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Oroville East, California

Community in Butte County, California

Air quality

The air at Oroville East

Index 43, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Gridley (CA), 19 miles off.

43Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)43Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 43, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Oroville East

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 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 Oroville East, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Oroville East, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

OrovilleOVE

At an airfield/6.6 mi away/190 ft/255 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank47of 4,465

measured daily2 instruments

OrovilleOROC1

At a cooperative observer's station/3.4 mi away/158 ft/287 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Oroville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.6 mi from Oroville East, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:53 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 Oroville, 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 OVEFIG. A THE SKY OVER OROVILLESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEOroville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OVETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OVE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

84.0 F with a dew point of 26.0 F, 12 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 13,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Oroville: temperature 84.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 26.0, 12 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 13,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OVEFIG. B THE AIR AT OROVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,00016,0000 F20 F40 F60 F80 FSATURATES 13,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 14.7 FTEMPERATURE 84.0 FDEW POINT 26.0 FSPREAD 58.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 12 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 POINTTITLEOroville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OVETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OVE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (50 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Oroville, north up: blowing from 50 degrees, the northeast, at 10 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OVEFIG. C THE WIND AT OROVILLEPLAN, 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 GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOroville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OVETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OVE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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