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King City, California

City in Monterey County, California

Air quality

The air at King City

Index 52, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, King City (CA), 0 miles off.

52Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)35Good0.2 mi
  • Ozone33Good34 ppb0.2 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)52Moderate0.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 45 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 King City

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. 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 King City, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest King City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

VallecitosS2234

At a soil climate station/29.2 mi away/1,620 ft/1,297 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank2,685of 4,465

measured daily2 instruments

King CityKICC1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.5 mi away/310 ft/13 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank115of 4,465

King City 13.2 SCA-MT-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/13.2 mi away/1,104 ft/781 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Hunter Liggett, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 15.2 mi from King City, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 8:25 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

69.0 F with a dew point of 28.6 F, 22 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 9,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Hunter Liggett: temperature 69.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 28.6, 22 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 9,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FHLC1FIG. B THE AIR AT HUNTER LIGGETTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00010 F30 F50 F70 FSATURATES 9,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 20.4 FTEMPERATURE 69.0 FDEW POINT 28.6 FSPREAD 40.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 22 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 POINTTITLEHunter Liggett, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP FHLC1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FHLC1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (317 degrees) at 2 mph, gusting 5 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 14 mph.

Plan of the wind at Hunter Liggett, north up: blowing from 317 degrees, the northwest, at 2 miles an hour, gusting 5; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FHLC1FIG. C THE WIND AT HUNTER LIGGETTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 317°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHunter Liggett, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP FHLC1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FHLC1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,089 ft above sea level, 4 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.76 inHg and the temperature at 55.1 F; it reports 69.0 F, 13.9 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Hunter Liggett stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,089 feet above sea level with 4 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.76 inches of mercury, and temperature, 55.1 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FHLC1FIG. D WHERE HUNTER LIGGETT 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 ATMOSPHEREHUNTER LIGGETT4 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,089 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 HERE28.76 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE55.1 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED69.0 FTITLEHunter Liggett, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP FHLC1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FHLC1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

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

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Snow on the ground

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