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Sutter, California

Community in Sutter County, California

Air quality

The air at Sutter

Index 48, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 9 PM from its reporting area, Yuba City and Marysville (CA), 7 miles off.

48Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)36Good-
  • Ozone37Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)48Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Tue Oct 20, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 51, moderate.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Sutter

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Sutter, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Sutter, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Marysville/Yuba CountyMYV

At an airfield/10.5 mi away/56 ft/18 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Yuba City 1.3 NNWCA-SU-7

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.4 mi away/66 ft/8 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Colusa 2 SSWCSAC1

At a cooperative observer's station/15.0 mi away/46 ft/28 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Citizen station KN6TED, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 6.9 mi from Sutter, California. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station KN6TED, 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 KN6TEDFIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION KN6TEDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station KN6TED, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP KN6TEDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KN6TED-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 51 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.87 inHg and the temperature at 58.8 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.04 inHg means its barometer reads 29.98 inHg; it reports 74.0 F, 15.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station KN6TED stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 51 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.87 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.8 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.04 and the station pressure it means, 29.98.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KN6TEDFIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION KN6TED 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 KN6TED0 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT51 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 HERE29.87 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.8 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.04 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.98 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED74.0 FTITLECitizen station KN6TED, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP KN6TEDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KN6TED-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 42 degrees above the horizon at 39.10 N, and the day is 11 h 00 min long. Level ground there takes 67 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station KN6TED, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 42 degrees above the horizon, against 74 at the June solstice, 51 at the equinoxes and 27 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 00 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT KN6TEDFIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION KN6TEDELEVATION 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 51°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 27°OCT 16, 42°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 00 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 67 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 39.10 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station KN6TED, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP KN6TEDTYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-KN6TED-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station KN6TED, in 4 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 Sutter

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