Temperature
54 F at 1 AM; 88 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 49 F at its coolest, 4 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 54F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 88F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 49F
- 4 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/Sacramento Mather Airport
Sacramento Mather Airport, California
Medium airport in Sacramento County, California57°
89°/54°
Clear·
Feels like 57°·Light air 2 mph N
Now. Sacramento Mather Airport is 57° and clear at 1 AM. The dew point is 38°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north at 2 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 88° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 57° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 62): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 89°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 70°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:26 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:31 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. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 12 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
62Air quality
54%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
57feels57
now, clear
Today
Oct 16
8954
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
8953
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
8453
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
7248
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
7047
25%
Wed
Oct 21
7348
25%
Thu
Oct 22
7248
mostly clear day
57°
89°54°
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72°48°
As of 1:00 AM in Sacramento Mather Airport, California.
Air quality
The air at Sacramento Mather Airport
Index 62, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Arden Arcade-Del Paso Manor (CA), 6 miles off.
62Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)62Moderate5.7 mi
- Ozone17Good17 ppb5.7 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)-10.5 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide28Good30.4 ppb10.5 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.6 ppm11.4 mi
The days ahead
Highest 54, moderate, Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.
GoodModerate
- 52YesterdayOct 15
- 51TodayOct 16
- 54SatOct 17
- 44SunOct 18
- 38MonOct 19
- 37TueOct 20
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Sacramento Mather Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. 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 Sacramento Mather Airport, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- MHR
- ICAO
- KMHR
- IATA
- MHR
- Field elevation
- 98 ft
- Serves
- Sacramento
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- MHR
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 01:15
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04L / 22R unlit | 6,081 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 54° / 234° | Calm | Calm |
| 04R / 22L | 11,301 ft | 150 ft | Concrete | 54° / 234° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Mather Field (MHR), Sacramento Mather Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 38 F, the air 54% saturated; the humidity ran from 18% at 2 PM Thursday to 66% at 7 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 38F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 54%
- Humidity, range
- 18 to 66%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 1 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 1 PM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 7mph
- 1 PM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.06 inHg at 1 AM, steady over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.06inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- +0.02inHg
- steady
- 24 hours
- -0.05inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 4 miles at 5 PM Thursday; 4 miles now.
- Now
- 4mi
- Lowest
- 4mi
- 5 PM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Precipitation
0.06 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.06 in, in the hour to 8 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.06in
- Wettest hour
- 0.06in
- 8 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 1
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Mather Field: 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 Sacramento Mather 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
Mather FieldMHR
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/95 ft/3 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Sacramento - MatherBHCC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.4 mi away/69 ft/29 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/8.6 mi away/36 ft/62 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Rancho Cordova 1.5 SECA-SA-35
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/104 ft/6 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Sacramento 5ESESMTC1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.5 mi away/43 ft/55 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in California
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Near Sacramento Mather Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Mathercommunity, 1 mi
- Rancho Cordovacity, 2 mi
- Rosemontcommunity, 3 mi
- La Rivieracommunity, 3 mi
- Gold Rivercommunity, 6 mi
- Carmichaelcommunity, 6 mi
- Arden-Arcadecommunity, 6 mi
- Vineyardcommunity, 7 mi
- Fair Oakscommunity, 7 mi
- Florincommunity, 8 mi
- Fruitridge Pocketcommunity, 9 mi
- Lemon Hillcommunity, 9 mi
Airports near Sacramento Mather Airport
- McClellan AirfieldMCC, 10 mi
- Sacramento Executive AirportSAC, 11 mi
- Sacramento International AirportSMF, 19 mi
- Lincoln Regional Karl Harder FieldLHM, 25 mi
- University AirportEDU, 26 mi
- Westover Field Amador County AirportJAQ, 30 mi
- Auburn Municipal AirportAUN, 30 mi
- Yolo County Davis Woodland Winters AirportDWA, 30 mi