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College City, California

Community in Colusa County, California

Air quality

The air at College City

Index 36, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Yuba City and Marysville (CA), 23 miles off.

36Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)30Good22.8 mi
  • Ozone36Good34 ppb12.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)10Good12.4 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.4 ppb22.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 49, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at College City

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. 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 College City, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest College City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 10.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Marysville/Yuba CountyMYV

At an airfield/24.5 mi away/56 ft/15 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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CD032CD032

Beside a road/36.5 mi away/29 ft/42 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank1,525of 4,465

measured daily2 instruments

Meridian 0.7 WCA-CL-3

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.5 mi away/51 ft/20 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Colusa 2 SSWCSAC1

At a cooperative observer's station/12.6 mi away/46 ft/25 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Fiddle Town, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 19.1 mi from College City, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:00 AM local time: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The air

76.0 F with a dew point of 23.4 F, 14 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 11,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Fiddle Town: temperature 76.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 23.4, 14 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 11,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FIDC1FIG. B THE AIR AT FIDDLE TOWNTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,0000 F20 F40 F60 F80 FSATURATES 11,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 13.2 FTEMPERATURE 76.0 FDEW POINT 23.4 FSPREAD 52.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 14 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 POINTTITLEFiddle Town, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP FIDC1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FIDC1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The column

At 43 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.87 inHg and the temperature at 58.8 F; it reports 76.0 F, 17.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Fiddle Town stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 43 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.87 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.8 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FIDC1FIG. D WHERE FIDDLE TOWN 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 ATMOSPHEREFIDDLE TOWN0 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT43 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 HERE29.87 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.8 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED76.0 FTITLEFiddle Town, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP FIDC1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FIDC1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 42 degrees above the horizon at 39.02 N, and the day is 11 h 00 min long. Level ground there takes 67 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Fiddle Town, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 42 degrees above the horizon, against 74 at the June solstice, 51 at the equinoxes and 28 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 00 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FIDC1FIG. E THE SUN AT FIDDLE TOWNELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 74°EQUINOXES 51°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 28°OCT 16, 42°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 00 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 67 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 39.02 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLEFiddle Town, the sunSTATION REPORT · DCP FIDC1TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FIDC1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Fiddle Town, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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