Storm Station
Salinas, California
58° 68°/53°
Overcast· Feels like 58°·Light breeze 4 mph W
A slight chance of drizzle. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. West southwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
0UV Low
52Air quality
88%Humidity
92%Cloud
Now
12:45 AM
58feels58
now, overcast
Today
Sep 27
6853
UV 6
overcast
Mon
Sep 28
7253
UV 6
overcast
Tue
Sep 29
8551
UV 6
clear day
Wed
Sep 30
9155
UV 6
clear day
Thu
Oct 1
8855
UV 6
mostly clear day
Fri
Oct 2
9158
UV 6
mostly clear day
Sat
Oct 3
9560
UV 6
clear day
58°
68°53°
72°53°
85°51°
91°55°
88°55°
91°58°
95°60°

As of 12:45 AM in Salinas, California.

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Salinas, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

SalinasSNS

At an airfield/1.8 mi away/53 ft/28 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank35of 3,115

measured daily2 instruments

Salinas 0.4 ESECA-MT-50

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/76 ft/5 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Hollister 2HOLC1

At a cooperative observer's station/16.0 mi away/277 ft/196 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Salinas, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.8 mi from Salinas. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 12:28 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Salinas, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, the ceiling at 1,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SNSFIG. A THE SKY OVER SALINASSECTION, 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 SHEETOVC 1,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESalinas, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SNSTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SNS-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

58.0 F with a dew point of 53.0 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 1,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Salinas: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 53.0, 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 1,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SNSFIG. B THE AIR AT SALINASTHE 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 51.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,000 FTTEMPERATURE 58.0 FDEW POINT 53.0 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 POINTTITLESalinas, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SNSTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SNS-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Salinas, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 6 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 SNSFIG. C THE WIND AT SALINASPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESalinas, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SNSTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SNS-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

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