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El Centro, California

City in Imperial County, California

Air quality

The air at El Centro

Index 95, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Imperial Valley (CA), 0 miles off.

95Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)65Moderate0.2 mi
  • Ozone27Good16 ppb0.2 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)95Moderate0.2 mi

The days ahead

Highest 56, moderate, Tue Oct 20, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 116, unhealthy for sensitive groups.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at El Centro

0.07 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Sat 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.07in
Last 3 days
0.07in

Visibility

How far you can see at El Centro, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 11 PM.

SatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest El Centro, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

ImperialIPL

At an airfield/3.3 mi away/-49 ft/10 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank55of 4,461

measured daily1 instrument

Station report

The weather at Imperial, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.3 mi from El Centro, California. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 3:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 11,000 ft; the ceiling is 11,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Imperial, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 11,000 feet, the ceiling at 11,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IPLFIG. A THE SKY OVER IMPERIALSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,00017,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 11,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 11,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEImperial, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS IPLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-IPL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

77.0 F with a dew point of 48.0 F, 36 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 11,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Imperial: temperature 77.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.0, 36 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 11,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IPLFIG. B THE AIR AT IMPERIALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 6,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 11,000 FTTEMPERATURE 77.0 FDEW POINT 48.0 FSPREAD 29.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 36 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 POINTTITLEImperial, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS IPLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-IPL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Imperial, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT IPLFIG. C THE WIND AT IMPERIALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEImperial, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS IPLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-IPL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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