Storm Station
Butte Creek Canyon, California
72°
Overcast· Feels like 72°·Light air 4 mph E
Mostly cloudy. Low around 60, with temperatures rising to around 65 overnight. Southeast wind around 2 mph.
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-Air quality
33%Humidity
77%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Butte Creek Canyon, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.3 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

ParadisePDEC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.4 mi away/1,726 ft/684 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank1,615of 3,118

Chico MunicipalCIC

At an airfield/8.8 mi away/240 ft/802 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3,092of 3,118

measured daily2 instruments

Paradise 1.2 WCA-BT-47

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/1,683 ft/641 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Chico University FarmCHUC1

On a college campus/7.1 mi away/186 ft/856 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Paradise, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 4.4 mi from Butte Creek Canyon. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 1:00 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

66.0 F with a dew point of 36.1 F, 33 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Paradise: temperature 66.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.1, 33 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PDEC1FIG. B THE AIR AT PARADISETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00020 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 6,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 29.9 FTEMPERATURE 66.0 FDEW POINT 36.1 FSPREAD 29.9 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 33 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 POINTTITLEParadise, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP PDEC1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PDEC1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Paradise, 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 PDEC1FIG. C THE WIND AT PARADISEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEParadise, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP PDEC1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PDEC1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,726 ft above sea level, 6 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.10 inHg and the temperature at 52.8 F; it reports 66.0 F, 13.2 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Paradise stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,726 feet above sea level with 6 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.10 inches of mercury, and temperature, 52.8 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT PDEC1FIG. D WHERE PARADISE STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREPARADISE6 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,726 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE28.10 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE52.8 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED66.0 FTITLEParadise, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP PDEC1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-PDEC1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Paradise, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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