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Drytown, California

Community in Amador County, California

Air quality

The air at Drytown

Index 44, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Calaveras County (CA), 19 miles off.

44Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good19.9 mi
  • Ozone44Good61 ppb19.9 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)31Good-
  • Nitrogen dioxide5Good5 ppb23.9 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 42, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Drytown

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 Drytown, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Drytown, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

JacksonJAQ

At an airfield/5.6 mi away/1,679 ft/994 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3,385of 4,465

measured daily2 instruments

Amador City 1.0 WCA-AM-13

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/889 ft/204 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Sutter HillSRLC1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/1,609 ft/924 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Jackson, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.6 mi from Drytown, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:35 PM 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 Jackson, 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 JAQFIG. A THE SKY OVER JACKSONSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEJackson, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS JAQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JAQ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

76.0 F with a dew point of 37.0 F, 24 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 8,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Jackson: temperature 76.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.0, 24 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 8,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JAQFIG. B THE AIR AT JACKSONTHE 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 8,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.0 FTEMPERATURE 76.0 FDEW POINT 37.0 FSPREAD 39.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 24 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 POINTTITLEJackson, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS JAQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JAQ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (360 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Jackson, north up: blowing from 360 degrees, the north, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT JAQFIG. C THE WIND AT JACKSONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 360°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEJackson, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS JAQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-JAQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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Near Drytown

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