Storm Station
Acton, California
68° 83°/60°
Overcast· Feels like 68°·Light air 3 mph WNW
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. South southwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
0UV Low
52Air quality
35%Humidity
97%Cloud
Now
12:30 AM
68feels68
now, overcast
Today
Sep 27
8360
19mph
UV 7
overcast
Mon
Sep 28
7653
19mph
UV 7
clear day
Tue
Sep 29
8555
UV 7
clear day
Wed
Sep 30
8659
UV 7
clear day
Thu
Oct 1
9062
UV 7
clear day
Fri
Oct 2
9368
UV 7
clear day
Sat
Oct 3
9368
UV 7
clear day
68°
83°60°
76°53°
85°55°
86°59°
90°62°
93°68°
93°68°

As of 12:30 AM in Acton, California.

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Acton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.3 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Acton RAWSATNC1

A remote fire weather station/3.3 mi away/2,635 ft/351 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank1,081of 3,115

PalmdatePMD

At an airfield/11.0 mi away/2,539 ft/447 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank7of 3,115

measured daily2 instruments

Acton 4.4 NWCA-LA-80

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.9 mi away/3,451 ft/465 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

PalmdalePMDC1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.4 mi away/2,599 ft/387 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Palmdate, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.0 mi from Acton. From its report of Sep 26, 2026, 11:53 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 Palmdate, 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 PMDFIG. A THE SKY OVER PALMDATESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEPalmdate, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS PMDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PMD-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

72.0 F with a dew point of 48.0 F, 43 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Palmdate: temperature 72.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 48.0, 43 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PMDFIG. B THE AIR AT PALMDATETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 5,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.8 FTEMPERATURE 72.0 FDEW POINT 48.0 FSPREAD 24.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 43 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 POINTTITLEPalmdate, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS PMDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PMD-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (280 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Palmdate, north up: blowing from 280 degrees, the west, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PMDFIG. C THE WIND AT PALMDATEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 280°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPalmdate, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS PMDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PMD-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in California

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