Storm Station
Butte Valley, California
74°
Overcast· Feels like 74°·Light breeze 5 mph S
Cloudy. Low around 59, with temperatures rising to around 64 overnight. Southeast wind around 1 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
26%Humidity
85%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Butte Valley, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.9 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Openshaw RAWSCICC1

A remote fire weather station/4.9 mi away/263 ft/135 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank1,084of 3,115

OrovilleOVE

At an airfield/11.8 mi away/190 ft/208 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank7of 3,115

measured daily2 instruments

Paradise 1.2 WCA-BT-47

In a volunteer observer's own ground/6.8 mi away/1,683 ft/1,285 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Chico University FarmCHUC1

On a college campus/10.6 mi away/186 ft/212 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Oroville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.8 mi from Butte Valley. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 12:53 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 Oroville, 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 OVEFIG. A THE SKY OVER OROVILLESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLEOroville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OVETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-OVE-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

66.0 F with a dew point of 46.0 F, 48 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,600 ft up.

Chart of the air at Oroville: temperature 66.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.0, 48 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,600 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OVEFIG. B THE AIR AT OROVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 4,600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 41.6 FTEMPERATURE 66.0 FDEW POINT 46.0 FSPREAD 20.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 48 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 POINTTITLEOroville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OVETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-OVE-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Oroville, 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 OVEFIG. C THE WIND AT OROVILLEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEOroville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OVETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-OVE-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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