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Escondido, California

City in San Diego County, California

Air quality

The air at Escondido

Index 88, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, San Diego Mesa and Inland Valley (CA), 19 miles off.

88Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)61Moderate19.8 mi
  • Ozone37Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)88Moderate19.8 mi

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 28 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Escondido

None in the last 3 days, to Sat 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Escondido, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 11 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Escondido, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Escondido No 2ESCC1

At a cooperative observer's station/1.0 mi away/666 ft/2 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Escondido 1.6 WCA-SD-219

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/762 ft/98 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Ramona Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.2 mi from Escondido, California. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 3:53 AM 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 Ramona Airport, 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 RNMFIG. A THE SKY OVER RAMONA AIRPORTSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLERamona Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS RNMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-RNM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

78.0 F with a dew point of 37.0 F, 23 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 9,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Ramona Airport: temperature 78.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.0, 23 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 9,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RNMFIG. B THE AIR AT RAMONA AIRPORTTHE 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 9,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 28.5 FTEMPERATURE 78.0 FDEW POINT 37.0 FSPREAD 41.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 23 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 POINTTITLERamona Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS RNMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-RNM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (70 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 23 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 39 mph.

Plan of the wind at Ramona Airport, north up: blowing from 70 degrees, the east northeast, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 23; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RNMFIG. C THE WIND AT RAMONA AIRPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 70°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLERamona Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS RNMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-RNM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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