Temperature
81 F at 7 PM; 92 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 50 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
- Now
- 81F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 92F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 50F
- 6 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/Oroville Municipal Airport
Now. Oroville Municipal Airport is 81° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 31°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northeast at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 58° 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 89°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 67°. The days ahead look dry.
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 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 PM in Oroville Municipal Airport, California.
Air quality
Index 39, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Gridley (CA), 15 miles off.
Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 43, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 6,020 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 34° / 214° | - | - |
| 13 / 31 | 3,540 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 142° / 322° | - | - |
Measured here
Every hour from Oroville (OVE), Oroville Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
81 F at 7 PM; 92 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 50 F at its coolest, 6 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 31 F, the air 16% saturated; the humidity ran from 14% at 11 AM to 77% at 7 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
3 mph from the east northeast at 8 PM; at its strongest 13 mph, 3 PM, with a gust of 26 mph at 4 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.07 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.03 inHg over 3 hours; 0.05 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
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Oroville: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Oroville Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
OrovilleOVE
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/190 ft/2 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Thermalito River Outlet Wx StationTWSC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.3 mi away/135 ft/57 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
OrovilleOROC1
At a cooperative observer's station/4.2 mi away/158 ft/34 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Palermo 0.6 WSWCA-BT-48
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.8 mi away/186 ft/6 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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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.