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San Jose, California

City in Santa Clara County, California

Air quality

The air at San Jose

Index 57, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, San Jose (CA), 3 miles off.

57Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)57Moderate21.2 mi
  • Ozone32Good27 ppb23.7 mi

The days ahead

Highest moderate, Sat Oct 17, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 58, moderate.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at San Jose

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at San Jose, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest San Jose, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

San Jose 1.2 NCA-SC-66

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.2 mi away/117 ft/7 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Citizen station FW5690, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 3.6 mi from San Jose, California. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station FW5690, 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 FW5690FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION FW5690PLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLECitizen station FW5690, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW5690TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW5690-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 216 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.69 inHg and the temperature at 58.2 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.11 inHg means its barometer reads 29.88 inHg; it reports 57.0 F, 1.2 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station FW5690 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 216 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.69 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.2 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.11 and the station pressure it means, 29.88.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FW5690FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION FW5690 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 ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION FW56901 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT216 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 HERE29.69 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.2 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.11 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.88 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED57.0 FTITLECitizen station FW5690, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW5690TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW5690-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 44 degrees above the horizon at 37.31 N, and the day is 11 h 04 min long. Level ground there takes 69 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station FW5690, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 44 degrees above the horizon, against 76 at the June solstice, 53 at the equinoxes and 29 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 04 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FW5690FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION FW5690ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 76°EQUINOXES 53°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 29°OCT 16, 44°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 04 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 69 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 37.31 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station FW5690, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW5690TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW5690-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station FW5690, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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