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In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.9 mi away/233 ft/30 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Weather/California/Stratford
Now. Stratford is 60° and clear at 12 AM. The dew point is 40°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 88° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 59° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. The sun is strong around midday: UV index 6, high. Unprotected skin can burn in under half an hour. Air quality is moderate (index 87): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 90°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 69°. Rain is possible Tuesday (37%) and Wednesday (34%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:22 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:33 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 16 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Stratford, California.
Air quality
Index 87, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Hanford (CA), 13 miles off.
Moderate each day through Today, led by coarse particles. Yesterday measured 81, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Stratford, CaliforniaReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Stratford, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.2 miles away.
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Citizen station FW4734FW4734
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.9 mi away/233 ft/30 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/12.3 mi away/236 ft/33 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/15.0 mi away/282 ft/79 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Kettleman HillsKTLC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/17.0 mi away/722 ft/519 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Lemoore 2.3 WCA-KG-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.2 mi away/213 ft/10 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Hanford 1 SHAFC1
At a cooperative observer's station/13.9 mi away/256 ft/53 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 12.3 mi from Stratford, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:56 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
55.0 F with a dew point of 36.0 F, 49 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,300 ft up.
From the southwest (230 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.
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Snow on the ground
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.