warmest, 3 PM, and 46 F at its coolest, 6 AM.

Now
73F
8 PM
Highest
86F
3 PM
Lowest
46F
6 AM
Temperature and Dew point at San Martin, temperature from 46.4 to 86.0, the latest 73.4; dew point from 32.0 to 42.8, the latest 37.4, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF204060801009 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMFREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 37 F, the air 27% saturated; the humidity ran from 14% at 3 PM to 66% at 3 AM.

Dew point now
37F
8 PM
Humidity now
27%
Humidity, range
14 to 66%
Relative humidity at San Martin, relative humidity from 14 to 66, the latest 27, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%0204060809 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

Calm at 8 PM; at its strongest 10 mph, 4 PM, with a gust of 16 mph at 5 PM.

Now
0mph
calm
Strongest
10mph
4 PM
Highest gust
16mph
5 PM
Wind at San Martin, wind from 0 to 10, the latest 0, in miles an hour.WINDmph0510159 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM
Wind direction at San Martin, wind direction from 310 to 360, the latest 320, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°0901802703609 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.09 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.06 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
30.09inHg
8 PM
3 hours
+0.04inHg
rising
24 hours
-0.06inHg
Pressure, altimeter at San Martin, pressure, altimeter from 30.05 to 30.18, the latest 30.09, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg30.0530.1030.1530.209 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 6 miles at 7 AM; 10 miles or more now.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
6mi
7 AM
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at San Martin, visibility from 6.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.5109 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 3,300 ft at 11 PM Wednesday; a base was reported in 6 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
3,300ft
11 PM Wednesday
Hours with a base reported
6
Lowest cloud base at San Martin, lowest cloud base from 3,300 to 4,300, the latest 4,200, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft3,2503,5003,7504,0004,2504,5009 PMOct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PMVFR

How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001

Precipitation

None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Wettest hour
-
Hours with some
0

How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002

San Martin: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest San Martin 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 now3 instruments

San MartinE16

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/282 ft/1 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Gilroy 7NEGYYC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/6.6 mi away/869 ft/588 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

SR-152 - SR-156CF110

Beside a road/13.9 mi away/252 ft/29 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

measured daily2 instruments

Gilroy 3.8 NNECA-SC-70

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/287 ft/6 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Watsonville WaterworksWVIC1

At a cooperative observer's station/14.1 mi away/102 ft/179 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

-

Snow on the ground

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