Storm Station
Kensington, California
62°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 62°·Light breeze 7 mph SW
A slight chance of drizzle. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. South southwest wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
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47Air quality
73%Humidity
63%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Kensington, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Oakland North RAWSONOC1

A remote fire weather station/4.3 mi away/1,342 ft/780 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank129of 3,115

OaklandOAK

At an airfield/13.4 mi away/7 ft/555 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank35of 3,115

measured daily2 instruments

Albany 1.8 ECA-AL-50

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/72 ft/490 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

BerkleyBEYC1

At a cooperative observer's station/2.6 mi away/333 ft/229 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Oakland, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.4 mi from Kensington. From its report of Sep 26, 2026, 11:53 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,400 ft, broken at 20,000 ft; the ceiling is 20,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Oakland, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, broken cloud with its base at 20,000 feet, the ceiling at 20,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OAKFIG. A THE SKY OVER OAKLANDSECTION, 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 STATION05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 20,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,400 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 20,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEOakland, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS OAKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-OAK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014, FB-SKY-010, FB-SKY-011, FB-SKY-012

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 54.0 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Oakland: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 54.0, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT OAKFIG. B THE AIR AT OAKLANDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 52.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,400 FTTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 54.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 POINTTITLEOakland, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS OAKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-OAK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Oakland, 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 OAKFIG. C THE WIND AT OAKLANDPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEOakland, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS OAKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-OAK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Oakland, 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 Kensington

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