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Cold Springs, California

Community in El Dorado County, California

Air quality

The air at Cold Springs

Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Placerville (CA), 4 miles off.

35Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-16.5 mi
  • Ozone35Good41 ppb16.5 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1 ppb16.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 38, 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 Cold Springs

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 Cold Springs, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Cold Springs, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Placerville 6.1 WNWCA-ED-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/1,401 ft/147 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Kelsey 1NKLSC1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.0 mi away/1,961 ft/707 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Placerville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.5 mi from Cold Springs, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:35 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Placerville, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PVFFIG. A THE SKY OVER PLACERVILLESECTION, 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 REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPlacerville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PVFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PVF-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

73.4 F with a dew point of 19.4 F, 13 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 12,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Placerville: temperature 73.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 19.4, 13 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 12,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PVFFIG. B THE AIR AT PLACERVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,00016,0000 F20 F40 F60 F80 FSATURATES 12,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 9.1 FTEMPERATURE 73.4 FDEW POINT 19.4 FSPREAD 54.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 13 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 POINTTITLEPlacerville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PVFTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PVF-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The column

At 2,585 ft above sea level, 9 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 27.23 inHg and the temperature at 49.8 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.19 inHg means its barometer reads 27.47 inHg; it reports 73.4 F, 23.6 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Placerville stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 2,585 feet above sea level with 9 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 27.23 inches of mercury, and temperature, 49.8 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.19 and the station pressure it means, 27.47.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PVFFIG. D WHERE PLACERVILLE 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 ATMOSPHEREPLACERVILLE9 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT2,585 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 HERE27.23 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE49.8 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.19 inHgITS BAROMETER READS27.47 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED73.4 FTITLEPlacerville, the columnSTATION REPORT · ASOS PVFTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PVF-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

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

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Snow on the ground

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