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Borrego Springs, California

Community in San Diego County, California

Air quality

The air at Borrego Springs

Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Coachella Vly (CA), 36 miles off.

53Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate-
  • Ozone40Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)18Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 51, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Borrego Springs

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Borrego Springs, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Borrego Springs, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

RanchitaRCHC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/7.6 mi away/4,459 ft/3,891 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank4,163of 4,465

measured daily2 instruments

Borrego Springs 1.4 WCA-SD-188

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/607 ft/39 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Borrego Springs, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.9 mi from Borrego Springs, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 4,200 ft, scattered at 5,000 ft, scattered at 6,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Borrego Springs, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 4,200 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 5,000 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 6,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT L08FIG. A THE SKY OVER BORREGO SPRINGSSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 6,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 5,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 4,200 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBorrego Springs, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS L08TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-L08-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

71.6 F with a dew point of 41.0 F, 33 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 7,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Borrego Springs: temperature 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 33 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 7,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT L08FIG. B THE AIR AT BORREGO SPRINGSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 7,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 34.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 4,200 FTTEMPERATURE 71.6 FDEW POINT 41.0 FSPREAD 30.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 33 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 POINTTITLEBorrego Springs, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS L08TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-L08-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Borrego Springs, north up: at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT L08FIG. C THE WIND AT BORREGO SPRINGSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBorrego Springs, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS L08TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-L08-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Borrego Springs, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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