Storm Station
Indio Hills, California
98°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 94°·Gentle breeze 10 mph SSE
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 77. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
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34Air quality
18%Humidity
60%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Indio Hills, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 8.8 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Lost Horse RAWSLTHC1

A remote fire weather station/12.9 mi away/4,108 ft/2,999 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank385of 3,115

Thermal AirportTRM

At an airfield/15.2 mi away/-121 ft/1,230 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank40of 3,115

measured daily2 instruments

Palm Desert 3.0 NCA-RV-99

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.8 mi away/292 ft/817 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Indio Fire StationIDOC1

At a fire lookout or ranger station/8.9 mi away/-3 ft/1,112 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Thermal Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 15.2 mi from Indio Hills. From its report of Sep 26, 2026, 11:52 PM 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

87.0 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 28 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 8,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at Thermal Airport: temperature 87.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 28 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 8,400 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 STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00030 F50 F70 F90 FSATURATES 8,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 42.0 FTEMPERATURE 87.0 FDEW POINT 50.0 FSPREAD 37.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 28 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

From the north northwest (340 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Thermal Airport, north up: blowing from 340 degrees, the north northwest, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, 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 STATIONFROM 340°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE 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

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