Storm Station
Atherton, California
55° 71°/50°
Overcast· Feels like 55°·Light air 2 mph S
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. South southwest wind around 3 mph.
0UV Low
50Air quality
86%Humidity
91%Cloud
Now
12:45 AM
55feels55
now, overcast
Today
Sep 27
7150
UV 6
overcast
Mon
Sep 28
8050
UV 6
overcast
Tue
Sep 29
8753
UV 6
mostly clear day
Wed
Sep 30
9158
UV 6
clear day
Thu
Oct 1
8958
UV 6
partly cloudy day
Fri
Oct 2
9259
UV 6
partly cloudy day
Sat
Oct 3
9865
UV 6
overcast
55°
71°50°
80°50°
87°53°
91°58°
89°58°
92°59°
98°65°

As of 12:45 AM in Atherton, California.

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Atherton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Redwood CityRWCC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/2.5 mi away/16 ft/51 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank765of 3,115

San Carlos AirportSQL

At an airfield/4.6 mi away/3 ft/64 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3,104of 3,115

measured daily2 instruments

Menlo Park 3.1 WSWCA-SM-40

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/38 ft/29 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Redwood CityRWCC1

At a cooperative observer's station/2.5 mi away/16 ft/51 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at San Carlos Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.6 mi from Atherton. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 12:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud below 12,000 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over San Carlos Airport, height above the station to scale: no cloud detected below 12,000 feet, the reach of its ceilometer, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SQLFIG. A THE SKY OVER SAN CARLOS AIRPORTSECTION, 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: 9 MI0510TITLESan Carlos Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SQLTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SQL-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 53.6 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up.

Chart of the air at San Carlos Airport: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.6, 82 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,300 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SQLFIG. B THE AIR AT SAN CARLOS AIRPORTTHE 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 1,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 52.3 FTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 53.6 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 82 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 POINTTITLESan Carlos Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SQLTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SQL-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at San Carlos Airport, 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 SQLFIG. C THE WIND AT SAN CARLOS AIRPORTPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLESan Carlos Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SQLTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SQL-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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