Temperature
45 F at 8 PM; 70 F at its warmest, 1 PM, and 23 F at its coolest, 5 AM.
- Now
- 45F
- 8 PM
- Highest
- 70F
- 1 PM
- Lowest
- 23F
- 5 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/Truckee Tahoe Airport
Truckee Tahoe Airport, California
Medium airport in Nevada County, California* WHAT...East winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph and waves 2 to 3 feet for Lake Tahoe. * WHERE...Greater Lake Tahoe Area. * WHEN...From 7 PM Thursday to 2 AM PDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds and rough waves on area lakes will create hazardous conditions for small craft.
Check lake conditions before heading out and be prepared for a sudden increase in winds and wave heights. Consider postponing boating activities on the lake until a day with less wind.
46°
70°/28°
Clear·
Feels like 44°·Light air 4 mph NNE
Alert. A Lake Wind Advisory is in force for Truckee Tahoe Airport until 2 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Truckee Tahoe Airport is 46° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 25°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the north-northeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 28° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Saturday, near 72°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 50°. Rain is likely Tuesday (53%). Rain is possible Wednesday (43%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 28°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:28 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 13 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
24Air quality
45%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
46feels44
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
7028
16mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
7128
12mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7229
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6827
14mph
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6228
18mph
Tue
Oct 20
5223
53%
Wed
Oct 21
5021
43%
46°
70°28°
71°28°
72°29°
68°27°
62°28°
52°23°
50°21°
As of 9:00 PM in Truckee Tahoe Airport, California.
Air quality
The air at Truckee Tahoe Airport
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Truckee (CA), 2 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good2.4 mi
- Ozone-41 ppb10.7 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 14, good.
GoodModerate
- 14YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Truckee Tahoe 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 Truckee Tahoe Airport, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- TRK
- ICAO
- KTRK
- IATA
- TKF
- Field elevation
- 5,900 ft
- Serves
- Truckee
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- TRK
- Wind now
- Calm, read 15 Oct, 20:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 4,650 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 29° / 209° | Calm | Calm |
| 11 / 29 | 7,001 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 119° / 299° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Truckee-Tahoe (TRK), Truckee Tahoe Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 23 F, the air 42% saturated; the humidity ran from 16% at 2 PM to 86% at 7 AM.
- Dew point now
- 23F
- 8 PM
- Humidity now
- 42%
- Humidity, range
- 16 to 86%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 8 PM; at its strongest 16 mph, 3 PM, with a gust of 25 mph at 1 PM.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 16mph
- 3 PM
- Highest gust
- 25mph
- 1 PM
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.48 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.48inHg
- 8 PM
- 3 hours
- +0.04inHg
- rising
- 24 hours
- +0.08inHg
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
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
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
Truckee-Tahoe: 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 Truckee Tahoe 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
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/5,899 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Truckee 3E - Martis CreekMCJC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.2 mi away/5,876 ft/24 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Hwy 267 at Truckee BypassCD031
Beside a road/1.6 mi away/5,873 ft/27 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Truckee 5.9 ENECA-NV-47
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.7 mi away/5,948 ft/48 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BocaBOCC1
At a cooperative observer's station/5.4 mi away/5,600 ft/300 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Boca (BOCC1), 5.4 miles from here, read 11 Oct, 07:15. measured daily
Elsewhere in California
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Truckee Tahoe Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Truckeetown, 2 mi
- Northstarsurveyed ski area, 3 mi
- Carnelian Baycommunity, 7 mi
- Tahoe Vistacommunity, 7 mi
- Cedar Flatcommunity, 8 mi
- Floristoncommunity, 8 mi
- Kings Beachcommunity, 8 mi
- Dollar Pointcommunity, 9 mi
- Donner Passfeature, 10 mi
- Palisades Tahoesurveyed ski area, 10 mi
- Sugar Bowlski area, 11 mi
- Sunnyside-Tahoe Citycommunity, 11 mi
Airports near Truckee Tahoe Airport
- Lake Tahoe AirportTVL, 30 mi
- Blue Canyon Nyack AirportBLU, 31 mi
- Nevada County AirportGOO, 47 mi
- Placerville AirportPVF, 53 mi
- Auburn Municipal AirportAUN, 56 mi
- Beale Air Force BaseBAB, 71 mi
- Lincoln Regional Karl Harder FieldLHM, 71 mi
- Westover Field Amador County AirportJAQ, 74 mi