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Maxwell, California

Community in Colusa County, California

Air quality

The air at Maxwell

Index 31, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Willows (CA), 17 miles off.

31Good
  • Ozone31Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 37, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Maxwell

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. 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 Maxwell, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Maxwell, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 5.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

OrovilleOVE

At an airfield/34.0 mi away/190 ft/96 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank47of 4,465

measured daily2 instruments

Maxwell 5.1 NCA-CL-1

In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.1 mi away/91 ft/3 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Colusa 2 SSWCSAC1

At a cooperative observer's station/10.8 mi away/46 ft/48 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Oroville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 34.0 mi from Maxwell, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 7:53 PM 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 Oroville, 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 OVEFIG. A THE SKY OVER OROVILLESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEOroville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OVETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OVE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

81.0 F with a dew point of 31.0 F, 16 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 11,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Oroville: temperature 81.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 31.0, 16 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 11,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OVEFIG. B THE AIR AT OROVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,00010 F30 F50 F70 F90 FSATURATES 11,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 21.1 FTEMPERATURE 81.0 FDEW POINT 31.0 FSPREAD 50.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 16 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 POINTTITLEOroville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OVETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OVE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Oroville, north up: at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OVEFIG. C THE WIND AT OROVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOroville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OVETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OVE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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