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Magalia, California

Community in Butte County, California

Air quality

The air at Magalia

Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Paradise (CA), 6 miles off.

35Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)9Good-
  • Ozone35Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 35, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Magalia

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Magalia, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Magalia, 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 now3 instruments

ParadisePDEC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/5.8 mi away/1,726 ft/787 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank3,303of 4,465

measured daily2 instruments

Magalia 0.8 NNWCA-BT-6

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/2,451 ft/62 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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De SablaDESC1

At a cooperative observer's station/2.6 mi away/2,740 ft/227 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Paradise, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 5.8 mi from Magalia, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:00 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

78.0 F with a dew point of 17.0 F, 10 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 13,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Paradise: temperature 78.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 17.0, 10 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 13,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PDEC1FIG. B THE AIR AT PARADISETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,00016,000-10 F10 F30 F50 F70 F90 FSATURATES 13,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 5.6 FTEMPERATURE 78.0 FDEW POINT 17.0 FSPREAD 61.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 10 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 POINTTITLEParadise, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP PDEC1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PDEC1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Paradise, 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 PDEC1FIG. C THE WIND AT PARADISEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 4 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEParadise, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP PDEC1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PDEC1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,726 ft above sea level, 6 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.10 inHg and the temperature at 52.8 F; it reports 78.0 F, 25.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Paradise stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,726 feet above sea level with 6 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.10 inches of mercury, and temperature, 52.8 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PDEC1FIG. D WHERE PARADISE 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 ATMOSPHEREPARADISE6 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,726 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 HERE28.10 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE52.8 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED78.0 FTITLEParadise, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP PDEC1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-PDEC1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

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

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Snow on the ground

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