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Lincoln, California

City in Placer County, California

Air quality

The air at Lincoln

Index 31, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Lincoln (CA), 1 mile off.

31Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)31Good15.4 mi
  • Ozone13Good25 ppb16 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-24.7 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide1Good1.4 ppb24.7 mi

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Lincoln

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. 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 Lincoln, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Lincoln, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

LincolnLICC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/1.7 mi away/197 ft/46 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank2,419of 4,465

LincolnLHM

At an airfield/3.4 mi away/121 ft/30 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

AuburnAUBC1

At a cooperative observer's station/11.8 mi away/1,312 ft/1,161 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Lincoln, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 1.7 mi from Lincoln, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:13 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

51.0 F with a dew point of 36.3 F, 57 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at Lincoln: temperature 51.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.3, 57 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LICC1FIG. B THE AIR AT LINCOLNTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.1 FTEMPERATURE 51.0 FDEW POINT 36.3 FSPREAD 14.7 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 57 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 POINTTITLELincoln, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP LICC1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LICC1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (75 degrees) at 2 mph, gusting 5 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 8 mph.

Plan of the wind at Lincoln, north up: blowing from 75 degrees, the east northeast, 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 LICC1FIG. C THE WIND AT LINCOLNPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 75°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELincoln, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP LICC1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LICC1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 197 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.71 inHg and the temperature at 58.3 F; it reports 51.0 F, 7.3 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Lincoln stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 197 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.71 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.3 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LICC1FIG. D WHERE LINCOLN 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 ATMOSPHERELINCOLN1 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT197 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 HERE29.71 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.3 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED51.0 FTITLELincoln, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP LICC1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LICC1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Lincoln, in 5 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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Near Lincoln

River and lake gauges