Storm Station
Desert Shores, California
73° 100°/81°
Overcast· Feels like 73°·Light breeze 7 mph WNW
Cloudy. Low around 82, with temperatures rising to around 84 overnight. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
0UV Low
-Air quality
16%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
1:30 AM
73feels73
now, overcast
Today
Sep 27
10081
19mph
drizzle
Mon
Sep 28
9577
26mph
UV 7
overcast
Tue
Sep 29
9977
22mph
UV 7
clear day
Wed
Sep 30
10178
UV 7
clear day
Thu
Oct 1
10178
UV 7
clear day
Fri
Oct 2
10186
UV 7
clear day
Sat
Oct 3
10184
UV 7
clear day
73°
100°81°
95°77°
99°77°
101°78°
101°78°
101°86°
101°84°

As of 1:30 AM in Desert Shores, California.

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Desert Shores, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 9.8 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Kent Sea FarmsKSFC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.8 mi away/-213 ft/6 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank2,312of 3,115

Thermal AirportTRM

At an airfield/17.0 mi away/-121 ft/86 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank40of 3,115

measured daily2 instruments

Mecca Fire StationMCAC1

At a fire lookout or ranger station/11.9 mi away/-184 ft/23 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Borrego Springs 3.4 NWCA-SD-46

In a volunteer observer's own ground/22.0 mi away/637 ft/844 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Thermal Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 17.0 mi from Desert Shores. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 12:52 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 Thermal Airport, 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 TRMFIG. A THE SKY OVER THERMAL 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: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEThermal Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TRMTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TRM-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

78.0 F with a dew point of 53.0 F, 42 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 5,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Thermal Airport: temperature 78.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.0, 42 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 5,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TRMFIG. B THE AIR AT THERMAL 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,00040 F50 F60 F70 F80 F90 FSATURATES 5,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 47.5 FTEMPERATURE 78.0 FDEW POINT 53.0 FSPREAD 25.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 42 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 POINTTITLEThermal Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TRMTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TRM-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Thermal 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 TRMFIG. C THE WIND AT THERMAL 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 FORCE73TITLEThermal Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TRMTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TRM-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Thermal Airport, 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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Near Desert Shores

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