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Butte Creek Canyon, California

Community in Butte County, California

Air quality

The air at Butte Creek Canyon

Index 34, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Paradise (CA), 6 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)13Good-
  • Ozone34Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 35, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Butte Creek Canyon

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. 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 Butte Creek Canyon, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Butte Creek Canyon, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.3 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

ParadisePDEC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.4 mi away/1,726 ft/684 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank3,303of 4,465

measured daily2 instruments

Paradise 1.2 WCA-BT-47

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/1,683 ft/641 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Chico University FarmCHUC1

On a college campus/7.1 mi away/186 ft/856 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Chico Municipal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.8 mi from Butte Creek Canyon, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:55 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 Chico 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 CICFIG. A THE SKY OVER CHICO 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 MORE0510TITLEChico Municipal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CICTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CIC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

57.2 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 38 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Chico Municipal: temperature 57.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.0, 38 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CICFIG. B THE AIR AT CHICO 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 5,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 26.8 FTEMPERATURE 57.2 FDEW POINT 32.0 FSPREAD 25.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 38 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 POINTTITLEChico Municipal, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CICTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CIC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Chico Municipal, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CICFIG. C THE WIND AT CHICO MUNICIPALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEChico Municipal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CICTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CIC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Chico 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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Near Butte Creek Canyon

River and lake gauges