Temperature
75 F at 8 PM; 88 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 51 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 75F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 88F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 51F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/Borrego Valley Airport
Now. Borrego Valley Airport is 73° and partly cloudy at 9 PM. The dew point is 41°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the northwest at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 66° by 6 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 88°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 74°. Rain is possible Wednesday (41%). The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 22 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:34 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Borrego Valley Airport, California.
Air quality
Index 47, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Coachella Vly (CA), 35 miles off.
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 51, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 | 5,011 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 89° / 269° | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from Borrego Springs (L08), Borrego Valley Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
75 F at 8 PM; 88 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 51 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 39 F, the air 27% saturated; the humidity ran from 13% at 11 AM to 77% at 2 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
6 mph from the west southwest at 8 PM; at its strongest 13 mph, 2 PM, with a gust of 22 mph at 4 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.97 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 3,900 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 7 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Borrego Springs: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Borrego Valley 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/525 ft/5 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
RanchitaRCHC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.5 mi away/4,459 ft/3,939 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-10 : East of Dillon RoadCF019
Beside a road/32.7 mi away/10 ft/510 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Borrego Springs 1.4 WCA-SD-188
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/607 ft/87 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
San Diego - Borrego SpringsBROC1
At a cooperative observer's station/5.7 mi away/1,861 ft/1,341 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
-
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.