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Fairhaven, California

Community in Humboldt County, California

Air quality

The air at Fairhaven

Index 18, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Eureka (CA), 2 miles off.

18Good
  • Coarse particles (PM10)18Good1.5 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 30, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fairhaven

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Fairhaven, the next 46 hours

Dense fog: visibility falls to 0 miles Fri 6 AM, under a mile for 20 hours.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Fairhaven, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Eureka 1.4 WSWCA-HM-213

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/64 ft/52 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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ScotiaSCTC1

At a cooperative observer's station/21.5 mi away/138 ft/126 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Arcata/Eureka Arpt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.2 mi from Fairhaven, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:53 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 Arcata/Eureka Arpt, 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 ACVFIG. A THE SKY OVER ARCATA/EUREKA ARPTSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEArcata/Eureka Arpt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ACVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ACV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

47.0 F with a dew point of 47.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Arcata/Eureka Arpt: temperature 47.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 47.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ACVFIG. B THE AIR AT ARCATA/EUREKA ARPTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 47.0 F, 47.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLEArcata/Eureka Arpt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ACVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ACV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Arcata/Eureka Arpt, 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 ACVFIG. C THE WIND AT ARCATA/EUREKA ARPTPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEArcata/Eureka Arpt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ACVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ACV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Arcata/Eureka Arpt, 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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