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Furnace Creek, California

Community in Inyo County, California

Air quality

The air at Furnace Creek

Index 37, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Death Valley National Park (CA), 4 miles off.

37Good
  • Ozone37Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 40, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Furnace Creek

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 Furnace Creek, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Furnace Creek, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Station report

The weather at Death Valley - Furnace Creek Visitors Center, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 0.4 mi from Furnace Creek, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 6:00 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

80.7 F with a dew point of 30.3 F, 16 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 11,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Death Valley - Furnace Creek Visitors Center: temperature 80.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 30.3, 16 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 11,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DEVC1FIG. B THE AIR AT DEATH VALLEY - FURNACE CREEK VISITORS CENTERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,00010 F30 F50 F70 F90 FSATURATES 11,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 20.3 FTEMPERATURE 80.7 FDEW POINT 30.3 FSPREAD 50.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 16 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 POINTTITLEDeath Valley - Furnace Creek Visitors Center, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP DEVC1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DEVC1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (325 degrees) at 8 mph, gusting 15 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 15 mph.

Plan of the wind at Death Valley - Furnace Creek Visitors Center, north up: blowing from 325 degrees, the northwest, at 8 miles an hour, gusting 15; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DEVC1FIG. C THE WIND AT DEATH VALLEY - FURNACE CREEK VISITORS CENTERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 325°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDeath Valley - Furnace Creek Visitors Center, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP DEVC1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DEVC1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At -181 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.92 inHg and the temperature at 59.6 F; it reports 80.7 F, 21.1 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Death Valley - Furnace Creek Visitors Center stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station -181 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.92 inches of mercury, and temperature, 59.6 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DEVC1FIG. D WHERE DEATH VALLEY - FURNACE CREEK VISITORS CENTER STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREDEATH VALLEY - FURNACE CREEK VISITORS CENTER0 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT-181 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.92 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE59.6 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED80.7 FTITLEDeath Valley - Furnace Creek Visitors Center, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP DEVC1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DEVC1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Death Valley - Furnace Creek Visitors Center, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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