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Buellton, California

City in Santa Barbara County, California

Air quality

The air at Buellton

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Santa Ynez (CA), 7 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good7.2 mi
  • Ozone31Good31 ppb7.2 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-12.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Buellton

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 Buellton, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Buellton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Buellton 0.7 SCA-SB-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/363 ft/level with here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Cachuma LakeCCAC1

At a cooperative observer's station/12.5 mi away/715 ft/352 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank129of 4,465

Station report

The weather at Gaviota RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 9.1 mi from Buellton, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:09 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

74.0 F with a dew point of 26.4 F, 17 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 10,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Gaviota RAWS: temperature 74.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 26.4, 17 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 10,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GVTC1FIG. B THE AIR AT GAVIOTA 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 STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,00010 F30 F50 F70 FSATURATES 10,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 17.0 FTEMPERATURE 74.0 FDEW POINT 26.4 FSPREAD 47.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 17 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 POINTTITLEGaviota RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP GVTC1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GVTC1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (351 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 20 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.

Plan of the wind at Gaviota RAWS, north up: blowing from 351 degrees, the north, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 20; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GVTC1FIG. C THE WIND AT GAVIOTA RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 351°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGaviota RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP GVTC1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GVTC1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 778 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.09 inHg and the temperature at 56.2 F; it reports 74.0 F, 17.8 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Gaviota RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 778 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.09 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.2 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GVTC1FIG. D WHERE GAVIOTA 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 ATMOSPHEREGAVIOTA RAWS3 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT778 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 HERE29.09 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.2 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED74.0 FTITLEGaviota RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP GVTC1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GVTC1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Gaviota 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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