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Elk Creek, California

Community in Glenn County, California

Air quality

The air at Elk Creek

Index 29, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Willows (CA), 19 miles off.

29Good
  • Ozone29Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 5 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Elk Creek

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 10 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 Elk Creek, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Elk Creek, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Stony Gorge ReservoirSTOC1

At a reservoir/1.3 mi away/738 ft/level with here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Maxwell 5.1 NCA-CL-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/26.2 mi away/91 ft/647 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Chico Municipal, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 38.6 mi from Elk Creek, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:50 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Clear; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Chico Municipal, height above the station to scale: a clear sky, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CICFIG. A THE SKY OVER CHICO MUNICIPALSECTION, 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 STATIONCLEARVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEChico Municipal, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CICTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CIC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

82.4 F with a dew point of 24.8 F, 12 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 12,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Chico Municipal: temperature 82.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 24.8, 12 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 12,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CICFIG. B THE AIR AT CHICO MUNICIPALTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,00016,0000 F20 F40 F60 F80 FSATURATES 12,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 13.7 FTEMPERATURE 82.4 FDEW POINT 24.8 FSPREAD 57.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 12 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 POINTTITLEChico Municipal, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CICTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CIC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Chico Municipal, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 9 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CICFIG. C THE WIND AT CHICO MUNICIPALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEChico Municipal, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CICTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CIC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in California

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Near Elk Creek

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