Storm Station
Furnace Creek, California
93° 103°/83°
Overcast· Feels like 89°·Light breeze 5 mph WSW
Mostly cloudy. Low around 81, with temperatures rising to around 84 overnight. East southeast wind around 7 mph.
0UV Low
43Air quality
13%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
12:15 AM
93feels89
now, overcast
Today
Sep 27
10383
26mph
UV 7
overcast
Mon
Sep 28
9476
18mph
UV 7
drizzle light
Tue
Sep 29
10177
20mph
UV 6
drizzle light
Wed
Sep 30
10177
UV 7
clear day
Thu
Oct 1
10679
UV 7
clear day
Fri
Oct 2
10783
UV 6
clear day
Sat
Oct 3
10783
UV 6
clear day
93°
103°83°
94°76°
101°77°
101°77°
106°79°
107°83°
107°83°

As of 12:15 AM in Furnace Creek, California.

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Furnace Creek, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Stovepipe Wells 1 SW53139

At a climate reference station/17.8 mi away/84 ft/261 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, solar, precip

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Death Valley JctS2190

At a soil climate station/30.4 mi away/2,062 ft/2,239 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

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Station report

The weather at Death Valley - Furnace Creek Visitors Center, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 0.4 mi from Furnace Creek. From its report of Sep 26, 2026, 11:00 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

97.3 F with a dew point of 36.2 F, 12 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 13,700 ft up.

Chart of the air at Death Valley - Furnace Creek Visitors Center: temperature 97.3 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 36.2, 12 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 13,700 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DEVC1FIG. B THE AIR AT DEATH VALLEY - FURNACE CREEK VISITORS CENTERTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00014,00016,00018,00010 F30 F50 F70 F90 F110 FSATURATES 13,700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 24.0 FTEMPERATURE 97.3 FDEW POINT 36.2 FSPREAD 61.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 12 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 POINTTITLEDeath Valley - Furnace Creek Visitors Center, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP DEVC1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-DEVC1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east southeast (123 degrees) at 4 mph, gusting 15 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 22 mph.

Plan of the wind at Death Valley - Furnace Creek Visitors Center, north up: blowing from 123 degrees, the east southeast, at 4 miles an hour, gusting 15; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DEVC1FIG. C THE WIND AT DEATH VALLEY - FURNACE CREEK VISITORS CENTERPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 123°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 4 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDeath Valley - Furnace Creek Visitors Center, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP DEVC1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-DEVC1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At -181 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.92 inHg and the temperature at 59.6 F; it reports 97.3 F, 37.7 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Death Valley - Furnace Creek Visitors Center stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station -181 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.92 inches of mercury, and temperature, 59.6 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DEVC1FIG. D WHERE DEATH VALLEY - FURNACE CREEK VISITORS CENTER 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 ATMOSPHEREDEATH VALLEY - FURNACE CREEK VISITORS CENTER0 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT-181 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 HERE29.92 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE59.6 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED97.3 FTITLEDeath Valley - Furnace Creek Visitors Center, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP DEVC1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-DEVC1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Death Valley - Furnace Creek Visitors Center, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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