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Big Creek, California

Community in Fresno County, California

Air quality

The air at Big Creek

Index 80, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Fresno (CA), 42 miles off.

80Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)61Moderate-
  • Ozone36Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)80Moderate-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 63, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Big Creek

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

How far you can see at Big Creek, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Big Creek, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

Doe RidgeS2191

At a soil climate station/37.8 mi away/7,340 ft/2,338 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank2,513of 4,465

measured daily2 instruments

North Fork 1.3 SECA-MA-18

In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.2 mi away/2,756 ft/2,246 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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North Fork Ranger STNNOFC1

At a cooperative observer's station/14.3 mi away/2,651 ft/2,351 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Mammoth/June Lakes, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 36.8 mi from Big Creek, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mammoth/June Lakes, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MMHFIG. A THE SKY OVER MAMMOTH/JUNE LAKESSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD DETECTED BELOW 12,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMammoth/June Lakes, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MMHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MMH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

37.4 F with a dew point of 15.8 F, 41 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Mammoth/June Lakes: temperature 37.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 15.8, 41 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MMHFIG. B THE AIR AT MAMMOTH/JUNE LAKESTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0000 F10 F20 F30 F40 F50 FSATURATES 4,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 11.5 FTEMPERATURE 37.4 FDEW POINT 15.8 FSPREAD 21.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 41 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 POINTTITLEMammoth/June Lakes, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MMHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MMH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.

Plan of the wind at Mammoth/June Lakes, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MMHFIG. C THE WIND AT MAMMOTH/JUNE LAKESPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMammoth/June Lakes, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MMHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MMH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Mammoth/June Lakes, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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