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Lake Elsinore, California

City in Riverside County, California

Air quality

The air at Lake Elsinore

Index 33, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Lake Elsinore (CA), 0 miles off.

33Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)1Good16 mi
  • Ozone33Good38 ppb0.5 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)28Good0.5 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.5 ppb0.5 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb23.3 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm23.3 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Lake Elsinore

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. 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 Lake Elsinore, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Lake Elsinore, CaliforniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Lake Elsinore, 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 now5 instruments

El CarisoECSC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.6 mi away/2,677 ft/1,362 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank4,221of 4,465

MurrietaF70

At an airfield/13.6 mi away/1,343 ft/28 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3,324of 4,465

measured daily2 instruments

ElsinoreEORC1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/1,286 ft/29 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Murrieta, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.6 mi from Lake Elsinore, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:35 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 Murrieta, 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 F70FIG. A THE SKY OVER MURRIETASECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEMurrieta, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS F70TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-F70-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

64.0 F with a dew point of 44.2 F, 48 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Murrieta: temperature 64.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 44.2, 48 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT F70FIG. B THE AIR AT MURRIETATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 4,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 39.8 FTEMPERATURE 64.0 FDEW POINT 44.2 FSPREAD 19.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 48 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 POINTTITLEMurrieta, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS F70TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-F70-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Murrieta, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT F70FIG. C THE WIND AT MURRIETAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMurrieta, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS F70TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-F70-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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Near Lake Elsinore

River and lake gauges