Virginia Lakes Ridge SnotelVGAC1
A snow pillow on a mountain/1.8 mi away/9,445 ft/193 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Weather/California/Virginia Lakes
Now. Virginia Lakes is 43° and clear at 7 PM. With the wind it feels like 38°. The dew point is 19°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Gentle breeze from the southeast at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 27° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. A freeze: protect plants and pipes. No rain is expected for the rest of the day.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Saturday, near 59°, and the coolest Wednesday, near 38°. Rain is likely Tuesday (66%) and Wednesday (58%). The first freeze could come tomorrow, a low of 27°.
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and sets at 9:30 PM. The next full Moon is Sunday, Oct 25. 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 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 7:00 PM in Virginia Lakes, California.
Air quality
Index 11, good, led by coarse particles. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Lee Vining (CA), 9 miles off.
Yesterday measured 11, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sat 11 AM.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 6 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
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The 7 instruments nearest Virginia Lakes, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Virginia Lakes Ridge SnotelVGAC1
A snow pillow on a mountain/1.8 mi away/9,445 ft/193 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Beside a road/4.6 mi away/8,146 ft/1,492 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
RancheriaS2236
At a soil climate station/7.8 mi away/7,200 ft/2,438 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
At a climate reference station/37.3 mi away/6,620 ft/3,018 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
At an airfield/37.3 mi away/7,129 ft/2,509 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Mono City 1.9 SWCA-MN-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/5.3 mi away/6,791 ft/2,847 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Lee ViningLEVC1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.9 mi away/6,742 ft/2,896 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 37.3 mi from Virginia Lakes, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 7:35 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
51.8 F with a dew point of 19.4 F, 28 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 7,300 ft up.
At 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 23 mph.
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Lee Vining (LEVC1), 9.9 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:55. measured daily
33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.