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Newcastle, California

Community in Placer County, California

Air quality

The air at Newcastle

Index 32, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Auburn (CA), 3 miles off.

32Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good-
  • Ozone32Good-

The days ahead

Highest 58, moderate, today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 45, good.

Smoke, the next 41 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 Newcastle

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 Newcastle, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Newcastle, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Newcastle 0.4 SSWCA-PC-33

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.1 mi away/824 ft/9 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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AuburnAUBC1

At a cooperative observer's station/3.8 mi away/1,312 ft/479 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station GW4338, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 3.5 mi from Newcastle, California. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the southeast (138 degrees) at 2 mph, gusting 6 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station GW4338, north up: blowing from 138 degrees, the southeast, at 2 miles an hour, gusting 6; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW4338FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION GW4338PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 138°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station GW4338, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW4338TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW4338-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,373 ft above sea level, 5 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.47 inHg and the temperature at 54.1 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.10 inHg means its barometer reads 28.64 inHg; it reports 77.0 F, 22.9 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station GW4338 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,373 feet above sea level with 5 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.47 inches of mercury, and temperature, 54.1 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.10 and the station pressure it means, 28.64.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GW4338FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION GW4338 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 GW43385 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,373 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 HERE28.47 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE54.1 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.10 inHgITS BAROMETER READS28.64 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED77.0 FTITLECitizen station GW4338, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW4338TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW4338-2DRAWN 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 38.88 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 GW4338, 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 GW4338FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION GW4338ELEVATION 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 38.88 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station GW4338, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP GW4338TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GW4338-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station GW4338, 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 Newcastle

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

Near Newcastle

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