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Garden Grove, California

City in Orange County, California

Air quality

The air at Garden Grove

Index 36, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Central Orange (CA), 2 miles off.

36Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
  • Ozone36Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)28Good-

The days ahead

Moderate each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Garden Grove

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. 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 Garden Grove, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Garden Grove, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Garden Grove 0.3 NNECA-OR-121

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/94 ft/15 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Santa Ana Fire STNSTAC1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.3 mi away/125 ft/46 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Los Alamitos AAF, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.9 mi from Garden Grove, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 7:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 1,500 ft, a few clouds at 10,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Los Alamitos AAF, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, a few clouds cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SLIFIG. A THE SKY OVER LOS ALAMITOS AAFSECTION, 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,50015,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONFEW 10,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 1,500 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELos Alamitos AAF, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SLITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SLI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

83.5 F with a dew point of 39.4 F, 21 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 10,000 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Los Alamitos AAF: temperature 83.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.4, 21 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 10,000 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SLIFIG. B THE AIR AT LOS ALAMITOS AAFTHE 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 10,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 30.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 1,500 FTTEMPERATURE 83.5 FDEW POINT 39.4 FSPREAD 44.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 21 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 POINTTITLELos Alamitos AAF, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SLITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SLI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (30 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Los Alamitos AAF, north up: blowing from 30 degrees, the north northeast, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SLIFIG. C THE WIND AT LOS ALAMITOS AAFPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 30°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELos Alamitos AAF, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SLITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SLI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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