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North Highlands, California

Community in Sacramento County, California

Air quality

The air at North Highlands

Index 60, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, North Highlands (CA), 3 miles off.

60Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)60Moderate3.9 mi
  • Ozone11Good9 ppb3.9 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide22Good23 ppb9 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.4 ppm9 mi

The days ahead

Highest 54, moderate, Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 52, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at North Highlands

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

How far you can see at North Highlands, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest North Highlands, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Sacramento 5ESESMTC1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.5 mi away/43 ft/69 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Sacramento McClellan, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.7 mi from North Highlands, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:55 AM 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 Sacramento McClellan, 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 MCCFIG. A THE SKY OVER SACRAMENTO MCCLELLANSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLESacramento McClellan, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MCCTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MCC-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

51.8 F with a dew point of 39.2 F, 62 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Sacramento McClellan: temperature 51.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 39.2, 62 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MCCFIG. B THE AIR AT SACRAMENTO MCCLELLANTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 2,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.5 FTEMPERATURE 51.8 FDEW POINT 39.2 FSPREAD 12.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 62 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 POINTTITLESacramento McClellan, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MCCTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MCC-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Sacramento McClellan, 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 MCCFIG. C THE WIND AT SACRAMENTO MCCLELLANPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESacramento McClellan, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MCCTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MCC-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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