Storm Station
Orland, California
76°
Overcast· Feels like 76°·Light breeze 5 mph SSE
Mostly cloudy. Low around 54, with temperatures rising to around 57 overnight. North northwest wind around 3 mph.
-UV
50Air quality
27%Humidity
89%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Orland, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Black Butte Weather StationBWXC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/8.5 mi away/400 ft/147 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank317of 3,115

Chico MunicipalCIC

At an airfield/17.9 mi away/240 ft/13 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3,072of 3,115

measured daily2 instruments

OrlandONDC1

At a cooperative observer's station/0.6 mi away/256 ft/3 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Corning 1.3 ESECA-TH-51

In a volunteer observer's own ground/12.1 mi away/303 ft/50 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Black Butte Weather Station, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 8.5 mi from Orland. From its report of Sep 26, 2026, 11:30 PM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

60.7 F with a dew point of 46.7 F, 60 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 3,200 ft up.

Chart of the air at Black Butte Weather Station: temperature 60.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 46.7, 60 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 3,200 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BWXC1FIG. B THE AIR AT BLACK BUTTE WEATHER STATIONTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,00030 F40 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 3,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 43.6 FTEMPERATURE 60.7 FDEW POINT 46.7 FSPREAD 14.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 60 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 POINTTITLEBlack Butte Weather Station, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP BWXC1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BWXC1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the northeast (40 degrees) at 1 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Black Butte Weather Station, north up: blowing from 40 degrees, the northeast, at 1 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BWXC1FIG. C THE WIND AT BLACK BUTTE WEATHER STATIONPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 40°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBlack Butte Weather Station, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP BWXC1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BWXC1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 400 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.49 inHg and the temperature at 57.6 F; it reports 60.7 F, 3.1 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Black Butte Weather Station stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 400 feet above sea level with 1 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.49 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.6 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT BWXC1FIG. D WHERE BLACK BUTTE WEATHER STATION 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 ATMOSPHEREBLACK BUTTE WEATHER STATION1 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT400 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 HERE29.49 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.6 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED60.7 FTITLEBlack Butte Weather Station, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP BWXC1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-BWXC1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Black Butte Weather Station, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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