Storm Station
Happy Camp, California
79°
Mostly clear· Feels like 79°·Light breeze 5 mph N
Mostly cloudy. Low around 47, with temperatures rising to around 49 overnight. Wind around 0 mph.
-UV
37Air quality
24%Humidity
30%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Happy Camp, 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 now1 instrument

Slater ButteATRC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/4.6 mi away/3,881 ft/2,746 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank181of 3,115

measured daily2 instruments

Happy Camp RsHPYC1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.4 mi away/1,532 ft/397 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Seiad Valley 0.1 NNECA-SK-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.1 mi away/1,386 ft/251 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Slater Butte, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 4.6 mi from Happy Camp. From its report of Sep 26, 2026, 11:52 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

54.0 F with a dew point of 40.0 F, 59 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Slater Butte: temperature 54.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 40.0, 59 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ATRC1FIG. B THE AIR AT SLATER BUTTETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 FSATURATES 3,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 36.9 FTEMPERATURE 54.0 FDEW POINT 40.0 FSPREAD 14.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 59 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 POINTTITLESlater Butte, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP ATRC1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ATRC1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (232 degrees) at 3 mph, gusting 10 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 32 mph.

Plan of the wind at Slater Butte, north up: blowing from 232 degrees, the southwest, at 3 miles an hour, gusting 10; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ATRC1FIG. C THE WIND AT SLATER BUTTEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 232°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8GUST, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESlater Butte, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP ATRC1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ATRC1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 3,881 ft above sea level, 13 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 25.96 inHg and the temperature at 45.2 F; it reports 54.0 F, 8.8 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Slater Butte stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 3,881 feet above sea level with 13 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 25.96 inches of mercury, and temperature, 45.2 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ATRC1FIG. D WHERE SLATER BUTTE 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 ATMOSPHERESLATER BUTTE13 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT3,881 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 HERE25.96 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE45.2 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED54.0 FTITLESlater Butte, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP ATRC1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ATRC1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

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

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Snow on the ground

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