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Point Reyes Station, California

Community in Marin County, California

Air quality

The air at Point Reyes Station

Index 54, moderate, led by ozone. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, San Rafael (CA), 17 miles off.

54Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good17.2 mi
  • Ozone54Moderate49 ppb17.2 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide8Good9.5 ppb17.2 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm17.2 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 44, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Point Reyes Station

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Point Reyes Station, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 11 AM.

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On the radar over Point Reyes Station, CaliforniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Point Reyes Station, 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

NovatoDVO

At an airfield/14.5 mi away/3 ft/79 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank25of 4,461

Bodega 6 WSW93245

At a climate reference station/22.1 mi away/63 ft/19 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

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measured daily2 instruments

Novato 5.0 WCA-MR-39

In a volunteer observer's own ground/9.0 mi away/288 ft/206 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Novato, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.5 mi from Point Reyes Station, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:35 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 Novato, 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 DVOFIG. A THE SKY OVER NOVATOSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLENovato, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DVOTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-DVO-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

87.8 F with a dew point of 41.0 F, 19 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 10,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Novato: temperature 87.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 41.0, 19 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 10,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DVOFIG. B THE AIR AT NOVATOTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,00020 F40 F60 F80 F100 FSATURATES 10,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 31.3 FTEMPERATURE 87.8 FDEW POINT 41.0 FSPREAD 46.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 19 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 POINTTITLENovato, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DVOTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-DVO-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Novato, 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 DVOFIG. C THE WIND AT NOVATOPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLENovato, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DVOTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-17IDSR-DVO-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in California

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Near Point Reyes Station

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