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Fair Oaks, California

Community in Sacramento County, California

Air quality

The air at Fair Oaks

Index 62, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Arden Arcade-Del Paso Manor (CA), 6 miles off.

62Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)62Moderate5.6 mi
  • Ozone11Good33 ppb5.6 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide2Good2 ppb5.6 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.4 ppm13.7 mi

The days ahead

Highest 54, moderate, Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Fair Oaks

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 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 Fair Oaks, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Fair Oaks, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Fair Oaks 0.1 SWCA-SA-32

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/196 ft/29 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Sacramento 5ESESMTC1

At a cooperative observer's station/11.2 mi away/43 ft/182 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Mather Field, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 7.2 mi from Fair Oaks, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Mather Field, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 3 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MHRFIG. A THE SKY OVER MATHER FIELDSECTION, 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: 3 MI0510TITLEMather Field, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MHRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MHR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

47.0 F with a dew point of 42.0 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Mather Field: temperature 47.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 42.0, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MHRFIG. B THE AIR AT MATHER FIELDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.8 FTEMPERATURE 47.0 FDEW POINT 42.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 POINTTITLEMather Field, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MHRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MHR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Mather Field, 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 MHRFIG. C THE WIND AT MATHER FIELDPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEMather Field, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MHRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MHR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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