Storm Station
Menlo Park, California
56°
Mostly clear· Feels like 56°·Light breeze 5 mph NW
Mostly sunny. High near 71, with temperatures falling to around 68 in the afternoon. West wind 3 to 12 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
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72%Humidity
16%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Menlo Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.6 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Palo Alto AirportPAO

At an airfield/3.4 mi away/7 ft/61 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3,116of 3,127

Redwood CityRWCC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/3.7 mi away/16 ft/52 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank818of 3,127

measured daily2 instruments

Menlo Park 2.4 WCA-SM-5

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.6 mi away/25 ft/43 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Redwood CityRWCC1

At a cooperative observer's station/3.7 mi away/16 ft/52 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Redwood City, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 3.7 mi from Menlo Park. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 6:05 AM local time: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The air

52.4 F with a dew point of 49.0 F, 88 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 800 ft up.

Chart of the air at Redwood City: temperature 52.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.0, 88 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 800 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RWCC1FIG. B THE AIR AT REDWOOD CITYTHE 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 FSATURATES 800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.1 FTEMPERATURE 52.4 FDEW POINT 49.0 FSPREAD 3.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 88 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 POINTTITLERedwood City, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP RWCC1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RWCC1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The column

At 16 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.90 inHg and the temperature at 58.9 F; it reports 52.4 F, 6.5 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Redwood City stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 16 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.90 inches of mercury, and temperature, 58.9 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RWCC1FIG. D WHERE REDWOOD CITY 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 ATMOSPHEREREDWOOD CITY0 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT16 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 HERE29.90 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE58.9 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED52.4 FTITLERedwood City, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP RWCC1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RWCC1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Sep 27 the noon sun stands 51 degrees above the horizon at 37.48 N, and the day is 11 h 48 min long. Level ground there takes 77 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Redwood City, angles true: on Sep 27 it stands 51 degrees above the horizon, against 76 at the June solstice, 53 at the equinoxes and 29 at the December solstice; the day is 11 h 48 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT RWCC1FIG. E THE SUN AT REDWOOD CITYELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 76°EQUINOXES 53°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 29°SEP 27, 51°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 11 H 48 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 77 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 37.48 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -1.9°TITLERedwood City, the sunSTATION REPORT · DCP RWCC1TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-09-27IDSR-RWCC1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Redwood City, in 4 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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