Temperature
83 F at 7 PM; 90 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 57 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
- Now
- 83F
- 7 PM
- Highest
- 90F
- 2 PM
- Lowest
- 57F
- 4 AM
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/California/Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport
Now. Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport is 82° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the northwest at 9 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 68° 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 92°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 77°. The days ahead look dry. The windiest day is tomorrow, with wind to 21 mph.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:32 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 23 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 8:00 PM in Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport, California.
Air quality
Index 47, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Coachella Vly (CA), 16 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 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 / 30 | 4,995 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 135° / 315° | 5 mph head, on 30 | None |
| 17 / 35 | 8,500 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 180° / 0° | 3 mph head, on 35 | 4 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Thermal Airport (TRM), Jacqueline Cochran Regional Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
83 F at 7 PM; 90 F at its warmest, 2 PM, and 57 F at its coolest, 4 AM.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 39 F, the air 21% saturated; the humidity ran from 16% at 2 PM to 80% at 11 PM Wednesday.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
4 mph from the north northwest at 8 PM; at its strongest 16 mph, 10 AM, with a gust of 25 mph at 1 PM.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.97 inHg at 8 PM, rising 0.04 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
Thermal Airport: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 5 instruments nearest Jacqueline Cochran Regional 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/-121 ft/6 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Wrp #4WRPC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.5 mi away/-171 ft/56 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
I-10 : East of Dillon RoadCF019
Beside a road/6.1 mi away/10 ft/125 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Indio 1.7 ESECA-RV-75
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.1 mi away/-29 ft/86 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Mecca Fire StationMCAC1
At a fire lookout or ranger station/6.1 mi away/-184 ft/69 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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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.