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Borrego Valley Airport, California

Small airport in San Diego County, California

Air quality

The air at Borrego Valley Airport

Index 47, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Coachella Vly (CA), 35 miles off.

47Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)47Good-
  • Ozone42Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)20Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 51, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Borrego Valley Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 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 Borrego Valley Airport, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

Airfield

Code
L08
ICAO
-
IATA
BXS
Field elevation
520 ft
Serves
Borrego Springs
Kind
Small airport
Scheduled service
No
Its own instrument
L08
Wind now
Variable at 3 mph, read 15 Oct, 21:15

Runways

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceHeading, trueWind along it nowCrosswind now
08 / 265,011 ft75 ftAsphalt89° / 269°--
08262,000 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 Borrego Springs (L08), Borrego Valley Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

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
Temperature and Dew point at Borrego Springs, temperature from 51.2 to 87.8, the latest 74.6; dew point from 30.2 to 47.0, the latest 38.6, in degrees Fahrenheit.TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINTF20406080100Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMFREEZINGTEMPERATUREDEW POINT

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

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 39 F, the air 27% saturated; the humidity ran from 13% at 11 AM to 77% at 2 AM.

Dew point now
39F
8 PM
Humidity now
27%
Humidity, range
13 to 77%
Relative humidity at Borrego Springs, relative humidity from 13 to 77, the latest 27, in per cent.RELATIVE HUMIDITY%020406080Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Wind

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.

Now
6mph
from the west southwest
Strongest
13mph
2 PM
Highest gust
22mph
4 PM
Wind and Gust at Borrego Springs, wind from 0 to 13, the latest 6; gust from 14 to 22, the latest 14, in miles an hour.WIND AND GUSTmph0102030Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMWINDGUST
Wind direction at Borrego Springs, wind direction from 10 to 360, the latest 240, in degrees.WIND DIRECTION°090180270360Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Pressure

29.97 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg lower than a day before.

Now
29.97inHg
8 PM
3 hours
+0.03inHg
rising
24 hours
-0.09inHg
Pressure, altimeter at Borrego Springs, pressure, altimeter from 29.94 to 30.07, the latest 29.97, in inches of mercury.PRESSURE, ALTIMETERinHg29.9029.9530.0030.0530.10Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

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

Visibility

10 miles or more every hour.

Now
10+mi
Lowest
10+mi
Hours under a mile
0
Visibility at Borrego Springs, visibility from 10.0 to 10.0, the latest 10.0, in miles.VISIBILITYmi02.557.510Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PMLIFRIFRMVFRVFR

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

Cloud base

The lowest cloud base came down to 3,900 ft at 4 AM; a base was reported in 7 of the hours.

Lowest base now
-
Lowest in 24 hours
3,900ft
4 AM
Hours with a base reported
7
Lowest cloud base at Borrego Springs, lowest cloud base from 3,900 to 4,500, the latest 4,000, in feet.LOWEST CLOUD BASEft3,8004,0004,2004,4004,600Oct 153 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 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

Borrego Springs: 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 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

Borrego SpringsL08

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

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

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