Storm Station
Sign in

Yankee Hill, California

Community in Butte County, California

Air quality

The air at Yankee Hill

Index 39, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 PM from its reporting area, Paradise (CA), 6 miles off.

39Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)4Good-
  • Ozone39Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sat Oct 17, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 35, good.

Smoke, the next 45 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 11 AM.

FriSatSun

Precipitation

What has fallen at Yankee Hill

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 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 Yankee Hill, the next 45 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 11 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Yankee Hill, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

OrovilleOVE

At an airfield/15.9 mi away/190 ft/1,781 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank47of 4,465

measured daily2 instruments

Paradise 1.2 WCA-BT-47

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.8 mi away/1,683 ft/288 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

De SablaDESC1

At a cooperative observer's station/12.7 mi away/2,740 ft/769 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Oroville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.9 mi from Yankee Hill, California. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:53 PM 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 Oroville, 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 OVEFIG. A THE SKY OVER OROVILLESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEOroville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OVETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OVE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

92.0 F with a dew point of 31.0 F, 11 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 13,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Oroville: temperature 92.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 31.0, 11 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 13,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OVEFIG. B THE AIR AT OROVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,00016,00018,00010 F30 F50 F70 F90 FSATURATES 13,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 19.1 FTEMPERATURE 92.0 FDEW POINT 31.0 FSPREAD 61.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 11 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 POINTTITLEOroville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OVETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OVE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (270 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Oroville, north up: blowing from 270 degrees, the west, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OVEFIG. C THE WIND AT OROVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 270°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEOroville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OVETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-OVE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

-

Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in California

33 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Yankee Hill

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Yankee Hill

River and lake gauges