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Newport Beach, California

City in Orange County, California

Air quality

The air at Newport Beach

Index 39, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Saddleback Vly (CA), 12 miles off.

39Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)11Good-
  • Ozone39Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)14Good-

The days ahead

Highest 65, moderate, Fri Oct 16, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 50, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Newport Beach

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Newport Beach, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Newport Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Newport Beach 1.2 ECA-OR-79

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/90 ft/33 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Santa Ana Fire STNSTAC1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.5 mi away/125 ft/2 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Santa Ana/Jon-Wayne, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.8 mi from Newport Beach, 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 Santa Ana/Jon-Wayne, 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 SNAFIG. A THE SKY OVER SANTA ANA/JON-WAYNESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESanta Ana/Jon-Wayne, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SNATYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SNA-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

87.0 F with a dew point of 36.0 F, 16 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 11,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Santa Ana/Jon-Wayne: temperature 87.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.0, 16 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 11,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SNAFIG. B THE AIR AT SANTA ANA/JON-WAYNETHE 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 11,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 25.7 FTEMPERATURE 87.0 FDEW POINT 36.0 FSPREAD 51.0 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 POINTTITLESanta Ana/Jon-Wayne, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SNATYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SNA-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (50 degrees) at 10 mph, gusting 32 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 45 mph.

Plan of the wind at Santa Ana/Jon-Wayne, north up: blowing from 50 degrees, the northeast, at 10 miles an hour, gusting 32; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SNAFIG. C THE WIND AT SANTA ANA/JON-WAYNEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 50°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 32 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESanta Ana/Jon-Wayne, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SNATYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SNA-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Santa Ana/Jon-Wayne, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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