Thomes CreekTCKC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.5 mi away/1,047 ft/223 ft above here
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Weather/California/Paskenta
Now. Paskenta is 66° and mostly clear at 4 AM. The dew point is 32°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the northwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 85° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 63° by 6 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 51): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 81°, and the coolest Monday, near 67°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:28 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 43% lit, and sets at 11:31 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 7 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 4:00 AM in Paskenta, California.
Air quality
Index 51, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Red Bluff (CA), 27 miles off.
Yesterday measured 43, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Sat 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 11 PM.
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The 4 instruments nearest Paskenta, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.5 miles away.
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Thomes CreekTCKC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.5 mi away/1,047 ft/223 ft above here
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At an airfield/24.7 mi away/354 ft/470 ft below here
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measured daily2 instruments
At a reservoir/20.2 mi away/738 ft/86 ft below here
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Corning 0.6 ECA-TH-60
In a volunteer observer's own ground/20.5 mi away/277 ft/547 ft below here
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Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 24.7 mi from Paskenta, California. From its report of Oct 17, 2026, 3:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
54.0 F with a dew point of 33.0 F, 45 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,800 ft up.
From the northwest (310 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.
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Snow on the ground
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The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.