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Madison, California

Community in Yolo County, California

Air quality

The air at Madison

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Woodland (CA), 11 miles off.

24Good
  • Ozone24Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Madison

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 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 Madison, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Madison, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.9 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Brooks RAWSBKSC1

A remote fire weather station/9.6 mi away/371 ft/219 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank622of 4,465

CD032CD032

Beside a road/19.6 mi away/29 ft/123 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank1,525of 4,465

measured daily2 instruments

Esparto 1.0 WCA-YL-15

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/229 ft/77 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

WintersWINC1

At a cooperative observer's station/10.8 mi away/126 ft/26 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank2,299of 4,465

Station report

The weather at Citizen station GW3349, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 5.7 mi from Madison, California. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station GW3349, 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 GW3349FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION GW3349PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECitizen station GW3349, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW3349TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW3349-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 277 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.62 inHg and the temperature at 58.0 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.04 inHg means its barometer reads 29.74 inHg; it reports 73.0 F, 15.0 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station GW3349 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 277 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.62 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.04 and the station pressure it means, 29.74.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW3349FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION GW3349 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 ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION GW33491 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT277 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 HERE29.62 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.0 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.04 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.74 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED73.0 FTITLECitizen station GW3349, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW3349TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW3349-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 42 degrees above the horizon at 38.60 N, and the day is 11 h 01 min long. Level ground there takes 67 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station GW3349, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 42 degrees above the horizon, against 75 at the June solstice, 51 at the equinoxes and 28 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 01 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW3349FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION GW3349ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 75°EQUINOXES 51°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 28°OCT 16, 42°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 01 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 67 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 38.60 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station GW3349, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW3349TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW3349-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station GW3349, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in California

33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Madison

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Madison

River and lake gauges