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Orland, California

City in Glenn County, California

Air quality

The air at Orland

Index 42, good, led by ozone. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Willows (CA), 16 miles off.

42Good
  • Ozone42Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Orland

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Orland, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Orland, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

OrlandONDC1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.6 mi away/256 ft/3 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Corning 1.3 ESECA-TH-51

In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.1 mi away/303 ft/50 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Black Butte Weather Station, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 8.5 mi from Orland, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:30 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

75.2 F with a dew point of 34.9 F, 23 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 9,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Black Butte Weather Station: temperature 75.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 34.9, 23 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 9,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BWXC1FIG. B THE AIR AT BLACK BUTTE WEATHER STATIONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00020 F40 F60 F80 FSATURATES 9,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 26.6 FTEMPERATURE 75.2 FDEW POINT 34.9 FSPREAD 40.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 23 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 POINTTITLEBlack Butte Weather Station, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP BWXC1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-BWXC1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (230 degrees) at 1 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Black Butte Weather Station, north up: blowing from 230 degrees, the southwest, at 1 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BWXC1FIG. C THE WIND AT BLACK BUTTE WEATHER STATIONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 230°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBlack Butte Weather Station, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP BWXC1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-BWXC1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 400 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.49 inHg and the temperature at 57.6 F; it reports 75.2 F, 17.6 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Black Butte Weather Station stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 400 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.49 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.6 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BWXC1FIG. D WHERE BLACK BUTTE WEATHER STATION 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 ATMOSPHEREBLACK BUTTE WEATHER STATION1 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT400 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 HERE29.49 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.6 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED75.2 FTITLEBlack Butte Weather Station, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP BWXC1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-17IDSR-BWXC1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Black Butte Weather Station, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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