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Valley Center, California

Community in San Diego County, California

Air quality

The air at Valley Center

Index 30, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Temecula Vly (CA), 19 miles off.

30Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone30Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)14Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 46, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 22 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Valley Center

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 12 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 Valley Center, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 5 PM.

FriSat

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What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Valley Center, 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 now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Valley Center 1.5 NNWCA-SD-245

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/1,469 ft/35 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Valley Center 1NVCFC1

At a cooperative observer's station/1.9 mi away/1,299 ft/205 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Valley Center, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 0.3 mi from Valley Center, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:14 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

73.0 F with a dew point of 37.0 F, 27 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 8,100 ft up.

Chart of the air at Valley Center: temperature 73.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 37.0, 27 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 8,100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VLCC1FIG. B THE AIR AT VALLEY CENTERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 8,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.6 FTEMPERATURE 73.0 FDEW POINT 37.0 FSPREAD 36.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 27 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 POINTTITLEValley Center, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP VLCC1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VLCC1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (269 degrees) at 2 mph, gusting 8 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 8 mph.

Plan of the wind at Valley Center, north up: blowing from 269 degrees, the west, at 2 miles an hour, gusting 8; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VLCC1FIG. C THE WIND AT VALLEY CENTERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 269°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8GUST, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEValley Center, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP VLCC1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VLCC1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,460 ft above sea level, 5 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.38 inHg and the temperature at 53.8 F; it reports 73.0 F, 19.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Valley Center stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,460 feet above sea level with 5 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.38 inches of mercury, and temperature, 53.8 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT VLCC1FIG. D WHERE VALLEY CENTER 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 ATMOSPHEREVALLEY CENTER5 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,460 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 HERE28.38 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE53.8 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED73.0 FTITLEValley Center, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP VLCC1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-VLCC1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Valley Center, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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