In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.2 mi away/766 ft/261 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Parks/California/Folsom Lake State Recreation Area
Folsom Lake State Recreation Area, California
State Recreation Area in El Dorado County, California72°
92°/54°
Clear·
Feels like 72°·Light air 4 mph ENE
Now. Folsom Lake State Recreation Area is 72° and clear at 8 PM. The dew point is 36°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the east-northeast at 4 mph, gusting to 16 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 62° 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 68°. 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 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
46Air quality
24%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
8:00 PM
72feels72
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
9254
UV 6
Fri
Oct 16
8963
clear day
Sat
Oct 17
8859
clear day
Sun
Oct 18
8458
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
7050
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
6848
23%
Wed
Oct 21
7048
26%
72°
92°54°
89°63°
88°59°
84°58°
70°50°
68°48°
70°48°
As of 8:00 PM in Folsom Lake State Recreation Area, California.
Air quality
The air at Folsom Lake State Recreation Area
Index 46, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Folsom (CA), 8 miles off.
46Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)46Good8.2 mi
- Ozone45Good60 ppb8.2 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide4Good4 ppb8.2 mi
The days ahead
Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 42, good.
GoodModerate
- 42YesterdayOct 14
- 58TodayOct 15
- 51FriOct 16
- 54SatOct 17
- 44SunOct 18
- 38MonOct 19
- 37TueOct 20
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Folsom Lake State Recreation Area
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 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 Folsom Lake State Recreation Area, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Recreation Area
- Area
- 30 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 505 ft
- County
- El Dorado County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 38.7707° N
- Longitude
- 121.0590° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Folsom Lake State Recreation Area, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.2 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Pilot Hill (CDF)PLTC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.1 mi away/1,168 ft/663 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Cameron ParkO61
At an airfield/7.1 mi away/1,253 ft/748 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/24.7 mi away/36 ft/469 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
El Dorado Hills 0.9 NNWCA-ED-23
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.2 mi away/771 ft/266 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
AuburnAUBC1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.5 mi away/1,312 ft/807 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in California
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Folsom Lake State Recreation Area
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- El Dorado Hillscommunity, 7 mi
- Granite Baycommunity, 7 mi
- Cameron Parkcommunity, 7 mi
- Newcastlecommunity, 8 mi
- Penryncommunity, 8 mi
- Loomistown, 8 mi
- Folsomcity, 8 mi
- Auburncity, 9 mi
- Colomacommunity, 9 mi
- Auburn Lake Trailscommunity, 10 mi
- Shingle Springscommunity, 10 mi
- Cold Springscommunity, 10 mi
Parks near Folsom Lake State Recreation Area
- Auburn State Recreation Area8 mi
- Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park9 mi
- Folsome Lake Black Miners Bar State Park9 mi
- Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park10 mi
- Sutter's Fort State Historic Park26 mi
- Governor's Mansion State Historic Park27 mi
- Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park27 mi
- Empire Mine State Historic Park30 mi