Zzyzx Field StationZZYC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.3 mi away/2,093 ft/1,128 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Weather/California/Baker
Alert. A Wind Advisory is in force for Baker until 11 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Baker is 72° and mostly clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 39°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-northeast at 7 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 64° 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 88°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 73°. Rain is possible Tuesday (33%) and Wednesday (41%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 27% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 20 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 PM in Baker, California.
Air quality
Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Jean (NV), 53 miles off.
Yesterday measured 38, good.
Smoke near the ground peaks at index 68, moderate, Fri 10 PM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Baker, CaliforniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 3 instruments nearest Baker, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Zzyzx Field StationZZYC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.3 mi away/2,093 ft/1,128 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Shadow MtnsS2186
At a soil climate station/23.7 mi away/3,643 ft/2,678 ft above here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Bicycle LakeBYS
At an airfield/31.9 mi away/2,349 ft/1,384 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 31.9 mi from Baker, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
70.0 F with a dew point of 36.3 F, 29 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 7,600 ft up.
From the north northeast (20 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 33 mph.
The full report of Bicycle Lake, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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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.