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Oakland, California

City in Alameda County, California

Air quality

The air at Oakland

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Vacaville (CA), 41 miles off.

18Good
  • Ozone18Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Oakland

None in the last 3 days, to Sat 3 AM. 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 Oakland, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 9 miles or more through Sun 11 PM, lowest 10 miles Sun 8 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Oakland, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

OaklandOAK

At an airfield/5.3 mi away/7 ft/142 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank9of 4,461

measured daily2 instruments

Oakland 1.7 NNWCA-AL-52

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/123 ft/26 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Oakland, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.3 mi from Oakland, California. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 3:53 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 Oakland, 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 OAKFIG. A THE SKY OVER OAKLANDSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEOakland, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OAKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-OAK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

55.0 F with a dew point of 43.0 F, 64 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Oakland: temperature 55.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 43.0, 64 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OAKFIG. B THE AIR AT OAKLANDTHE 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 F70 FSATURATES 2,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.3 FTEMPERATURE 55.0 FDEW POINT 43.0 FSPREAD 12.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 64 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 POINTTITLEOakland, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OAKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-OAK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Oakland, 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 OAKFIG. C THE WIND AT OAKLANDPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEOakland, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OAKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-OAK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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