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Carpinteria, California

City in Santa Barbara County, California

Air quality

The air at Carpinteria

Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Carpinteria (CA), 4 miles off.

32Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good17.8 mi
  • Ozone32Good36 ppb3.6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-23.8 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1 ppb23.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 49, good.

Smoke, the next 42 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 Carpinteria

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 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 Carpinteria, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Carpinteria, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.1 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Santa Barbara 1.3 ECA-SB-26

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.6 mi away/96 ft/63 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Santa Barbara Muni, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.6 mi from Carpinteria, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:53 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 Santa Barbara Muni, 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 SBAFIG. A THE SKY OVER SANTA BARBARA MUNISECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESanta Barbara Muni, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SBATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SBA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

57.0 F with a dew point of 46.0 F, 67 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Santa Barbara Muni: temperature 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.0, 67 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SBAFIG. B THE AIR AT SANTA BARBARA MUNITHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.5 FTEMPERATURE 57.0 FDEW POINT 46.0 FSPREAD 11.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 67 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 POINTTITLESanta Barbara Muni, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SBATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SBA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (110 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Santa Barbara Muni, north up: blowing from 110 degrees, the east southeast, 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 SBAFIG. C THE WIND AT SANTA BARBARA MUNIPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 110°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESanta Barbara Muni, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SBATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SBA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Santa Barbara Muni, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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