Beside a road/2.4 mi away/120 ft/24 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Parks/California/McConnell State Recreation Area
McConnell State Recreation Area, California
State Recreation Area in Merced County, California* WHAT...High temperatures up to 102 degrees expected. Overnight lows between 70 and 75 degrees expected in the Sierra Foothills where the thermal belt is strongest * WHERE...San Joaquin Valley, Sierra Nevada foothills, and Coastal West Hills. * WHEN...Until 10 PM PDT Friday. * IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Moderate to major risk of heat-related illnesses for much of the population, especially those without effective cooling or hydration.
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
75°
98°/64°
Clear·
Feels like 75°·Light air 3 mph NW
Alert. A Heat Advisory is in force for McConnell State Recreation Area until 10 PM Friday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book.
Now. McConnell State Recreation Area is 75° and clear at 11 PM. The dew point is 53°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the northwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 65° by 7 AM, under a mostly clear sky. No rain is expected for the rest of the day. Air quality is moderate (index 65): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 99°, and the coolest Sunday, near 78°. The days ahead look dry. Wednesday is hot, 99°: heat is a danger to anyone outdoors for long.
The sky now. The Moon is a waning crescent, 22% lit, and rises at 2:44 AM after midnight. The next new Moon is Saturday, Oct 10. Look for Saturn, bright in the southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 39 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
65Air quality
42%Humidity
0%Cloud
Now
11:00 PM
75feels75
now, clear
Today
Oct 5
9864
clear day
Wed
Oct 7
9964
12mph
UV 7
Thu
Oct 8
9763
UV 7
Fri
Oct 9
9463
UV 7
Sat
Oct 10
8559
13mph
UV 7
Sun
Oct 11
7853
UV 7
Mon
Oct 12
7851
UV 6
75°
98°64°
99°64°
97°63°
94°63°
85°59°
78°53°
78°51°
As of 11:00 PM in McConnell State Recreation Area, California.
Air quality
The air at McConnell State Recreation Area
Index 65, moderate, led by coarse particles. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Merced (CA), 15 miles off.
65Moderate
- Fine particles (PM2.5)64Moderate-
- Ozone37Good-
- Coarse particles (PM10)65Moderate-
The days ahead
Unhealthy for sensitive groups each day through Tue Oct 6, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 108, unhealthy for sensitive groups.
GoodModerateSensitive groups
- 108YesterdayOct 4
- 101TodayOct 5
- 101TueOct 6
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Wed 5 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at McConnell State Recreation Area
None in the last 3 days, to Mon 9 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 McConnell State Recreation Area, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Wed 5 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Park
- Designation
- State Recreation Area
- Area
- 0.11 sq mi
- Height at its point
- 96 ft
- County
- Merced County
- State
- California
- Latitude
- 37.4170° N
- Longitude
- 120.7081° W
What is measuring near here
The 7 instruments nearest McConnell State Recreation Area, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.0 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
At an airfield/8.1 mi away/187 ft/91 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Amsterdam Road - Merced RiverMAJC1
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.8 mi away/182 ft/86 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station GW1235GW1235
In a volunteer observer's own ground/11.0 mi away/156 ft/60 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Merced 23 WSW93243
At a climate reference station/16.0 mi away/78 ft/18 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Livingston 0.2 NNWCA-ME-2
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/131 ft/35 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Turlock No2TURC1
At a cooperative observer's station/9.9 mi away/91 ft/5 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
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