Storm Station
Needles, California
87° 101°/82°
Overcast· Feels like 84°·Light breeze 6 mph SSE
Mostly cloudy. Low around 77, with temperatures rising to around 79 overnight. Southwest wind around 3 mph.
0UV Low
39Air quality
22%Humidity
94%Cloud
Now
12:30 AM
87feels84
now, overcast
Today
Sep 27
10182
17mph
drizzle light
Mon
Sep 28
9179
45%
18mph
UV 7
drizzle light
Tue
Sep 29
8873
37%
28mph
UV 7
drizzle dense
Wed
Sep 30
9873
UV 7
clear day
Thu
Oct 1
9878
UV 7
clear day
Fri
Oct 2
10083
UV 7
clear day
Sat
Oct 3
10184
UV 7
clear day
87°
101°82°
91°79°
88°73°
98°73°
98°78°
100°83°
101°84°

As of 12:30 AM in Needles, California.

What is measuring near here

The 3 instruments nearest Needles, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Needles AirportEED

At an airfield/4.6 mi away/991 ft/396 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2,599of 3,115

Essex SCANEXCC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/33.4 mi away/2,644 ft/2,049 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank1,556of 3,115

EssexS2185

At a soil climate station/33.4 mi away/2,644 ft/2,049 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Needles Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.6 mi from Needles. From its report of Sep 26, 2026, 11:56 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 Needles 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 EEDFIG. A THE SKY OVER NEEDLES 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 MORE0510TITLENeedles Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EEDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-EED-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

88.0 F with a dew point of 43.0 F, 21 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 10,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Needles Airport: temperature 88.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 43.0, 21 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 10,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EEDFIG. B THE AIR AT NEEDLES 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 STATION02,0004,0006,0008,00010,00012,00020 F40 F60 F80 F100 FSATURATES 10,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 33.7 FTEMPERATURE 88.0 FDEW POINT 43.0 FSPREAD 45.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 21 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 POINTTITLENeedles Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS EEDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-EED-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Needles Airport, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EEDFIG. C THE WIND AT NEEDLES AIRPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENeedles Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS EEDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-EED-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Needles Airport, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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