Citizen station EW9947EW9947
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/3,172 ft/650 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Weather/California/Nevada City
Nevada City, California
City in Nevada County, California...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM PDT FRIDAY DUE TO WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA... * AFFECTED AREA...Portions of Sierra Nevada and adjacent Foothills. * TIMING...Until 10 AM PDT Friday. * WINDS...Northeast to east winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts 25 to 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Daytime humidity 10 to 20% with single digits possible and very poor overnight recoveries. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in the field of this Red Flag Warning.
72°
89°/57°
Clear·
Feels like 72°·Light breeze 5 mph ENE
Alert. A Red Flag Warning is in force for Nevada City until 10 AM tomorrow. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. Nevada City is 72° and clear at 9 PM. The dew point is 21°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light breeze from the east-northeast at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 65° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 87°, and the coolest Tuesday, near 62°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:32 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. Look for Saturn, bright in the southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 12 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
38Air quality
15%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
9:00 PM
72feels72
now, clear
Today
Oct 15
8957
UV 6
Fri
Oct 16
8765
UV 6
Sat
Oct 17
8358
UV 6
Sun
Oct 18
7857
UV 6
Mon
Oct 19
6652
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
6247
27%
Wed
Oct 21
6447
29%
72°
89°57°
87°65°
83°58°
78°57°
66°52°
62°47°
64°47°
As of 9:00 PM in Nevada City, California.
Air quality
The air at Nevada City
Index 38, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Western Nevada County (CA), 4 miles off.
38Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)-11.6 mi
- Ozone38Good40 ppb11.6 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 40, good.
GoodModerate
- 40YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 45 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Nevada City
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 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 Nevada City, the next 45 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Nevada City, CaliforniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
Weather instrument stations by state
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Nevada City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Rank3,274of 4,465
Grass ValleyGOO
At an airfield/2.6 mi away/3,115 ft/593 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Grass ValleyGSVC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.5 mi away/2,421 ft/101 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/17.0 mi away/5,312 ft/2,790 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Nevada CityNVDC1
At a cooperative observer's station/1.4 mi away/2,851 ft/329 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Grass Valley 1.8 NECA-NV-69
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/2,739 ft/217 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Station report
The weather at Grass Valley, drawn
The nearest airport reporting now, 2.6 mi from Nevada City, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 9:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
The sky
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
The air
71.6 F with a dew point of 21.2 F, 15 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 11,200 ft up.
The wind
Calm.
The full report of Grass Valley, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
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Near Nevada City
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
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