Spring Gap ForebaySFBC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/2.9 mi away/4,697 ft/745 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Weather/California/Cold Springs
Cold Springs, California
Community in Tuolumne County, California...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT FRIDAY DUE TO WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... * AFFECTED AREA...Portions of Sierra Nevada and adjacent Foothills. * TIMING...Until 10 AM PDT Friday. * WINDS...Northeast to east winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts 25 to 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Daytime humidity 10 to 20% with single digits possible and very poor overnight recoveries. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning.
61°
78°/52°
Clear·
Feels like 61°·Moderate breeze 16 mph ENE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Cold Springs until 10 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Cold Springs is 61° and clear at 10 PM. The dew point is 34°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Moderate breeze from the east-northeast at 16 mph, gusting to 29 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 55° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 79°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 51°. Rain is likely Wednesday (54%). Rain is possible Tuesday (44%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
41Air quality
44%Humidity
2%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
61feels61
16mph
Today
Oct 15
7852
17mph
UV 7
Fri
Oct 16
7955
17mph
UV 7
Sat
Oct 17
7353
UV 7
Sun
Oct 18
6951
UV 7
Mon
Oct 19
6250
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
5242
44%
Wed
Oct 21
5140
54%
61°
78°52°
79°55°
73°53°
69°51°
62°50°
52°42°
51°40°
As of 10:00 PM in Cold Springs, California.
Air quality
The air at Cold Springs
Index 41, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Tuolumne County (CA), 17 miles off.
41Good
- Ozone41Good33 ppb21.7 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 41, good.
GoodModerate
- 41YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 44 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Cold Springs
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Cold Springs, the next 44 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Cold Springs, CaliforniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
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 2.9 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank763of 4,465
Citizen station GW0871GW0871
In a volunteer observer's own ground/19.0 mi away/2,532 ft/2,910 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
ColumbiaO22
At an airfield/21.5 mi away/2,119 ft/3,323 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
At a climate reference station/30.9 mi away/6,620 ft/1,178 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Twain Harte 0.9 NNECA-TM-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.0 mi away/3,966 ft/1,476 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Cherry Valley DamCHVC1
At a dam/14.7 mi away/4,715 ft/727 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The weather at Columbia, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 21.5 mi from Cold Springs, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
55.4 F with a dew point of 33.8 F, 44 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,900 ft up.
The wind
Calm.
The full report of Columbia, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in California
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Big Bear Mountainski areaBishopcityBridgeporttownChina Peakski areaDodge Ridgeski areaDonner PassfeatureFresnocityHeavenlysurveyed ski areaHomewoodski areaJune Mountainski areaKirkwoodsurveyed ski areaLos AngelescityMammoth LakestownMammoth Mountainsurveyed ski areaMount ShastafeatureMount Shasta CitycityMount Shasta Ski Parkski areaMount WhitneyfeatureMountain Highski areaNorthstarsurveyed ski areaPalisades Tahoesurveyed ski areaReddingcitySacramentocitySan DiegocitySan FranciscocitySierra NevadafeatureSierra-at-Tahoeski areaSnow Valleyski areaSouth Lake TahoecitySugar Bowlski areaSusanvillecityTruckeetownYosemitefeature
Near Cold Springs
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Strawberrycommunity, 4 mi
- Dodge Ridgeski area, 4 mi
- Long Barncommunity, 6 mi
- Sierra Villagecommunity, 9 mi
- Mi-Wuk Villagecommunity, 10 mi
- Twain Hartecommunity, 13 mi
- Cedar Ridgecommunity, 14 mi
- Dorringtoncommunity, 15 mi
- Mono Vistacommunity, 16 mi
- Soulsbyvillecommunity, 16 mi
- Tuolumne Citycommunity, 17 mi
- Hathaway Pinescommunity, 17 mi