Storm Station
Kings Beach, California
60°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 60°·Light breeze 5 mph SW
Cloudy, with a low around 52. South wind around 5 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
41%Humidity
64%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Kings Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.1 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Hwy 267 at Brockway SummitCD030

Beside a road/3.1 mi away/7,192 ft/917 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank2,571of 3,118

Truckee-TahoeTRK

At an airfield/8.5 mi away/5,899 ft/376 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3,052of 3,118

measured daily2 instruments

Tahoe City 0.6 NNECA-PC-53

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.9 mi away/6,370 ft/95 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Tahoe CityTAHC1

At a cooperative observer's station/8.2 mi away/6,234 ft/41 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Truckee-Tahoe, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.5 mi from Kings Beach. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 1:55 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 Truckee-Tahoe, 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 TRKFIG. A THE SKY OVER TRUCKEE-TAHOESECTION, 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 MORE0510TITLETruckee-Tahoe, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS TRKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TRK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

55.4 F with a dew point of 26.6 F, 33 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 6,500 ft up.

Chart of the air at Truckee-Tahoe: temperature 55.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 26.6, 33 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 6,500 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT TRKFIG. B THE AIR AT TRUCKEE-TAHOETHE 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 F20 F30 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 6,500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 20.7 FTEMPERATURE 55.4 FDEW POINT 26.6 FSPREAD 28.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 33 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 POINTTITLETruckee-Tahoe, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS TRKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TRK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 10 mph.

Plan of the wind at Truckee-Tahoe, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, 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 TRKFIG. C THE WIND AT TRUCKEE-TAHOEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLETruckee-Tahoe, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS TRKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-TRK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Truckee-Tahoe, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Tahoe City (TAHC1), 8.2 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in California

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Near Kings Beach

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