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Sierra City, California

Community in Sierra County, California

Air quality

The air at Sierra City

Index 53, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Portola (CA), 18 miles off.

53Moderate
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)53Moderate18.8 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 30, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Sierra City

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Visibility

How far you can see at Sierra City, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Sierra City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Sierra CitySEYC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/1.3 mi away/4,787 ft/532 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank74of 4,465

Hwy 80 at Cisco GroveCD026

Beside a road/18.4 mi away/5,669 ft/1,414 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank-

measured daily2 instruments

Bowman DamBODC1

At a dam/8.0 mi away/6,024 ft/1,769 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Portola 0.5 WNWCA-PM-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/18.5 mi away/4,845 ft/590 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Blue Canyon - Nyack, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 20.7 mi from Sierra City, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:52 AM 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 Blue Canyon - Nyack, 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 BLUFIG. A THE SKY OVER BLUE CANYON - NYACKSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEBlue Canyon - Nyack, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS BLUTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BLU-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

60.0 F with a dew point of 16.0 F, 18 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 9,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Blue Canyon - Nyack: temperature 60.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 16.0, 18 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 9,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BLUFIG. B THE AIR AT BLUE CANYON - NYACKTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,0000 F20 F40 F60 FSATURATES 9,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 7.6 FTEMPERATURE 60.0 FDEW POINT 16.0 FSPREAD 44.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 18 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 POINTTITLEBlue Canyon - Nyack, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS BLUTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BLU-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (60 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Blue Canyon - Nyack, north up: blowing from 60 degrees, the east northeast, at 9 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 BLUFIG. C THE WIND AT BLUE CANYON - NYACKPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 60°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBlue Canyon - Nyack, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS BLUTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-BLU-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Blue Canyon - Nyack, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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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.

Near Sierra City

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