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Anderson, California

City in Shasta County, California

Air quality

The air at Anderson

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Redding (CA), 8 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good8 mi
  • Ozone31Good14 ppb8 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 33, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Anderson

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Anderson, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Anderson, CaliforniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Anderson, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

ObrienCF167

Beside a road/24.6 mi away/1,388 ft/963 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank4,042of 4,465

measured daily2 instruments

Cottonwood 1.9 WCA-SH-39

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.4 mi away/487 ft/62 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Cottonwood FisheriesCFSC1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.9 mi away/438 ft/13 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Redding Airport CDF RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 4.4 mi from Anderson, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:24 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

57.0 F with a dew point of 32.9 F, 40 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Redding Airport CDF RAWS: temperature 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.9, 40 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RRAC1FIG. B THE AIR AT REDDING AIRPORT CDF RAWSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 5,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 27.9 FTEMPERATURE 57.0 FDEW POINT 32.9 FSPREAD 24.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 40 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLERedding Airport CDF RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP RRAC1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RRAC1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Redding Airport CDF RAWS, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RRAC1FIG. C THE WIND AT REDDING AIRPORT CDF RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERedding Airport CDF RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP RRAC1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RRAC1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 499 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.39 inHg and the temperature at 57.2 F; it reports 57.0 F, 0.2 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Redding Airport CDF RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 499 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.39 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.2 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RRAC1FIG. D WHERE REDDING AIRPORT CDF RAWS STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREREDDING AIRPORT CDF RAWS2 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT499 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.39 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.2 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED57.0 FTITLERedding Airport CDF RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP RRAC1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RRAC1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Redding Airport CDF RAWS, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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