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East Niles, California

Community in Kern County, California

Air quality

The air at East Niles

Index 84, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Bakersfield (CA), 4 miles off.

84Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)64Moderate-
  • Ozone50Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)84Moderate-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 71, moderate.

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 East Niles

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. 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 East Niles, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest East Niles, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Bakersfield 4.2 ENECA-KN-39

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/597 ft/118 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Democrat RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 20.1 mi from East Niles, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:25 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

57.0 F with a dew point of 32.3 F, 39 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Democrat RAWS: temperature 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 32.3, 39 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DEMC1FIG. B THE AIR AT DEMOCRAT RAWSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 5,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 27.1 FTEMPERATURE 57.0 FDEW POINT 32.3 FSPREAD 24.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 39 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 POINTTITLEDemocrat RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP DEMC1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DEMC1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Democrat RAWS, 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 DEMC1FIG. C THE WIND AT DEMOCRAT RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDemocrat RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP DEMC1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DEMC1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 2,379 ft above sea level, 8 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 27.44 inHg and the temperature at 50.5 F; it reports 57.0 F, 6.5 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Democrat RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 2,379 feet above sea level with 8 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 27.44 inches of mercury, and temperature, 50.5 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DEMC1FIG. D WHERE DEMOCRAT RAWS 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 ATMOSPHEREDEMOCRAT RAWS8 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT2,379 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 HERE27.44 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE50.5 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED57.0 FTITLEDemocrat RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP DEMC1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DEMC1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Democrat RAWS, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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