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Stirling City, California

Community in Butte County, California

Air quality

The air at Stirling City

Index 35, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Paradise (CA), 11 miles off.

35Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)8Good19.4 mi
  • Ozone35Good22 ppb19.4 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)-19.4 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide6Good6.2 ppb19.4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 8, good.

Smoke, the next 40 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Stirling City

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
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Last 3 days
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Visibility

How far you can see at Stirling City, the next 40 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Stirling City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Magalia 7.4 ENECA-BT-36

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.5 mi away/3,865 ft/290 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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At a cooperative observer's station/5.2 mi away/2,740 ft/835 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Stirling City, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 0.3 mi from Stirling City, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:30 AM local time: 3 of its 3 sheets.

The column

At 3,540 ft above sea level, 12 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 26.29 inHg and the temperature at 46.4 F; it reports 65.8 F, 19.5 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Stirling City stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 3,540 feet above sea level with 12 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 26.29 inches of mercury, and temperature, 46.4 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SGYC1FIG. D WHERE STIRLING CITY 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 ATMOSPHERESTIRLING CITY12 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT3,540 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 HERE26.29 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE46.4 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED65.8 FTITLEStirling City, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP SGYC1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SGYC1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 41 degrees above the horizon at 39.90 N, and the day is 10 h 58 min long. Level ground there takes 66 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Stirling City, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 41 degrees above the horizon, against 74 at the June solstice, 50 at the equinoxes and 27 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 58 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SGYC1FIG. E THE SUN AT STIRLING CITYELEVATION 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 74°EQUINOXES 50°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 27°OCT 16, 41°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 58 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 66 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 39.90 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLEStirling City, the sunSTATION REPORT · DCP SGYC1TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SGYC1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The instrument

A data collection platform, 3,540 ft above sea level. Its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:30 AM local time is written on the sensors that made it.

Elevation of a data collection platform, Stirling City, each sensor drawn and labelled with what it read: antenna, sending by satellite, last heard oct 16, 2026, 12:30 am local time; air temperature, 65.8 f.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SGYC1FIG. F THE INSTRUMENTELEVATION OF A DATA COLLECTION PLATFORM, EACH SENSOR WITH WHAT IT READ, OCT 16, 2026, 12:30 AM LOCAL TIMEANTENNA, SENDING BY SATELLITELAST HEARD OCT 16, 2026, 12:30 AM LOCAL TIMEAIR TEMPERATURE65.8 FPRECIPITATION GAUGE-SCHEMATIC; THE SPACING BETWEEN SENSORS IS NOT TO SCALETITLEStirling City, the instrumentSTATION REPORT · DCP SGYC1TYPEELEVATIONSCALESCHEMATICREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 3DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SGYC1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-INS-001

The full report of Stirling City, in 3 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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