Storm Station
Stanford, California
54° 72°/51°
Overcast· Feels like 54°·Light air 3 mph S
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. South southwest wind around 5 mph.
0UV Low
50Air quality
90%Humidity
84%Cloud
Now
12:45 AM
54feels54
now, overcast
Today
Sep 27
7251
UV 6
overcast
Mon
Sep 28
7950
UV 6
clear day
Tue
Sep 29
8460
UV 6
clear day
Wed
Sep 30
8764
UV 6
clear day
Thu
Oct 1
8665
UV 6
partly cloudy day
Fri
Oct 2
8865
UV 6
partly cloudy day
Sat
Oct 3
9370
UV 6
overcast
54°
72°51°
79°50°
84°60°
87°64°
86°65°
88°65°
93°70°

As of 12:45 AM in Stanford, California.

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Stanford, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Palo Alto AirportPAO

At an airfield/3.7 mi away/7 ft/79 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3,101of 3,115

Los Altos RAWSLOAC1

A remote fire weather station/5.0 mi away/479 ft/393 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank266of 3,115

measured daily2 instruments

Stanford 0.7 SSECA-SC-50

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/192 ft/106 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Redwood CityRWCC1

At a cooperative observer's station/5.5 mi away/16 ft/70 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Los Altos RAWS, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 5.0 mi from Stanford. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 12:10 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

53.0 F with a dew point of 49.5 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 Los Altos RAWS: temperature 53.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 49.5, 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 LOAC1FIG. B THE AIR AT LOS ALTOS RAWSTHE 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 48.7 FTEMPERATURE 53.0 FDEW POINT 49.5 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 POINTTITLELos Altos RAWS, the airSTATION REPORT · DCP LOAC1TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LOAC1-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west southwest (246 degrees) at 2 mph, gusting 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 3 mph.

Plan of the wind at Los Altos RAWS, north up: blowing from 246 degrees, the west southwest, at 2 miles an hour, gusting 3; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LOAC1FIG. C THE WIND AT LOS ALTOS RAWSPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 246°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 2 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELos Altos RAWS, the windSTATION REPORT · DCP LOAC1TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LOAC1-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 479 ft above sea level, 2 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.41 inHg and the temperature at 57.3 F; it reports 53.0 F, 4.3 F colder than standard.

Section from sea level of where Los Altos RAWS stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 479 feet above sea level with 2 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.41 inches of mercury, and temperature, 57.3 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LOAC1FIG. D WHERE LOS ALTOS RAWS 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 ATMOSPHERELOS ALTOS RAWS2 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT479 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 HERE29.41 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE57.3 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED53.0 FTITLELos Altos RAWS, the columnSTATION REPORT · DCP LOAC1TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LOAC1-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of Los Altos RAWS, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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