Storm Station
Ahwahnee, California
57°
Mostly clear· Feels like 57°·Light breeze 5 mph E
Mostly sunny. High near 83, with temperatures falling to around 80 in the afternoon. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
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50%Humidity
24%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Ahwahnee, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Oakhurst 2NwOKHC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/2.3 mi away/2,323 ft/206 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank2,764of 3,127

Yosemite Village 12 W53150

At a climate reference station/28.1 mi away/6,620 ft/4,503 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

Rank-

MaderaMAE

At an airfield/33.3 mi away/251 ft/1,866 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank197of 3,127

measured daily2 instruments

Ahwahnee 2.5 NNWCA-MA-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/2,840 ft/723 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Coarsegold 4SEOARC1

At a cooperative observer's station/9.7 mi away/2,230 ft/113 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Madera, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 33.3 mi from Ahwahnee. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 5:55 AM 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 Madera, 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 MAEFIG. A THE SKY OVER MADERASECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEMadera, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MAETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MAE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

56.0 F with a dew point of 49.0 F, 77 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Madera: temperature 56.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.0, 77 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MAEFIG. B THE AIR AT MADERATHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.4 FTEMPERATURE 56.0 FDEW POINT 49.0 FSPREAD 7.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 77 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 POINTTITLEMadera, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MAETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MAE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Madera, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MAEFIG. C THE WIND AT MADERAPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMadera, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MAETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-MAE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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