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Dales, California

Community in Tehama County, California

Air quality

The air at Dales

Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Red Bluff (CA), 14 miles off.

29Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)10Good15 mi
  • Ozone29Good24 ppb15 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)13Good15 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 35, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Dales

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 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 Dales, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Dales, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Cottonwood FisheriesCFSC1

At a cooperative observer's station/7.4 mi away/438 ft/305 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Red Bluff Municipal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.6 mi from Dales, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 7:54 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Red Bluff Municipal, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RBLFIG. A THE SKY OVER RED BLUFF MUNICIPALSECTION, 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: 9 MI0510TITLERed Bluff Municipal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RBLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RBL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

78.0 F with a dew point of 32.0 F, 19 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 10,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Red Bluff Municipal: temperature 78.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.0, 19 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 10,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RBLFIG. B THE AIR AT RED BLUFF MUNICIPALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00010 F30 F50 F70 F90 FSATURATES 10,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 22.7 FTEMPERATURE 78.0 FDEW POINT 32.0 FSPREAD 46.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 19 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 POINTTITLERed Bluff Municipal, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RBLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RBL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Red Bluff Municipal, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RBLFIG. C THE WIND AT RED BLUFF MUNICIPALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERed Bluff Municipal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RBLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-RBL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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