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Wawona, California

Community in Mariposa County, California

Air quality

The air at Wawona

Index 44, good, led by ozone. Read at 7 PM from its reporting area, Yosemite National Park (CA), 12 miles off.

44Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
  • Ozone44Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 60, moderate.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Wawona

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 6 PM. 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 Wawona, the next 41 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sat 11 AM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Wawona, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Wawona RAWSWWNC1

A remote fire weather station/0.8 mi away/4,052 ft/46 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank497of 4,465

measured daily2 instruments

Station report

The weather at Wawona RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 0.8 mi from Wawona, California. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 6:51 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

63.0 F with a dew point of 31.9 F, 31 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 7,000 ft up.

Chart of the air at Wawona RAWS: temperature 63.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 31.9, 31 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 7,000 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WWNC1FIG. B THE AIR AT WAWONA RAWSTHE 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 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 7,000 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 25.5 FTEMPERATURE 63.0 FDEW POINT 31.9 FSPREAD 31.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 31 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 POINTTITLEWawona RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP WWNC1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WWNC1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (40 degrees) at 1 mph, gusting 5 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 12 mph.

Plan of the wind at Wawona RAWS, north up: blowing from 40 degrees, the northeast, at 1 miles an hour, gusting 5; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WWNC1FIG. C THE WIND AT WAWONA RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 40°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE4GUST, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWawona RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP WWNC1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WWNC1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 4,052 ft above sea level, 14 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 25.79 inHg and the temperature at 44.5 F; it reports 63.0 F, 18.5 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Wawona RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 4,052 feet above sea level with 14 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 25.79 inches of mercury, and temperature, 44.5 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WWNC1FIG. D WHERE WAWONA RAWS 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 ATMOSPHEREWAWONA RAWS14 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT4,052 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 HERE25.79 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE44.5 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED63.0 FTITLEWawona RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP WWNC1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WWNC1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

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

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