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Happy Camp, California

Community in Siskiyou County, California

Air quality

The air at Happy Camp

Index 21, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Cave Junction (OR), 29 miles off.

21Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)21Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Smoke near the ground peaks at index 71, moderate, Fri 12 AM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Happy Camp

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Happy Camp, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Happy Camp, 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 now1 instrument

Slater ButteATRC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.6 mi away/3,881 ft/2,746 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank453of 4,465

measured daily2 instruments

Happy Camp RsHPYC1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/1,532 ft/397 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Seiad Valley 0.1 NNECA-SK-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.1 mi away/1,386 ft/251 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Slater Butte, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 4.6 mi from Happy Camp, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:52 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

67.0 F with a dew point of 23.4 F, 19 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 9,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Slater Butte: temperature 67.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 23.4, 19 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 9,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ATRC1FIG. B THE AIR AT SLATER BUTTETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,0000 F20 F40 F60 F80 FSATURATES 9,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 14.8 FTEMPERATURE 67.0 FDEW POINT 23.4 FSPREAD 43.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 19 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 POINTTITLESlater Butte, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP ATRC1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ATRC1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (77 degrees) at 21 mph, gusting 26 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 37 mph.

Plan of the wind at Slater Butte, north up: blowing from 77 degrees, the east northeast, at 21 miles an hour, gusting 26; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ATRC1FIG. C THE WIND AT SLATER BUTTEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 77°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 21 MPH6STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 26 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESlater Butte, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP ATRC1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ATRC1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 3,881 ft above sea level, 13 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 25.96 inHg and the temperature at 45.2 F; it reports 67.0 F, 21.8 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Slater Butte stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 3,881 feet above sea level with 13 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 25.96 inches of mercury, and temperature, 45.2 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ATRC1FIG. D WHERE SLATER BUTTE 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 ATMOSPHERESLATER BUTTE13 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT3,881 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 HERE25.96 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE45.2 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED67.0 FTITLESlater Butte, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP ATRC1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ATRC1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Slater Butte, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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