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Homestead Valley, California

Community in San Bernardino County, California

Air quality

The air at Homestead Valley

Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Joshua Tree National Park (CA), 13 miles off.

32Good
  • Ozone32Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 42, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Homestead Valley

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

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Visibility

How far you can see at Homestead Valley, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Homestead Valley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Yucca MesaYMSC1

At a cooperative observer's station/3.4 mi away/3,435 ft/181 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank325of 4,465

Joshua Tree 6.5 NNWCA-SR-99

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.6 mi away/3,181 ft/73 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Twentynine Palms, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.0 mi from Homestead Valley, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:54 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 Twentynine Palms, 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 NXPFIG. A THE SKY OVER TWENTYNINE PALMSSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLETwentynine Palms, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS NXPTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NXP-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

71.0 F with a dew point of 39.0 F, 31 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 7,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Twentynine Palms: temperature 71.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.0, 31 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 7,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NXPFIG. B THE AIR AT TWENTYNINE PALMSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 7,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 32.3 FTEMPERATURE 71.0 FDEW POINT 39.0 FSPREAD 32.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 31 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 POINTTITLETwentynine Palms, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS NXPTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NXP-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Twentynine Palms, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 5 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 NXPFIG. C THE WIND AT TWENTYNINE PALMSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLETwentynine Palms, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS NXPTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NXP-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Twentynine Palms, 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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