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El Dorado Hills, California

Community in El Dorado County, California

Air quality

The air at El Dorado Hills

Index 50, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Folsom (CA), 4 miles off.

50Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)43Good5.1 mi
  • Ozone50Good60 ppb5.1 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-11.5 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide3Good3 ppb5.1 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm24.2 mi

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. 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 El Dorado Hills

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 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 El Dorado Hills, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest El Dorado Hills, 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

measured daily2 instruments

El Dorado Hills 2.0 SCA-ED-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/663 ft/157 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Lake SolanoLSOC1

At a cooperative observer's station/13.1 mi away/462 ft/358 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank204of 4,465

Station report

The weather at Citizen station K1FIE, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 2.4 mi from El Dorado Hills, California. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station K1FIE, 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 K1FIEFIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION K1FIEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station K1FIE, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP K1FIETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-K1FIE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 766 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.10 inHg and the temperature at 56.3 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.08 inHg means its barometer reads 29.26 inHg; it reports 58.0 F, 1.7 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station K1FIE stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 766 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.10 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.3 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.08 and the station pressure it means, 29.26.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT K1FIEFIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION K1FIE 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 ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION K1FIE3 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT766 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 HERE29.10 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.3 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.08 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.26 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED58.0 FTITLECitizen station K1FIE, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP K1FIETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-K1FIE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 42 degrees above the horizon at 38.71 N, and the day is 11 h 01 min long. Level ground there takes 67 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station K1FIE, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 42 degrees above the horizon, against 75 at the June solstice, 51 at the equinoxes and 28 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 01 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT K1FIEFIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION K1FIEELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 75°EQUINOXES 51°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 28°OCT 16, 42°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 01 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 67 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 38.71 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station K1FIE, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP K1FIETYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-K1FIE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station K1FIE, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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