NERRS Meteorological Site At Rush RanchSFXC1
On a farm or research station/4.6 mi away/7 ft/36 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Weather/California/Fairfield
Now. Fairfield is 62° and clear at 2 AM. The dew point is 37°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the north at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 90° by 5 PM. Tonight falls to about 59° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 90°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 69°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:29 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:35 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 12 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Fairfield, California.
Air quality
Index 15, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Fairfield (CA), 1 mile off.
Highest moderate, Sat Oct 17, led by ozone.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Fairfield, CaliforniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Fairfield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
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NERRS Meteorological Site At Rush RanchSFXC1
On a farm or research station/4.6 mi away/7 ft/36 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/6.0 mi away/62 ft/19 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station GW2602GW2602
In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.8 mi away/198 ft/155 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
SR-12 - SR-160CF105
Beside a road/21.1 mi away/-6 ft/49 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Fairfield 1.7 NCA-SO-13
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/72 ft/29 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
FairfieldFFDC1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.7 mi away/115 ft/72 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 6.0 mi from Fairfield, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
59.0 F with a dew point of 37.2 F, 44 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,000 ft up.
From the north northeast (30 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.
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Snow on the ground
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.