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Thermal, California

Community in Riverside County, California

Air quality

The air at Thermal

Index 44, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Coachella Vly (CA), 17 miles off.

44Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)44Good-
  • Ozone34Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)19Good6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 48, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 11 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Thermal

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 Thermal, the next 46 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Thermal, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Wrp #4WRPC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/3.4 mi away/-171 ft/40 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank3,086of 4,465

measured daily2 instruments

Mecca Fire StationMCAC1

At a fire lookout or ranger station/5.5 mi away/-184 ft/53 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Indio 1.7 ESECA-RV-75

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.3 mi away/-29 ft/102 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Thermal Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.7 mi from Thermal, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:52 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 Thermal Airport, 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 TRMFIG. A THE SKY OVER THERMAL AIRPORTSECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEThermal Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TRMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TRM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

72.0 F with a dew point of 46.0 F, 39 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,900 ft up.

Chart of the air at Thermal Airport: temperature 72.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.0, 39 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,900 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TRMFIG. B THE AIR AT THERMAL AIRPORTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 5,900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 40.3 FTEMPERATURE 72.0 FDEW POINT 46.0 FSPREAD 26.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 39 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 POINTTITLEThermal Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TRMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TRM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northwest (310 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Thermal Airport, north up: blowing from 310 degrees, the northwest, 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 TRMFIG. C THE WIND AT THERMAL AIRPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 310°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEThermal Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TRMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-TRM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Thermal Airport, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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Near Thermal

River and lake gauges