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Chowchilla, California

City in Madera County, California

Air quality

The air at Chowchilla

Index 83, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Madera (CA), 15 miles off.

83Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)62Moderate-
  • Ozone28Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)83Moderate-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 54, moderate.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Chowchilla

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Chowchilla, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Chowchilla, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

MaderaMAE

At an airfield/12.3 mi away/251 ft/16 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank432of 4,465

measured daily2 instruments

Chowchilla 0.3 ECA-MA-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/238 ft/3 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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MercedMCEC1

At a cooperative observer's station/18.1 mi away/161 ft/74 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Madera, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.3 mi from Chowchilla, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 PM 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 Madera, 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 MAEFIG. A THE SKY OVER MADERASECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEMadera, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MAETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MAE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 44.0 F, 57 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Madera: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.0, 57 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MAEFIG. B THE AIR AT MADERATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 3,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.7 FTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 44.0 FSPREAD 15.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 57 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 POINTTITLEMadera, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MAETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MAE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (30 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Madera, north up: blowing from 30 degrees, the north northeast, 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 MAEFIG. C THE WIND AT MADERAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 30°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMadera, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MAETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MAE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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