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Desert Center, California

Community in Riverside County, California

Air quality

The air at Desert Center

Index 63, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Niland (CA), 38 miles off.

63Moderate
  • Ozone32Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)63Moderate-

The days ahead

Highest 78, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Desert Center

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Desert Center, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Desert Center, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Eagle MountainEGLC1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.3 mi away/974 ft/277 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Twentynine Palms 10.5 ECA-SR-88

In a volunteer observer's own ground/39.6 mi away/1,477 ft/780 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Blythe Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 39.7 mi from Desert Center, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Blythe Airport, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BLHFIG. A THE SKY OVER BLYTHE AIRPORTSECTION, 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: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEBlythe Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BLHTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BLH-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

82.0 F with a dew point of 40.0 F, 22 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 9,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Blythe Airport: temperature 82.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.0, 22 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 9,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BLHFIG. B THE AIR AT BLYTHE AIRPORTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00020 F40 F60 F80 FSATURATES 9,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.3 FTEMPERATURE 82.0 FDEW POINT 40.0 FSPREAD 42.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 22 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 POINTTITLEBlythe Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BLHTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BLH-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (10 degrees) at 17 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Blythe Airport, north up: blowing from 10 degrees, the north, at 17 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BLHFIG. C THE WIND AT BLYTHE AIRPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 10°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 17 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBlythe Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BLHTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BLH-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Blythe Airport, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Eagle Mountain (EGLC1), 5.3 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 07:13. measured daily

Elsewhere in California

33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Desert Center

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Desert Center

River and lake gauges