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Pescadero, California

Community in San Mateo County, California

Air quality

The air at Pescadero

Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Redwood City (CA), 18 miles off.

34Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)34Good20.9 mi
  • Ozone28Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 40, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Pescadero

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 7 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Pescadero, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 8 miles or more through Sat 5 PM, lowest 9 miles Sat 4 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Pescadero, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Woodside 3.4 SCA-SM-22

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.4 mi away/1,592 ft/1,569 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Skyline Ridge PreserveSKYC1

In a park or preserve/11.3 mi away/2,253 ft/2,230 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at San Carlos Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 19.1 mi from Pescadero, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 7:47 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Clear; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over San Carlos Airport, height above the station to scale: a clear sky, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SQLFIG. A THE SKY OVER SAN CARLOS AIRPORTSECTION, 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 STATIONCLEARVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESan Carlos Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SQLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SQL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

73.4 F with a dew point of 48.2 F, 41 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at San Carlos Airport: temperature 73.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.2, 41 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SQLFIG. B THE AIR AT SAN CARLOS AIRPORTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 5,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.7 FTEMPERATURE 73.4 FDEW POINT 48.2 FSPREAD 25.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 41 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 POINTTITLESan Carlos Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SQLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SQL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at San Carlos Airport, 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 SQLFIG. C THE WIND AT SAN CARLOS AIRPORTPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLESan Carlos Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SQLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SQL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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