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Burney, California

Community in Shasta County, California

Air quality

The air at Burney

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Redding (CA), 44 miles off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Ozone31Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 33, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Burney

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Burney, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Burney, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.6 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Cassel - Hat CreekHATC1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.1 mi away/2,989 ft/145 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Fall River Mills 6.1 NWCA-SH-84

In a volunteer observer's own ground/15.6 mi away/3,324 ft/190 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Hatchet Mtn, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 5.6 mi from Burney, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:30 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

55.6 F with a dew point of 23.7 F, 29 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 7,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Hatchet Mtn: temperature 55.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 23.7, 29 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 7,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CD010FIG. B THE AIR AT HATCHET MTNTHE 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 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 7,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 17.4 FTEMPERATURE 55.6 FDEW POINT 23.7 FSPREAD 31.9 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 29 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 POINTTITLEHatchet Mtn, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS CD010TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CD010-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (117 degrees) at 3 mph, gusting 5 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 8 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hatchet Mtn, north up: blowing from 117 degrees, the east southeast, at 3 miles an hour, gusting 5; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CD010FIG. C THE WIND AT HATCHET MTNPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 117°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHatchet Mtn, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS CD010TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CD010-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 4,373 ft above sea level, 15 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 25.49 inHg and the temperature at 43.4 F; it reports 55.6 F, 12.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Hatchet Mtn stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 4,373 feet above sea level with 15 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 25.49 inches of mercury, and temperature, 43.4 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CD010FIG. D WHERE HATCHET MTN 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 ATMOSPHEREHATCHET MTN15 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT4,373 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 HERE25.49 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE43.4 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED55.6 FTITLEHatchet Mtn, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS CD010TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CD010-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Hatchet Mtn, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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