Storm Station
South Pasadena, California
81°
Partly cloudy· Feels like 81°·Light breeze 7 mph SW
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. East southeast wind around 5 mph.
-UV
-Air quality
47%Humidity
60%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest South Pasadena, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

San Rafael HillsSRXC1

At a river or reservoir gauge/6.6 mi away/1,706 ft/1,063 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank685of 3,115

El MonteEMT

At an airfield/7.1 mi away/295 ft/348 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3,109of 3,115

measured daily2 instruments

South Pasadena 0.9 SSWCA-LA-89

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/791 ft/148 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

PasadenaPSAC1

At a cooperative observer's station/2.6 mi away/888 ft/245 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at San Rafael Hills, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 6.6 mi from South Pasadena. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 12:56 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

74.0 F with a dew point of 54.7 F, 51 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 4,400 ft up.

Chart of the air at San Rafael Hills: temperature 74.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 54.7, 51 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 4,400 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SRXC1FIG. B THE AIR AT SAN RAFAEL HILLSTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00040 F50 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 4,400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 50.4 FTEMPERATURE 74.0 FDEW POINT 54.7 FSPREAD 19.3 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 51 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 POINTTITLESan Rafael Hills, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP SRXC1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SRXC1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east (99 degrees) at 5 mph, gusting 8 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 8 mph.

Plan of the wind at San Rafael Hills, north up: blowing from 99 degrees, the east, at 5 miles an hour, gusting 8; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SRXC1FIG. C THE WIND AT SAN RAFAEL HILLSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 99°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE8GUST, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESan Rafael Hills, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP SRXC1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SRXC1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 1,706 ft above sea level, 6 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 28.12 inHg and the temperature at 52.9 F; it reports 74.0 F, 21.1 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where San Rafael Hills stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 1,706 feet above sea level with 6 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 28.12 inches of mercury, and temperature, 52.9 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SRXC1FIG. D WHERE SAN RAFAEL HILLS 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 ATMOSPHERESAN RAFAEL HILLS6 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT1,706 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 HERE28.12 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE52.9 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED74.0 FTITLESan Rafael Hills, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP SRXC1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SRXC1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of San Rafael Hills, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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