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Buena Park, California

City in Orange County, California

Air quality

The air at Buena Park

Index 57, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Central Orange (CA), 3 miles off.

57Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)26Good3.8 mi
  • Ozone32Good38 ppb3.8 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)57Moderate3.8 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide2Good2 ppb3.8 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.4 ppb19.8 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm5.1 mi

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Today, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Buena Park

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Buena Park, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Buena Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

La Palma 0.6 WNWCA-OR-67

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/61 ft/16 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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AnaheimANAC1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.4 mi away/236 ft/159 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Fullerton Municipal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.8 mi from Buena Park, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:53 AM 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 Fullerton Municipal, 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 FULFIG. A THE SKY OVER FULLERTON MUNICIPALSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEFullerton Municipal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FULTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FUL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

84.0 F with a dew point of 39.0 F, 20 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 10,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Fullerton Municipal: temperature 84.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.0, 20 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 10,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FULFIG. B THE AIR AT FULLERTON MUNICIPALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00020 F40 F60 F80 FSATURATES 10,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.8 FTEMPERATURE 84.0 FDEW POINT 39.0 FSPREAD 45.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 20 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 POINTTITLEFullerton Municipal, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FULTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FUL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (80 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 28 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 44 mph.

Plan of the wind at Fullerton Municipal, north up: blowing from 80 degrees, the east, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 28; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FULFIG. C THE WIND AT FULLERTON MUNICIPALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 80°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 28 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFullerton Municipal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FULTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FUL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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