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Dana Point, California

City in Orange County, California

Air quality

The air at Dana Point

Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Saddleback Vly (CA), 11 miles off.

35Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good-
  • Ozone35Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)10Good-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Today, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 50, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Dana Point

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 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 Dana Point, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Dana Point, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Dana Point 1.4 NCA-OR-55

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/200 ft/131 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Irvine RanchIVRC1

On a farm or research station/17.0 mi away/535 ft/204 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Dana Point 1SW - Ocean Inst, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 1.1 mi from Dana Point, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:59 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

81.0 F with a dew point of 53.0 F, 38 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Dana Point 1SW - Ocean Inst: temperature 81.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.0, 38 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DPOC1FIG. B THE AIR AT DANA POINT 1SW - OCEAN INSTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00040 F50 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 6,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 46.8 FTEMPERATURE 81.0 FDEW POINT 53.0 FSPREAD 28.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 38 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 POINTTITLEDana Point 1SW - Ocean Inst, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP DPOC1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DPOC1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (102 degrees) at 1 mph, gusting 4 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 16 mph.

Plan of the wind at Dana Point 1SW - Ocean Inst, north up: blowing from 102 degrees, the east southeast, at 1 miles an hour, gusting 4; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DPOC1FIG. C THE WIND AT DANA POINT 1SW - OCEAN INSTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 102°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 4 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDana Point 1SW - Ocean Inst, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP DPOC1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DPOC1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 0 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.92 inHg and the temperature at 59.0 F; it reports 81.0 F, 22.0 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Dana Point 1SW - Ocean Inst stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 0 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.92 inches of mercury, and temperature, 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DPOC1FIG. D WHERE DANA POINT 1SW - OCEAN INST 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 ATMOSPHEREDANA POINT 1SW - OCEAN INST0 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT0 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 HERE29.92 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE59.0 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED81.0 FTITLEDana Point 1SW - Ocean Inst, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP DPOC1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DPOC1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Dana Point 1SW - Ocean Inst, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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